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Old 11-11-2008, 08:26 PM
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Another Catalytic converter stolen!!

Thats right my cat was stolen while I was at work today. I came out and started my 95 runner to go home and knew right away what was wrong.
Anyways not to go on about it because I know you all have heard it many times, but I was just wondering if anyone has ever caught someone in the act of trying to steal a converter?
I was just a few yards away from my car inside my work location when it happened and I would have loved to have caught the guy
Old 11-11-2008, 08:32 PM
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Originally Posted by SpecialScottie
Thats right my cat was stolen while I was at work today. I came out and started my 95 runner to go home and knew right away what was wrong.
Anyways not to go on about it because I know you all have heard it many times, but I was just wondering if anyone has ever caught someone in the act of trying to steal a converter?
I was just a few yards away from my car inside my work location when it happened and I would have loved to have caught the guy
i work for a company that recycles cats and we get ids and all that sorts of good stuff to deture people from stealing them. the cat prices fell with obama in the office and cat theft went way down in oregon, go figure.
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My friend was surfing at strand today and his and his buddies cats were both stolen. One Toyota and one Nissan
oh man
that sucks.
I am writing my name on mine.

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Originally Posted by hillbillydeelux
i work for a company that recycles cats and we get ids and all that sorts of good stuff to deture people from stealing them. the cat prices fell with obama in the office and cat theft went way down in oregon, go figure.
Good to know that someone is making an attempt to stop this epidemic. What exactly is recycled from them?
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Originally Posted by toyospearo
My friend was surfing at strand today and his and his buddies cats were both stolen. One Toyota and one Nissan
oh man
that sucks.
I am writing my name on mine.
Haha you better use a heavy duty engraver.
Did your buddies drive all the way home without the cats?
I drove mine home which is only about a 15 minute drive and I got so many people staring at me with my crazy engine that sounded like a tractor on steroids.
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Originally Posted by SpecialScottie
Good to know that someone is making an attempt to stop this epidemic. What exactly is recycled from them?
Platinum, Rhodium, and Pallidium.

Look up the prices on the NYSE, they are astronomical.

A few months ago, Rhodium was over $10k/ounce.
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Originally Posted by SpecialScottie
Good to know that someone is making an attempt to stop this epidemic. What exactly is recycled from them?
well they have Silver Platinum Rhodium Palladium and gold. they are all precious metals and palladium is like 1k an ounce, it takes like 5 to get that much material out of them.


and toyota owners beware yota cats are the highest dollar cats out there.
heres our site although its a bit un finished
http://www.acmecatz.com/aboutus.html
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Wow that is unbelievable. I never would have guessed that they would be worth so much
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Originally Posted by DeathCougar
Platinum, Rhodium, and Pallidium.

Look up the prices on the NYSE, they are astronomical.

A few months ago, Rhodium was over $10k/ounce.
yeah the tickers are located on our site.
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Heres what I did for a temporary fix.

Just some flex tubing and some muffler clamps from autozone
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