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Cars had these like 20 yrs ago and they were being stolen back then right? Bu not nearly as much as now? I heard it can take as little as 5 minutes

Nope, have had gas stolen though.

Nope honestly surprised nothing has been stolen off my car.

Kai_Laguna posted...

Nope, have had gas stolen though.

oh most cars have locks on the gas compartment now right? a lot of older cars didn't. They used like a tube?

GranTurismo posted...

oh most cars have locks on the gas compartment now right? a lot of older cars didn't. They used like a tube?

Yep, a bit of hose, a jerry can, and your mouth is all it takes.

Kai_Laguna posted...

Yep, a bit of hose, a jerry can, and your mouth is all it takes.

you have to use your mouth? Oh so only like a hose is needed? Didn't know that.

GranTurismo posted...

you have to use your mouth? Oh so only like a hose is needed? Didn't know that.

It's the cheapest way. There are these little hand crank pumps you can use but if you are at the point where you need to steal gas, those are probably a bit out of your budget range.

5 minutes? They used to hit the Amazon parking lot on a regular basis when I was security there. Watching them on video they would do that shit in like 2 minutes.

Camera review would show them driving around the lot about 30 minutes ahead of time. They would pick out a handfull of cars that were ideal and come back later, hitting multiple in quick succession. But they had an entire lot of cars to choose from and were just hitting the easiest ones.

Bugmeat posted...

5 minutes? They used to hit the Amazon parking lot on a regular basis when I was security there. Watching them on video they would do that shit in like 2 minutes.

Camera review would show them driving around the lot about 30 minutes ahead of time. They would pick out a handfull of cars that were ideal and come back later, hitting multiple in quick succession. But they had an entire lot of cars to choose from and were just hitting the easiest ones.

oh really? they had these converters on cars like 20 , 30 yrs ago too right? But stealing them has became much more popular than they were then? How much can they get for them?

It saw a large increase in frequency when prices of the valuable metals inside them went way up during the lock downs.

Bugmeat posted...

It saw a large increase in frequency when prices of the valuable metals inside them went way up during the lock downs.

Oh the copper right? How much can they get? Supposedly if yours is stolen it's very expensive to replace

No but apparently my truck has 4(!!) so Ive got a prime target

theAteam posted...

No but apparently my truck has 4(!!) so Ive got a prime target

Most cars have one?

I've had my license plate stolen.

nah, i never had mine personally stolen, but the bus company i worked at constantly had cats stolen from them.

chris1001_the_sequel posted...

I've had my license plate stolen.

oh, the only reason anyone would do that is because they have no car insurance right?

GranTurismo posted...

Oh the copper right? How much can they get?

Everything.

Platinum and more.

The right convertor can get you 1 to 3k per convertor.

Now you know why they do it.

Easy 3k.

Also, the more green ecological the car (california) the more valuable. Because those use more metals.

But more cars are now locking the convertor in better. Like the fuel cap issue in the past.

No.
I have an extra one for a geo tracker still in the box.
I need to sell it, not many geo trackers left thoughm

Some big catalytic converter rings guot busted last year in my area so numbers are down but it was a huge problem for quite a while. Still is to a lesser degree

No, but I think one was stolen from my work parking lot.

GranTurismo posted...

Oh the copper right? How much can they get? Supposedly if yours is stolen it's very expensive to replace

Most of the value comes from the platinum, palladium and rhodium that are used in the converters.