I felt like a jackass driving it five blocks to the shop.
Catalytic Converter Theft
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rtraverdavis
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My wife said she got some great looks while driving her car to the shop. People looking around like, where’s the race car? Then this mom in a CRV pulls up next to them.
My anti-theft device is not to have one on my vehicle. The problem with this is I'm stuck driving an old diesel truck around. I'm sitting on 230000 miles so hopefully it can survive a little longer. It really upsets me hearing all these stories of theft. Nowhere is immune to it these days.
MarvB
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I had tweekers cut through the fencing of a substation we were building and take off with a reel of grounding copper. Was hoping the bastards would come back once the sub was live and try to take some of the 12Kv bus work
Arcola
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This is really getting out of control. I run a couple of automotive shops, and we're seeing multiple vehicles a week with cats cut out. Most insurance companies won't spring for an OE part, so even aftermarket is becoming difficult to source. Toyotas are by far the favorite.
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Steelsearchin
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My old man was ice fishing a few days ago. When he tried to back out of his parking spot the van wouldn't move...and the wheels weren't spinning snow. He gets out and finds the front end of the rig lifted with a brand new jack. Tweekers must have seen him coming across the lake and bugged out. He called the cops who took the jack for prints. Residential park with plenty of traffic, not some remote lake.
Hang em high.
Hang em high.
Brittany Chukarman
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The crackheads hit the rigs parked at the boat launches on the west side of Oregon.
Hem
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There must be a way to jury rig protection without paying $600.
ignorethefringes
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Just for a marmot to trip it up, no thanks. . .
dan.kirkpatrick
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its pretty bad in the portland ore metro area,lots of methheads,,gotta watch where you park,,either your cat will be gone or they will steal the whole car.
For years we were getting copper stolen. They'd tear wire out of walls, melt extension cords, etc.
The scrap yard knew it too. Finally after hundreds of thousands in damage to new houses in the area, the police convinced the scrap yard to require ID.
Presto, overnight the problem died off.
The scrap yard knew it too. Finally after hundreds of thousands in damage to new houses in the area, the police convinced the scrap yard to require ID.
Presto, overnight the problem died off.
The boat ramps are where it happens here. Especially early Spring when it's mainly fishermen out. They finally caught a couple of them after a few months.
Irrelevant
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I was just thinking about clipping a wire from your battery to the cat...
Dakotakid
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Everybody makes fun of the low riders and hydraulic suspensions the Hispanics drive, no body is making fun of them now, everybody wants to be able to set their trucks on the ground.
JEL
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Not a cat but I found this in our parking lot when I got to work one morning. 
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