Apparently it's a nationwide thing due to the current value of the metals in the part. They got mine yesterday on UK's campus.
Anybody else had their catalytic converter stolen yet
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Sorry son of a ***** does a thing like that.
They'll be disappointed if they steal the one off my work truck. I hollowed it out a couple of years ago.
My daughter, bless her heart, was visiting friends in Louisville when her car broke down (aka running out of gas). Instead of calling AAA she leaves it on side of expressway. Next day window broke and anything inside and out worth a nickel was gone including multiple wiring harnesses and catalytic converter.
Nope. Both cars sit too low for anyone to slide under easily, one truck doesn't have any, and the other truck would be extremely hard to get them out without unbolting the pipe from the manifold.
I tried to replace a CC on an old car once. Didn't know that you can't buy a new one without being authorized. Didn't have the right tools but still took a solid 2+ hours to remove. Curious how long it takes these thieves to pull this off.
Yeah, they're not worried about doing it cleanly. We had the CC off our church van stolen in the parking lot. After that we put cameras out there.
I know a guy that owns a junkyard and he took a 5'x5' container of them to the recycler and got $42,000 last week so they are worth good money. He has been collecting them for years to fund his retirement.
Wife receives alerts from our neighborhood association. Several catalytic converters stolen throughout our area over the past six months or so. Scumbags.
It's as bad as car stereo theft in the 80/90's.
I know a guy that works in a crew where they would meet and leave their vehicles in one location and then were taken to the jobsite for their 12 hour shift.
All pickups and easy to get under. Half of them were hacked off before the thieves had all they could carry or were spooked off.
They dropped gravel across their parking spaces to high center the vehicles to make it a challenge to get underneath.
High centered:
I know a guy that works in a crew where they would meet and leave their vehicles in one location and then were taken to the jobsite for their 12 hour shift.
All pickups and easy to get under. Half of them were hacked off before the thieves had all they could carry or were spooked off.
They dropped gravel across their parking spaces to high center the vehicles to make it a challenge to get underneath.
High centered:
I hand out CCs to the homeless guys outside of Leestown Road McDonald's every now and then. I put it in a McDonald's bag, so I hope they're not disappointed.
I'm a poor so I have to park in one of the E lots, this was the one off Press Ave
Local news, KTBC Fox-7 Austin, just announced the some related figures provided by Austin Police Department. In 2018, roughly 80 catalytic converters were reported stolen in our area. The number increased to 584 during 2020. Prius seems the most targeted model.
One of our daughters got hers stolen off her car a couple years ago at Florence mall
He does well. He buys wrecked cars, leaves them setting around for a while and people come pick parts off of them. After a while he crushes them and sells them for scrap metal. He buys them for anywhere between $500 & $2000. He gets some money from the parts, he gets around $500 or so for the crushed car, and he saves the CC's for his retirement. It's a lot of work for sure and it's dirty as can be. He has had a few problems with runoff and a tire fire over the years. Got fined pretty heavy for both of those. He also had a guy get hurt and had to pay an injury settlement once.
If your going to steal then take from German cars. They have more precious metals and bring more.
He can also write off all the parts he didn't sell when he takes that car in for scrap. Considering most junkyards only take cash, they often write off nearly the full purchase price they paid.
I did some work for a family owned junkyard near where I grew up. It's an interesting lifestyle, and you can make a lot of money. Not sure I could live like that though.
My dad's uncle has a big junkyard/towing service in Harlan and I always thought they were just hoarders.
They are. It's part of the lifestyle I was referring too that I couldn't handle.
Would you stop? Im tired of getting mean mugged by them every week when the light catches me and I pretend to be posting on here to ignore them.
In Seattle, supposedly they are having 5 a day stolen. The Prius being the big winner. People are buying shields for their CCs. Also the victims say insurance will only cover one theft. The owner has to pay for the second replacement.
Those guys live in the bushes by Leestown.Would you stop? Im tired of getting mean mugged by them every week when the light catches me and I pretend to be posting on here to ignore them.
They’re not making a killing like the sign flyer at the bottom of the New Circle offramp...or the dudes that hit up gas pumpers at 5:00 pm at the Shell there,
I worked junkyards (salvage) a bit in Florida and TN (Harrogate TN area). Back then, catalytic converters were not the commodity they are today, but salvage value -- after all the parts, engines, etc. -- was amazing. Even after all parts pulled and literally empty shells disposed, overall value was just off the charts. Major factor is actually owning the land and operating a safe environment to bring customers in so they can pull the parts. Biggest goldmine in the world, outside gold and silver mines.
Here's the report I mentioned earlier from Austin PD regarding stolen catalytic converters.
2019: 27 reported stolen.
2020: 584 reported stolen.
Insane. Those things are very expensive. Sorry to hear it happen to anyone.
2019: 27 reported stolen.
2020: 584 reported stolen.
Insane. Those things are very expensive. Sorry to hear it happen to anyone.
Bunch of damn pill heads more than likely. Like how they run around stealing copper.
Yep. My friend that had his stolen lives in Old Louisville. I think he is the only non druggie on his block.