Just had my cat converter stolen

DANG...Sleeping with window open. Heard a noise, made the mistake (maybe not a mistake) of yelling at them. Car immediately took off with lights off. Cops were here quick, but I think too late. Car is an older Prius, guess they are prized for their converters. Just reduced coverage to liability only . Lesson learned. Gonna get a CAT LOCK next time. Maybe that will slow them down.

You were sleeping with your window open in SE Minn?? The temp is 25.I just looked at videos of this because I didn't hear about it before. So where do you live in Rochester? Who's buying them from the thieves?

Scrap yards buy everything.

I've heard of that here too. Beats working for money I guess! Scrap yards should take pictures of the people selling them and report it. Pawn shops have to keep a list of stuff they buy off people.

True but I'd think the scrap yard would question someone bringing in just a cat converter. This looks like it's common so they should be aware of it and get their ID, plate # and contact LE. I know they're in business but I wouldn't want to be involved in it as a middle man.

I heard the same thing on NW Wisconsin news about some isolated reports of the same thing, with convertors being stolen, they said the black market sales are limited because salvage yards do not accept them unless accompanied by a scrap vehicle. But I'm sure there is always that guy that will.

They are stealing the crap out of them in Mpls (and larger cities around the state). Same group of thugs. The Prius was most likely a stolen. They've been stealing them a lot too (for some dumb reason). Generally Omar's clan.

Around here the scrap yards do take your picture. I had a converter stolen at work a few years back. I worked nights at the time.

They busted a big ring in Edmonton Alberta in august that had 900 cats in possession . Then our thief slowed down, broad daylight in the shopping centers climb unders were common in the summer.
is not Prius the main car used in the taxi industry? so you can figure your may be used as an aftermarket use replacement

Cats that sold for scrap lately have gone crazy, like from 30$ to 220$

Did they use a ratchet cutter or a saws-all with blades ?

They took 34 off a rental cars parking lot one weekend @ 1000$ each replacement

This has been going on now for a month or better. The Winona police put out a public warning about it. Winona has seen many vehicles with cats stolen over night.

I'm not sure what used stolen car parts sell for on the black market but surely you could make more money just going to work without the potential negative consequences. And you probably wouldn't even have to work nights.

I work at an auto salvage yard and cut cats sometimes. Wish the guys stealing them would come and apply for a job because cats are a PITA to remove. They must be only taking the easy ones. There is little room and the pipe near cats is harder so a torch is the easiest fastest way to remove them.

Palladium is hovering around 2400$ an oz.

They busted a couple of scum bags out here doing a few years ago. One had a crow bar to pull down on the exhaust and the other a batt. Operated sawzall. Hit up a couple car lots and quite a few driveways. Hope they got an unwanted boyfriend in jail

Was your room hazy from wood smoke?

Why was your window open in Mn.?

Northwest. I like cracking the window at night. Heard the sound of the jack clicking down. Played it over a thousand times in my head. First thought was to yell and scare them off, but they already had it off. They've been targeting priuses. Thieves are dumb, they always get caught. Just wish they got caught this time.

whatever they used was pretty quiet.

I haven't started my F-150 yet, hope they left that alone.

I guess I better think about cleaning out the garage so I can get my car in it.

You must live right in town.To bad about your car

Can'tblame the guys though. I mean who in their right mind would steal a whole Prius ?? They just took the part that was worth something.

LOL.

I'm still trying to figure out what kind of person would own a Prius.

My sister had hers taken off her Prius a couple of months ago in Seattle. Now she has a lock device installed.

Greenies who love rainbows , unicorns , Biden , Obama , and think they are saving polar bears......lol

They are worth a lot of money for remarket or for scrap because of the precious medal. Some of the converters are worth $800 for scrap and they are selling for a profit so go figure.

stole mine 5 yrs ago while i was overseas. 1300 to replace

Did you have any difficulty sneaking it through customs.

Had mine stolen years back. Battery powered sawzall. Someone stole the copper radiator out of my dads JD bulldozer once too.

How did you get that pic of my sister's car?!

Diesel cats are not worth it 10$ out of that F150
Mercedes are the expensive ones back 5 years ago vintage

Forget that why do you drive a prius

You sound like a professional scrap enthusiast. I like scrap metal too.

I can understand the window being open. No comment on everything else.

That sucks, check with home owners not auto insurance

The personal property coverage in a homeowners or renters insurance policy may help cover theft from your car. ... What you may not know is that personal property coverage usually protects these personal items even if the theft happens away from your home.

There were reports of people having their catalytic converters cut at a parking area for walk in access to a popular fishing location down in southern maine a couple years ago. Right beside a busy road with traffic going by fairly regularly, never heard if they caught who was doing it.

I drove a rolloff truck and put rolloff boxes out at construction sites. One outfit that put up a cellphone tower left me $600 worth of copper conduit. Well over $3000 from an ethanol plant build.

Found a friendly mechanic who fixed the car for around $800...And to all you Prius haters out there...It belonged to my recently deceased 94 year old father, a WW2 vet who gave it to my son before he passed. It's not about what kind of car you choose to drive. It's about stealing and vandalizing someone elses property.

I am glad you got it fixed.

LOL!

I have a cat converter.

It's a .17 with ballistic tipped bullets that converts the stray cats on my property into coyote bait.

Purrrfect ........lol