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21st September 2019, 07:17 | #1 |
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Increase in Catalytic Converter thefts
The BBC reports a “huge increase” in catalytic converter thefts due to a jump in the price of precious metals - Rhodium now goes for £4000 an ounce apparently.
Interestingly it looks like our cars are pretty much safe as the thieves want “clean” cats and so are targeting Hybrid cars as their cats are used less. |
21st September 2019, 07:25 | #2 |
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I’ve read about an increase in reported thefts online on a few ‘tech’ groups I’m in with customers complaining of blowing exhausts etc. Luckily not seen any myself as there not cheap to buy.
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21st September 2019, 07:42 | #3 | |
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They clearly had to jack the car up to get at it as I couldn't even scramble underneath to find out what had gone wrong. I also had trouble getting a replacement as you can't get the front section anymore - the pattern part I got was just single skin and didn't have holes for both sensors. Ended up getting a good second hand section from a trader on here. |
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21st September 2019, 07:48 | #4 |
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They don't even bother to steal them under cover of darkness around here, they just pull up to the car in broad daylight and take it off in under two minutes They know full well PC Plod isn't going to show up any time soon .
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21st September 2019, 07:53 | #6 |
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As I weigh them in due to my breaking, I should let all 1.8T model owners know that their cats are the most valuable ones and probably the easiest ones to cut off, I won’t publicly name the tool in case anybody looking in got any ideas but I can take the cat off in sub 5 mins with this tool, next is the diesels but all this is only if they are original OEM cats, aftermarket ones are worth about £8
Keep your eyes peeled people as Cat prices are rising Hope that helps Mick
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I’ve read about people fitting a brackets around it or welding it to the car just to make it more difficult to steal. Some cars cats are much easier to steal than others so I’m not sure where 75/ZT sits on that list
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We live in a street where there are some unfavorable people and our local council have switched off all street lights at midnight and there activity has increased
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