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Loki047 10-27-2007 01:37 PM

Someone Stole my CAT
 
Seriously, someone stole my Cat Converter off my 4runner. Went underneath with a sawzall and cut it free. Luckily they missed the 02 sensor and I was able to drive away. Hmmm i love Chicago. Last time I ever park on the street

Braineack 10-27-2007 01:47 PM

weird.

you can get a pretty penny on ebay and scrap yard for old cats.

patsmx5 10-27-2007 02:09 PM

That's odd, 4 months ago someone cut the cat off of my friends.... Toyota 4runner!!! They sell anywhere from 30-100 bucks each at a recycling center, depending on what's in them.

hustler 10-27-2007 02:19 PM

wtf? Well, you don't have to worry about people crawling under the miata to steal shit, just whatever they can reach in and grab.

reddroptop 10-27-2007 02:39 PM

I have heard about this, popular lately. Idiots.

krayzrac3r 10-27-2007 02:58 PM

haha its been very popular in so cal

samnavy 10-27-2007 02:59 PM

Lucky they didn't steal your oil while they were at it.
What happened to Rican anyways...?

Loki047 10-27-2007 03:01 PM

now I have to get flanges welded on. anyone have a spot to get flanges or a cat for the 4runner

neogenesis2004 10-27-2007 03:03 PM

I'm sure they'll sell it back to you ROFLCOPTER

Slidin'Miata916 10-27-2007 03:05 PM


Originally Posted by krayzrac3r (Post 167964)
haha its been very popular in so cal

Yeeep.
In nor cal too.
Lifted Yotas Are Notorious For This.

Rage_Kage 10-27-2007 03:15 PM


Originally Posted by Slidin'Miata916 (Post 167969)
Lifted Yotas Are Notorious For This.

Steal your catalytic converter i will.

mazda/nissan 10-27-2007 05:04 PM


Originally Posted by Slidin'Miata916 (Post 167969)
Yeeep.
In nor cal too.
Lifted Yotas Are Notorious For This.

thats because they don't have to get on their back to get them off

Ben 10-27-2007 05:12 PM

That's f'd up man. They'll get $25-50 for the cat at a recycler. It'll cost you hundreds, probably over a thousand if you went to a Toyota dealer, and in that regard it might be worthwhile to claim it on comprehensive.

I hate government butting into our business, but it's time for recycling yards to operate more like pawn shops in regard to how they are allowed to collect goods. At a pawn shop, any item that comes in is catalouged with serial numbers and seller. When someone comes in with a load of cats and other automotive scrap, the yard needs to collect the seller's infomration and write down any vins if they exist. It's certainly a PITA for every legitimate person involved, but something needs to be done to curtail this type crime.

Where I live, the theives are busting into roof-mounted HVAC systems over the weekends, to pull out $50 worth of copper. Unfortunately, it's costing the businesses several thousand to replace the units. They're also stealing the copper grounding straps that connect power transformers to the ground. The ground lines are only active if the transformer is shorted, and obviously you can't tell if it's conducting or not by looking at it. One of these days, one of the fuckers is going to get a 10k volt suprise.

bryantaylor 10-27-2007 05:17 PM

cats and copper is a big problem here too, fucking low lifes

Saml01 10-28-2007 12:24 AM

More reason to toss in test pipe till your next inspection. This time though attach a note to the test pipe "not this time you fuckers".

Loki047 10-28-2007 02:00 AM

first time and have parked in the same area for the past 50 years (my parents have been here awhile). And this is the first time we ever had a probleem.

I dont know what to do. Since they cut the piping, i might do insurance an get a new manifold and mid pipe.

turbopezz 10-28-2007 02:28 AM

similar issues here.there was a guy that would rob all the copper wires.that where being ran and installed.well one day the company turned the power on and he got well done extra crispy style.
infact they served him at kfc for awhile.
true story.

Agent935 10-28-2007 03:01 AM

It's popular around here too. Damn Meth heads steal anything metal really, Road signs, road barriers, parts of buildings to get some cash for Meth.

