This is what I immediately thought of too. I was expecting to see: "I backed over my wife's orange tabby this morning..." or something along those lines.

My catalytic converter was stolen the day we bought our 4Runner last year. I had already driven it, but my wife hadn't yet. My wife started it and immediately locked the keys in with it resonating like a 3.4L lawnmower. She didn't like her first impression of it - stupid auto locks.
We had to wait while the repair shop replaced it before we could even test drive it. We still bought it that day.

More importantly, I had no idea kittens were so close high up on the hit list. For heaven's sake, Please think of the Kittens!

 

Yea that sucks. It is a problem all over. Mine was stolen 3.5 months ago, at work. At least I noticed it before I started my vehicle.

You should try to file a police report even though nothing can really be done. In order for the legislature to take this theft seriously and put more pressure on the metal salvage yards to stop the thieves from having a place to sell, they are going to have to see how bad the problem is, and statistics from police reports are a really good indicator.

It may not even take too long, as many police departments now have online report filing for these types on non-emergency crimes.

And to repond to ULFUR, these cats are easy to remove. Just undo 4 bolts. It is probably quicker than a sawzall, and a whole lot quieter too.

 

Reading your post that morning and meeting/talking to you later was crazy. Yeah, baby needs some new shoes...I've been searching for some used ones but no luck. I'll stop by and say hi next time I'm in. Thanks!!

 

To anyone running a stock cat - Follow these steps and you will never have a stolen cat again.


1. Remove OEM cat
2. install cheap highflow cat
3. sell oem cat
4. buy beer with profit.

 

cal poly pomona?

looks like its time to invest in a belly pan!

 

Have you been through Air Care with an aftermarket cat?

 

My daughter-in law's cat was just stolen from her "99 4runner along w/ her spare tire mounted on 16" alloy (stock). My wife's spare was also stolen when she went to visit my son/d-in law. UKMyers suggestiion of the chain from cat to frame sounds like a reasonable way to curtail theft.

 

Luckily I haven't heard of any 'cat-burglars'
in my area. As far as I'm concerned,
I'm probably safe for the time being as my stock-height
Tundra with nerf bars can't really be crawled under
and I seem to have misplaced the cat on my 92

 

X2, that's what I did. Old cat sold to recycle place for $140.

 

Interresting. Mine was actually welded on (before I cut it and threw it away) and somehow I assumed they usually were just welded, not bolted via flange. heh.
In Iceland they are just thrown away (oughta be recycled but well...) and if they were recycled anyway, they wouldn't pay for it.

But interresting indeed.

P.S. Where the heck does the name "ULFUR" come from? it's written Ulfr, (pronounced Úlfur tho') Readin' too many Nordic sagas?