Posted on 05/08/2022 9:29:37 AM PDT by real saxophonist
Good time to get a Catalytic Converter Test pipe to eliminate the Cat from your Vehicle.
Cat stolen?
Need a cat to pass smog?
WELL???
Someone needs to open a “NEW” business....
RENT A CAT!!
Bullcrap.
Stolen catalytic converters are sold on black markets in Colorado, California, and other States that don’t allow after market catalytic converters.
They are worth more than the metal content, as they can be sold to theft victims desperate to get their car to pass smog checks and back on the road.
Your points are accurate and valid, Calipornia State Government allows catalytic converter theft to punish citizens who drive gasoline vehicles, and gleefully adds sales taxes and smog fees.
And on site....
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May I cite you?
It’s illegal to install a used cat.
So you’re suggesting that the same people that would NOT install an aftermarket cat (because it’s illegal) WOULD install a used OEM cat, even though that is also illegal?
That makes absolutely no sense.
The law will do nothing they will take the damn things over state lines criminals will continue because there are NO CONSEQUENCES!!!
“May I cite you?”
I see no problem with that.
Stolen catalytic converters are sold on black markets in Colorado, California, and other States that don’t allow after market catalytic converters.
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Wrong.
Thieves saw them off of the bottom of a car. There is no way that part is then usable in another car. the palladium, however, is more valuable than gold.
It’s pretty hard to prove that a used cat has been installed. Actually, it’s impossible.
Well, unless the used cat has a date code on it and it doesn’t match up with the rest of the vehicle. Like a 2015 date code on a 2013 vehicle.
Also, if the used cat were stolen, it was likely removed with a sawz-all, and it’d have to be welded back, which would leave some welds that didn’t exist when it came from the factory.
If only it was illegal to steal CATS. We need a law. shooting em works for me.
“Do all catalytic converters have serial numbers?”
only if the owner puts one on ...
“Police work will solve it.”
NOW.
When our southern border-crossers begin to replace today’s government employees, don’t expect law enforcement to become better than south-of-the-border...
The illegals in question become employees of contractors who employ them at Target.
Have you had one stolen from one of your cars?
I have, the pipe was sawzalled six inches in front of the converter and the entire exhaust pipe including the converter was taken, ready to immediately splice into another Prius.
Also, targeted cars would be random if you are correct. This is not the case.
The common consensus seems to be that the Prius, 4Runner, Tacoma, Honda Element, and the Accord are the most targeted cars. By far.
Ask yourself how converters generate 300,000 in cash in a State where junkyards are watched like hawks to prohibit buying catalytic converters.
What’s the business model there?
Some Chinese guy in a trenchcoat gonna ship 2,000 converters to China? And outbid the local chop shops who can sell the converters for $400+ bucks a pop.
Give me a break.
“It’s pretty hard to prove that a used cat has been installed. Actually, it’s impossible.”
CATS need to be “VINNED” like fenders and window glass.
They check for OEM converter during smog check in California and Colorado. You can’t register your car without a smog check. They have no way of knowing the converter was stolen unless it is was engraved with the previous car’s VIN.
So yes, that’s not only what I’m suggesting, it’s what’s actually happening.
Most stolen cats are cut out with a sawzall.
I don’t care how good you think your welding skills are, reinstalling a cat that was removed with a sawzall will leave telltale welds.
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