Philip 10-28-2007 11:00 AM


Originally Posted by Braineack (Post 167947)
weird.

you can get a pretty penny on ebay and scrap yard for old cats.

it's illegal to sell used cats so IDK what the yards do with them

Arkmage 10-28-2007 11:07 AM


Originally Posted by hustler (Post 167957)
wtf? Well, you don't have to worry about people crawling under the miata to steal shit

you'd be surprised. someone stole the cat off a friends mini cooper S a while back.

Ben 10-28-2007 11:16 AM


Originally Posted by Philip (Post 168188)
it's illegal to sell used cats so IDK what the yards do with them

I believe its for their palladium and platinum content. Basically, the cat is just a cheap source of precious metals.

Philip 10-28-2007 11:17 AM


Originally Posted by Ben (Post 168193)
I believe its for their palladium and platinum content. Basically, the cat is just a cheap source of precious metals.

you can buy a cat on ebay for $30, it can't be that valuable.

Ben 10-28-2007 11:26 AM

These people come by my dad's shop all the time, busting his balls for old cats and any other scrap. They don't take aftermarket cats and they pay on a scale for oem cats. They usually have a palm pilot, and if you tell them what cat you have, they'll look up how much they'll give you for it on the palm.

For instance, one of them showed up when I was replacing my miata's cat with a test pipe. He bought an old cat from my dad, don't remember what it was, but it was $50. So I asked him to buy my cat too, and after he looked it up he told me $10.

I would suspect that some of these larger-sized, older cats (like what was in Loki's runner) have a high platinum content. And the theives know that. Plus, an SUV is easy to crawl under.

spike 10-28-2007 12:37 PM


Originally Posted by Agent935 (Post 168142)
It's popular around here too. Damn Meth heads steal anything metal really, Road signs, road barriers, parts of buildings to get some cash for Meth.

Fucking junkies,the government should just round them all up and take them to the middle of nowhere and put a bullet in each and every one of them.

mazda/nissan 10-28-2007 12:42 PM


Originally Posted by spike (Post 168216)
Fucking junkies,the government should just round them all up and take them to the middle of nowhere and put a bullet in each and every one of them.

:gay: then they'd have even more metal to sell :gay:

bryantaylor 10-28-2007 08:16 PM

had some people come by work the other day buying old car batteries for the lead.

Zabac 10-29-2007 11:33 AM


Originally Posted by Loki047 (Post 168137)
i might do insurance an get a new manifold and mid pipe.

very good idea, it should be covered under vandalism
thats what i would do, i would ask for a whole new exhaust though

ray_sir_6 10-29-2007 07:18 PM

We had the cats stolen off all the cars in our parking lot before. They brought jacks and a torch, cut them all off. I am talking about 30-40 cars. We don't leave any cars outside at night for that reason.

FASTERTHANYOU 10-29-2007 09:10 PM

people make lots of money off old cats, for the platinum content,they usually pay from 30 to 50$ for old cats

rmcelwee 10-29-2007 10:49 PM


Originally Posted by spike (Post 168216)
Fucking junkies,the government should just round them all up and take them to the middle of nowhere and put a bullet in each and every one of them.

Or just stop allowing people to make drugs. I saw a show on Afgani opium the other day. They were talking about all the ways they smuggle it into the US. I cannot remember what the solvent is (acetone, methanol, etc) that they use to make it. It would seem like all we have to do is stop allowing tankers of the stuff to go to the boonies overseas (or at least track it).

Saw another show about the tent city prison in Arizona. The prisoners were getting a ton of extra time tacked on their sentence for smuggling a few cigs worth of tobaco in there. What a bunch of dumb asses...

Rage_Kage 10-30-2007 01:32 AM

i cant believe noone got my star wars reference, fuckin losers

jayc72 10-30-2007 01:43 AM


Originally Posted by Rage_Kage (Post 168819)
i cant believe noone got my star wars reference, fuckin losers

We got it. You fail at teh funny.

Rage_Kage 10-30-2007 01:52 AM

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