Stealing Catalytic Converters?????

**AirMax95** · 10-15-2008, 02:23 PM

So I just received this email

Is this common??? Discuss, lol.

**Bruce Leroy** · 10-15-2008, 02:30 PM

I've heard of it before, but never from the actual person who got it stolen. They have platinum in them so they are worth some $$$ because the price of platinum has increased, i think.

**thepolecat** · 10-15-2008, 02:33 PM

1- my car is tooo low

2- I have no cat.

so no worries here

**flak_monkey** · 10-15-2008, 02:33 PM

Anybody can have the contents of my cat if they are willing to weld it back up after hollowing it out.

**tony** · 10-15-2008, 02:45 PM

A couple of our work center vans have been hit for their cats, its a lot more common than you'd think.

**Stormhammer** · 10-15-2008, 02:55 PM

yeah, the AT&T NOC center got hit by them

I found a couple of black people with a sawzall taking them out in a walmart parking lot. Under the car next to mine.

Didn't tickle my fancy one bit.

Nor what I did tickle their fancy. But it did tickle Marietta PD's fancy.

**AirMax95** · 10-15-2008, 03:00 PM

Damn...I really couldnt imagine seeing that. This is a decent sized office park. Hell, the landscapers are even working today!

**stillaneon** · 10-15-2008, 03:02 PM

It is extremely common. I have a friend who works in core supplies (cats, Alternators, radiators etc). Its good money but he knows a lot of that stuff is stolen. He tries to buy only from shops.

**Motivation** · 10-15-2008, 03:05 PM

Originally Posted by stillaneon

It is extremely common. I have a friend who works in core supplies (cats, Alternators, radiators etc). Its good money but he knows a lot of that stuff is stolen. He tries to buy only from shops.

I call BS on that one... You don't have any friends.

**j0nbunklah0m** · 10-15-2008, 03:06 PM

sumone can have my cat as long as they weld me a strait pipe lol

**Sammich** · 10-15-2008, 03:10 PM

BIG MONEY IN IT CUZ OF THE COPPER IN THEM

**FasTech** · 10-15-2008, 04:11 PM

Yeah they go for big $$$$ right now! I sold one to Peacocks down here in Macon, $90 for one off a '89 Prelude. Then I took three more the following week and made another $150. They weren't as good as the Prelude one though. Peacocks said the most they will pay for one is $120 and this was about 2 weeks ago.

**silversol** · 10-15-2008, 04:15 PM

jokes on them the prices are shiT right now!

**AnthonyF** · 10-15-2008, 04:19 PM

Yup yup.

We have junk cars here at the shop and people come by paying us 50-100 bucks per cat.

There was a benz repair shop and a group of thieves took like 20-30 cats.

-Ant.

**RandomGuy** · 10-15-2008, 05:05 PM

meow

**DJ Maestro** · 10-15-2008, 05:26 PM

**AirMax95** · 10-15-2008, 06:39 PM

^^^^Funny, lol.

**NewGen33** · 10-15-2008, 06:55 PM

It's very common with Toyota trucks and SUVs since there so high off the ground. http://www.newsweek.com/id/88793/page/2

**G.C** · 10-15-2008, 07:13 PM

Old news been going on forever. It only takes min-3 max to take that thing off. Since the economy is going down i can see how thieves are more active now.

**flak_monkey** · 10-15-2008, 07:32 PM

seriously, somebody come gut mine.

**LiL PaKi** · 10-15-2008, 07:42 PM

we got this email the other day :

Norcross Theft of Catalytic Converters

In recent days there have been several thefts of catalytic converters from underneath automobiles in parking lots. On Tuesday, two vehicles had their converters sawed off at Engineering Drive. On Wednesday, two more vehicles had their converters sawed off in two office parks off of Jay Bird Alley. Perpetrators are using a battery powered sawzall to cut the converters out. Please be diligent at all buildings.If you something suspicious, please make Gwinnett County Police Department your first call and then call the TPA Management office. Thank you.

