So. Somebody stole my catalytic converter.

[Chris McCarver]

I was at my bro-in-law's LCS running the shop's biweekly anime screening, and somebody got under my parked car, sawed the converter off my exhaust pipe and made off with it.

Banner weekend, lemme tell ya.

[Thommy Melanson]

Wow.

You didn't happen to kick a puppy or something recently did you?

[aviolentmist]

At first I thought this was a "Back to the Future" joke, but then I remembered that there is such a thing as a catalytic converter.

[Maxwell]

I wish parody threads were allowed. I would have made a "So. Somebody stole my flux capacitor."

[Chris McCarver]

Wow.

You didn't happen to kick a puppy or something recently did you?

I *got* a new puppy, ironically enough...

Actually, there's been a rash of thefts of the things due to the value of the metal it's made of.

[divinus]

I *got* a new puppy, ironically enough...

Actually, there's been a rash of thefts of the things due to the value of the metal it's made of.

I dunno, I just find it really odd someone would be so desperate as to steal something off of the bottom of someone's car, and need a saw to do it with.

There HAS to be an easier way to steal a living...

With that said, this situation obviously sucks, man. Is there any way to track down who did it? Would it have like a serial number or anything?

[Thommy Melanson]

I *got* a new puppy, ironically enough...

Actually, there's been a rash of thefts of the things due to the value of the metal it's made of.

If its possible from an engineering standpoint, you may to need have a lockbox installed over the replacement.

Pimp My Ride: Security Edition.

[William Satterwhite]

Not to make light of what happened but I used to work in the service department at a car dealership and this reminds me of how many people would call in asking for cadillac converters.

[Chris McCarver]

I dunno, I just find it really odd someone would be so desperate as to steal something off of the bottom of someone's car, and need a saw to do it with.

There HAS to be an easier way to steal a living...

With that said, this situation obviously sucks, man. Is there any way to track down who did it? Would it have like a serial number or anything?

Nah, it's pretty much a lost cause. Though my dad's checking with my car insurance to see if we can claim it. And it only took 15 minutes to replace.

And it's apparently not so hard a thing to steal. The mechanic that replaced it said all it takes is a chain-cutter and it'll come off inside of two minutes.

If its possible from an engineering standpoint, you may to need have a lockbox installed over the replacement.

Pimp My Ride: Security Edition.

Fortunately, the likelihood of this happening again is lessened by the fact that they replaced it with a universal converter. The universal ones, while still able to do the job mechanically, are made of materials worth less to thieves, enough to where they'll actually not bother to try once they recognize it as such.

[Brian Defferding]

WTF? That's a weird thing to steal.