Catalytic converter shield leaves Las Vegas fears of theft

eventually, more anti-theft shields will become available, up to a near fully enclosed under belly of the vehicle.

with special anti-theft fasteners, for shops to have for repairs.

it'll be too time consuming for a thief to stay there, removing all the fasteners.

 

I had a discussion with a friend who owns a local scrap yard today. After this conversation I would say the biggest reason any of this is going so strong is because of the lack of interest from law enforcement to go after the thieves. I can understand why they don’t want to with the current political climate but it’s still their job. Moral of the story is a couple guys brought in several dozen cats. Obviously that’s going to bring some suspicion so the guy called several local police departments before the guys left and was told if they come back with more let us know. A couple days later they did so he called and they pretty much told him they didn’t care but they would help him get the cats back to their rightful owners…he was like wtf and ended up running the guys off instead…isn’t that just amazing.

 

Just hang a bag of meth near the converter, they will take the shortest path......

 

Modern day law enforcement, too busy committing their own crimes.

 

And pulling over people who aren’t wearing seatbelts or roll a stop sign in the middle of nowhere where you can literally see all 4 ways for miles

 

Lmfao!

 

Just how many CATs are really needing to be replaced because of them being stopped up or legitimately in need of replacement?
A guy bringing in 1 to a scrap dealer because it needed replacing i can see. Have him produce a receipt for the replacement before buying it.
As for a legitimate shop, they would be known by the scrap dealer, so might want to sell 2-3 maybe.
2 guys showing up at a scrap dealer with 20 should ring alarm bells, and a call to the cops.

 

The scrap dealers are just as guilty as the crooks.

I personally have not had to replace a cat on anything I own, nor has anyone I know either. Replaced a couple DPFs but the fact that they were oil saturated pretty much explains exactly why they were going to the scrapyard.