TPA Management

770-446-3007

Oct 9, 2008 8:17a

**Vteckidd** · 10-15-2008, 08:02 PM

some places pay as much as $80 a cat.

So if you steal 100, which isnt that hard to do, thats $8000 not bad for a few hours work.

THere have been multiple reports of the dealerships and apartment complexs gitting hit

**yerrow** · 10-15-2008, 09:56 PM

glad i'm catless

**Motivation** · 10-15-2008, 10:00 PM

Originally Posted by yerrow

glad i'm catless

x2, and people say I need to waste money putting one on my car...

**91ma70** · 10-15-2008, 10:06 PM

I work at conyers toyota and in the past year we have had them stolen off about 20 Tundras.

**Chuckster** · 10-15-2008, 10:10 PM

Yes this is very common. Happens at dealerships alot.

**umairejaz** · 10-15-2008, 10:17 PM

Has happened to one of our Mercedes S class.

**blackshine007** · 10-15-2008, 10:25 PM

^^Good.

My converter is gutted. It only "looks" like I have a converter. It takes 5 minutes to unbolt my converter. It takes way too long to cut my converter out. I made sure of that

**Kevykev** · 10-15-2008, 11:57 PM

Extremely Common!

**flak_monkey** · 10-16-2008, 12:41 AM

Somebody please you can have my damn cat. Just weld in a fucking straight pipe and I'll get Bryan Herter at PCMFORLESS to make me a lean one for the emissions booth. I'll get 10hp and it will put me over 300. puhpuhpuhpuhpuh-pweeeeeeeeez?

**umairejaz** · 10-16-2008, 01:37 AM

Originally Posted by blackshine007

^^Good.

**isa2o3** · 10-16-2008, 08:41 AM

my uncle had his cat. stolen from his 4runner a month a go. he was on his vac. so they just stole it from his driveway

**ls-r teg** · 10-16-2008, 08:51 AM

actually places are paying up to $250 per cat(bmw's and merc's) about $150 for honda cats. they sell them to jewlery shops and if you guys didnt no there is platminum in it and i think some other stuff but i no they are worth a lot thats why i would never gut my cat

Originally Posted by Mr. KiDD

some places pay as much as $80 a cat.

So if you steal 100, which isnt that hard to do, thats $8000 not bad for a few hours work.

THere have been multiple reports of the dealerships and apartment complexs gitting hit

**Dracc** · 10-16-2008, 09:05 AM

yeah man.. alot of the scrap yard in GA pay good for them.. I used to scrap and could make anywhere from 300 to 2k a day between 3 people and a trucc dumpster diving.. a place called Newell recycling was saying they used to get like 4k cats in a day and shell out close to 30k a week in buying just cats alone

**Dracc** · 10-16-2008, 09:06 AM

Originally Posted by ls-r teg

actually places are paying up to $250 per cat(bmw's and merc's) about $150 for honda cats. they sell them to jewlery shops and if you guys didnt no there is platminum in it and i think some other stuff but i no they are worth a lot thats why i would never gut my cat

older model radiators have gold in them.. i sold them to a jeweler once.. gave me 90 a pop

**Formally...** · 10-16-2008, 09:12 AM

This is common at office parks and places with large parking decks. The price of cats have gone down in the last few weeks though.

**Sammich** · 10-16-2008, 09:12 AM

i heard u can ship them to GA (i'm not in GA for those that dont know me) to get money for them..is that true?

**Dracc** · 10-16-2008, 09:15 AM

Originally Posted by Sammich

i heard u can ship them to GA (i'm not in GA for those that dont know me) to get money for them..is that true?

if you have an account with a recycling company then yeah.. when they get them they will either write you a checc or credit your account with them until a certain "cash out" date

**Sammich** · 10-16-2008, 09:16 AM

gotcha

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