Fighting back against catalytic converter thefts

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  2. Capacity

    Capacity Road Train Member

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    We have a rash of thefts here also here in NE Wisconsin , ironic it was in todays news.
     
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  3. TheLoadOut

    TheLoadOut Road Train Member

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    How about scrapyards just stop taking them?
     
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  4. buddyd157

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    they ought to be under the very same constraints as a pawn shop....

    no sales until 30 days go buy, meaning the recyclers have to store them on site.

    take a photo ID of the person presenting them for sale.
     
  5. Mattflat362

    Mattflat362 Road Train Member

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    Huge problem here in Ohio too. U-haul trucks get hammered!!
     
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  6. olddog_newtricks

    olddog_newtricks Medium Load Member

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    Photo ID and fingerprint the one selling them .
     
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  7. mjd4277

    mjd4277 Road Train Member

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    It’s a big issue in the Northeast as well-particularly if you have a Toyota. Land Cruisers,Tacomas and Priuses are the primary targets.
     
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  8. D.Tibbitt

    D.Tibbitt Road Train Member

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    I think @Chinatown posted a article about people smoking the contents of the cat converter now. Its supposed to get u super high.
     
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  9. Chinatown

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  10. lilillill

    lilillill Sarcasm... it's not just for breakfast

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    Same in rural south Alabama. It'd have to be an awfully skinny pillbilly to get under my Corvette though, lol.

    They've been stealing them off church vans here... sometimes waiting a week or two and coming back to get the new ones too.
     
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