Stolen catalytic convertor

[NateW]

I saw this the other day and thought I should share the link https://www.thedrive.com/news/32039...EXEY6jJ6sbar-RmGwlOOopD_ioeZp0Aj2JqL-yx9ZZTHs


[mod edit: car falls on thief]

 

[Sunset]

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The bad news is the comprehensive deductible is $1500. Now to get this replaced at the dealer will cost more than that so the insurance does help.

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That deductible for comprehensive is extremely high, mine is $100.
Is he really sure it is not the collision deductible he is quoting ?

I could raise my deductible to $250, but the savings is so small in premium that I'd have to go 10 yrs without for example having a rock chip my windshield.

 

[Koolau]

I can sort of understand some hopeless addict stealing Cat Converters but it wouldn't work if there weren't unscrupulous buyers - obviously NOT addicts. There was a rash of copper wire thefts here on a stretch of the H2 freeway. I forget the details, but a few guys cost 10s of thousands of dollars of damage to steal a few hundred dollars (in the thieves pockets). There are only so many dealers that buy this stuff and they have to know how some low-life obtained a couple of hundred pounds of copper wire. I think it was the few electrocutions of wire thieves throughout the country that finally slowed down this "petty theft." Can't say I shed any tears.

By the way, that doesn't look like a safe way to make a living, crawling under a jacked-up car with no jack stand. Nor do these guys look like meth heads but YMMV.

 

[JoeWras]

I can sort of understand some hopeless addict stealing Cat Converters but it wouldn't work if there weren't unscrupulous buyers - obviously NOT addicts.

Not only do they lack scruples, they have to break the law in most places.