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Jun 14, 2021
3:10
:24
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Breaded Hamster
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Seeing a video of a this kind of theft just makes me mad...
Apparently catalytic converter theft is on the rise in Washington, and this article has a video of a theft taking place in 30 seconds in someone's driveway:
king5.com
Police report 'rampant' increase in catalytic converter thefts across western Washington
KING 5 News was among the latest victims.
https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/police-report-rampant-increase-catalytic-converter-thefts/281-f7bd86c4-3a01-406b-8b6b-a1a08170b410
I'd feel so violated if that was my truck.
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Seeing a video of a this kind of theft just makes me mad...
Breaded Hamster
6/14/21 3:10pm
What do they do with these?
ThirdStringStreamer
6/14/21 3:14pm
Sell them for the metal in the converter (article below)
runitup590
6/14/21 3:16pm
We had ours sawed out of my wife’s car like 8 or 9 years ago
runitup590
6/14/21 3:15pm
How did nobody hear them cutting? A sawzall on metal is pretty dang loud.
Pimpin4Paradise
6/14/21 3:22pm
It was a really big complex and garages are below all the apts and spread out
runitup590
6/14/21 3:27pm
especially since you know the cops do nothing more about it than filing a report
Pangare
6/14/21 3:17pm
Not the cops fault.
geddylee
6/14/21 3:19pm
yes, not their fault, but it is their job.
Pangare
6/14/21 3:24pm
RE: yes, not their fault, but it is their job.
geddylee
6/14/21 4:24pm
Like I mentioned before I back the police 1000%. Thank you for your service
Pangare
6/14/21 4:38pm
Private security is the answer. Private ownership of the means of production is
jvquarterback
6/14/21 4:38pm
It’s ok
geddylee
6/14/21 3:17pm
This is increasing everywhere. There are locks you can buy for the CC now.
TeeKaa
6/14/21 3:20pm
I started looking at this - seems like a lot of options are popping up.
Breaded Hamster
6/14/21 3:34pm
Washington is a great state, but issues like this will continue as long as the
wabluecoug
6/14/21 3:21pm
Seems like a rising problem nationwide, especially at airports
Gustav
6/14/21 3:21pm
Had my car worked on last week and mechanic said that any cars they can't park
Gustav
6/14/21 3:31pm
That's why people put these on...
Division Bell
6/14/21 3:28pm
That looks like more of a challenge than a deterrent.
Pangare
6/14/21 3:34pm
Sometimes it's about making it just a little bit harder when so many others don't. They'll just shimmy under another car
Division Bell
6/14/21 3:38pm
This. In a target rich environment you just need to be mildly more inconvenient
joelvandyne
6/14/21 3:40pm
This has been a problem in California for years
HiLife
6/14/21 3:40pm
Yes, they need to come down on who's buying them.
Parker Schnabel
6/14/21 4:43pm
I was in Dallas this past week. THey had a segment on it in local news as well as a dealership had 30 of their cars
specsauce
6/14/21 3:47pm
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