Catalytic converters

[One-Off]

I’ve only seen them in street parking situations

We just got a letter from the city saying that someone saw some guys stealing a cat ( a few blcoks from where we live) and so he stopped and started honking his horn...and the suspects pulled guns and shot at him. In the letter the police were askng residents who had any sort of closed circuit cameras to assist and eventually register them with the PD so any time a crime happens in the area the PD could check them. Seems like a double edge sword from the privacy point of view.

Man hospitalized after being shot at while witnessing catalytic converter theft in progress

A man happened to be driving by when he witnessed a crime in progress in Redondo Beach on Friday morning.

www.foxla.com

"...suspect left going eastbound..." Fukkin inlanders.



Plywood and nails would be a good solution... but you'd have to move off it and drag it away every time you leave. Also, I wonder if they criminals would vandalize your car in retribution.

El Ogrow's 12 volts would be fun and I'm sure there are junctions with gaskets along the way, but then you'd have to deal with keeping a battery charged.

Keep the ideas coming though.

 

[One-Off]

Wait, I got it! Kevlar blanket. Ever try to saw through kevlar? I'm thinking of raw, non laminated kevlar.

ps never mind , heat resistant up to 800 degrees. Might burn.

 

[Duffy LaCoronilla]

We just got a letter from the city saying that someone saw some guys stealing a cat ( a few blcoks from where we live) and so he stopped and started honking his horn...and the suspects pulled guns and shot at him. In the letter the police were askng residents who had any sort of closed circuit cameras to assist and eventually register them with the PD so any time a crime happens in the area the PD could check them. Seems like a double edge sword from the privacy point of view.

Man hospitalized after being shot at while witnessing catalytic converter theft in progress

A man happened to be driving by when he witnessed a crime in progress in Redondo Beach on Friday morning.

www.foxla.com

"...suspect left going eastbound..." Fukkin inlanders.



Plywood and nails would be a good solution... but you'd have to move off it and drag it away every time you leave. Also, I wonder if they criminals would vandalize your car in retribution.

El Ogrow's 12 volts would be fun and I'm sure there are junctions with gaskets along the way, but then you'd have to deal with keeping a battery charged.

Keep the ideas coming though.

I would never give cops access to my security cameras without a warrant

 

[20W-50 and blood]

i would love to somehow vote that this be punishable by death. seriously. fuggign people over liek that should straight be punishable by death.

 

[Ifallalot]

i would love to somehow vote that this be punishable by death. seriously. fuggign people over liek that should straight be punishable by death.

All theft should be punishable by death

The limpwrists disagree

 

[One-Off]

I would never give cops access to my security cameras without a warrant

What are you hiding?

Our neighbor across the street is the local neighborhood watch captain and has a camera pointed at the street and therefore at our house.

 

[ElOgro]

We just got a letter from the city saying that someone saw some guys stealing a cat ( a few blcoks from where we live) and so he stopped and started honking his horn...and the suspects pulled guns and shot at him. In the letter the police were askng residents who had any sort of closed circuit cameras to assist and eventually register them with the PD so any time a crime happens in the area the PD could check them. Seems like a double edge sword from the privacy point of view.

Man hospitalized after being shot at while witnessing catalytic converter theft in progress

A man happened to be driving by when he witnessed a crime in progress in Redondo Beach on Friday morning.

www.foxla.com

"...suspect left going eastbound..." Fukkin inlanders.



Plywood and nails would be a good solution... but you'd have to move off it and drag it away every time you leave. Also, I wonder if they criminals would vandalize your car in retribution.

El Ogrow's 12 volts would be fun and I'm sure there are junctions with gaskets along the way, but then you'd have to deal with keeping a battery charged.

Keep the ideas coming though.

A halfway decent sparky could figure out something for that in a heartbeat, the rest of the stuff too. The circuit isn’t open until it gets touched or something like that. I am dangerous with electrical stuff but it wouldn’t be rocket surgery to figure out.

Superglue or equivalent a bunch of appropriately sized fish hooks around the connections?

 

[INDTUBE]

I got one stolen off my rental car in KC last week

Mitsubshi POS

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Hope you at least got some good BBQ at Gates, Q39 or Slaps..

 

[Ifallalot]

Hope you at least got some good BBQ at Gates, Q39 or Slaps..

2 out 3 and Jack Stack as well

One of the dads on the team rented out a whole room at Q39; it was some bomb sh!t.

