Daverb

heard twice this week on the news about thieves not breaking into construction sites and junks yards stealing Catalytic converters from cars and trucks.

a76marine

Have heard about them being stolen for the metals or something inside of them but not specifically from construction sites.

Maybe the thieves around here need to wise up instead of trying to get them off personal vehicles?

Daverb

Forgot to mention, the metal in them they are after is the platinum.

ChevyMgr

They are hitting the 15 passenger vans around here. Because of their high ground clearance they are able to quickly crawl under them, cut the converter with a cordless sawzall, and their gone 3 minutes later.

Bad thing is these are Churches and Daycare Centers that are getting hit. $800-$1000 repairs don't help their budgets out.

SandyBeach

Around here they're stealing copper from air conditioning units. Some businesses have been hit more than once. They've also attacked churches and schools. As far as I know, not a single arrest has been made.

ivtech

A friend of mine had the catalytic converter stolen of her 4Runner while visiting her mother in a hospita. The security video showed a Suburban park next to her car a bit of light coming from inside the Suburban and in less than 5 minutes it was gone.

Jeff®

Search for catalytic converters on eBay. Go ahead. You'll be amazed. They all sell too.

Not only that, but syphoning gas is passe' now. Just push a pan under a car's tank and punch a hole in it and collect the gas in the pan.

mongo

In Detriot they'll steal anything made of metal, including manhole covers.
That's a bit of a shock when you are driving down the road

Wolfie

Mostly on high of the ground SUV's and trucks ... so we're kinda safe

TomsHHR

One was zapped stealing some copper from a Power company sub station.

Shocking eh?