I liked the dirty rudeness of Gates the best

 

[INDTUBE]

Jack stacks is good too - Yeah Gates is my favorite - Slaps is a new place and though it was excellent - give it try - its in KCK

If you want the original dirty sh!t - Arthur Bryan's Downtown.

 

[menobrah]

The bushwick method works pretty good for keeping your cat.
1.Get a viper or the like alarm system with remote start, have it set very sensitive.
2. Manage the alarm so it doesnt go off on the car but on your phone.

Alarm goes off on the phone turn your car on immediately.Follow up running out of your house with a bat in your boxers when it is 10 degrees out. sh!t fucker that slides under your car cant stay long when its turned on, usually spooks em pretty quick.

 

[Frankie Bones]

Steal a CAT, lose a limb would be a good start. The inconvenience and expense of having a CAT stolen is incredibly stressful to anyone dependent on their car, especially in Southern California.

 

[Frankie Bones]

We were just at the Toyota dealer and he showed us 100 cars on the lot waiting for catalytic converters. He said it is such a big problem right now that it is a months long wait to get one. A new converter is well over $3000. He tried to sell us an anti theft shield for $700. Does this sound right? The extent of the problem, the wait time, the price?

The dealer is trying to rip you off for $700. Find a local muffler shop who'll weld a rebar cage or plate to your car for $200-$300. They might even have a CAT if they ordered a supply up to 6 months ago.

 

[Frankie Bones]

tacoma got hit and they cut out both. min quote to fix was $1100. gotta live the liberal DAs in commifornia

Trucks are especially at risk since they usually don't need to be jacked up to get under to steal the CAT.

 

[One-Off]

Trucks are especially at risk since they usually don't need to be jacked up to get under to steal the CAT.

With my car, you don't even have to bend over to get a look at the cat-

(not mine, but you get the idea)

 

[Subway]

I know I can google it, but I revel in my mechanical ignorance. I’ve heard of this “catalytic converter” all my life, yet don’t know what is so catalytic about this converter, I don’t know what it looks like, at all. I know it’s probably not the flux capacitor in that time travel documentary.
why does anything need converting and wtf catalytic

 

[Chocki]

I know I can google it, but I revel in my mechanical ignorance. I’ve heard of this “catalytic converter” all my life, yet don’t know what is so catalytic about this converter, I don’t know what it looks like, at all. I know it’s probably not the flux capacitor in that time travel documentary.
why does anything need converting and wtf catalytic

Here you go you lazy willfully ignorant bastard

https://www.cars.com/articles/whats-a-catalytic-converter-and-why-do-people-steal-them-446861/

and here’s the tldr
Money is the main reason catalytic converters are often stolen. They contain three metals that aid in the chemical reaction that makes exhaust pollutants less harmful: platinum, palladium and rhodium. The prices of these metals have risen dramatically during the early 21st century.

 

[Subway]

Thanks a you …I actually knew it scrubbed/cleaned exhaust, and roughly knew where it would be found, but knew nothing of the 3 precious metals found in them, hence their higher value to a thief as opposed to like, a muffler or whatever

and why not just call it a scrubber. Then the ignant thieves won’t think it’s so valuable with its fancy pants “catalytic converter“ moniker.

you guys are asking for it really

i don’t think our local petty idiots could even figure out how to remove one, let alone fence it for its true value. They would have a shotgun in their crotch before they got done watching the first instructional video

 

[Chocki]

Thanks a you …I actually knew it scrubbed/cleaned exhaust, and roughly knew where it would be found, but knew nothing of the 3 precious metals found in them, hence their higher value to a thief as opposed to like, a muffler or whatever

and why not just call it a scrubber. Then the ignant thieves won’t think it’s so valuable with its fancy pants “catalytic converter“ moniker.

you guys are asking for it really

i don’t think our local petty idiots could even figure out how to remove one, let alone fence it for its true value. They would have a shotgun in their crotch before they got done watching the first instructional video

Bro all it takes is a tweaked individual who knows what one looks like, has access to a cordless sawzall (angry grinder?) and knows what a scrap metal dealer is. You have minutes to catch them.

 

[20W-50 and blood]

Bro all it takes is a tweaked individual who knows what one looks like, has access to a cordless sawzall (angry grinder?) and knows what a scrap metal dealer is. You have minutes to catch them.

the industrious nature of tweakers trying to avoid honest work. it never ceases to amaze and it knows no bounds.