02-20-2017, 11:37 PM
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My wife's catalytic converter was cut off her 14 limited
I'm leaving work today when my wife calls and says her 4R sounds like a "motorcycle" and the dash was lit up like a christmas tree. Turns out someone crawled under it while she was at work and chopped it off with a sawzall and tore the wiring for the O2 sensor. Sounds like she's driving a farm truck. I've already filed a police report and an insurance claim, it's going to cost us $250, but more importantly it's a pain in the ass to get fixed with our schedules.
At least they left us nice clean cuts...
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02-20-2017, 11:40 PM
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Jeez, I thought the economy had improved enough that lowlifes weren't resorting to this or stealing copper piping out of homes. Best of luck- this is a pain in the arse to deal with.
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02-20-2017, 11:41 PM
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Kids these days... I would think there would be far more profitable things to steal. 
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02-20-2017, 11:50 PM
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02-20-2017, 11:52 PM
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There is good money in recycling catalytic converters because of the precious metals inside of them a low life can buy a lot of their drug of choice from recycling a catalytic converter.
Sucks for you guys for sure and those are really good clean cuts for a thief in a hurry. I don't think that was their first one
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02-20-2017, 11:57 PM
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I had this happen to me years ago in my old 94 4runner. We are easy targets due to the ride height compared to cars.. Although, I too thought this was a thing of the past.
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02-21-2017, 12:06 AM
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My wife and I took our two girls (6&2) to the zoo this weekend. We stopped at a stingray petting area(harmless cownose rays) and ten minutes later we step out to a stolen jogging stroller and backpack that had diapers and butt cream. I swear nothing is sacred anymore...
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02-21-2017, 12:09 AM
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Nooo! Sad but it takes less than 20seconds with a torch brand blade, and any old sawzall and lithium batteries. Ive always wanted to wire the exhaust to the battery to deter it, but chances are i would fry the crook and get sued by his wife.
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02-21-2017, 12:31 AM
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Sorry OP. People suck.
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Originally Posted by frodiesel
Nooo! Sad but it takes less than 20seconds with a torch brand blade, and any old sawzall and lithium batteries. Ive always wanted to wire the exhaust to the battery to deter it, but chances are i would fry the crook and get sued by his wife.
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A car battery can't electrocute you.
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02-21-2017, 12:32 AM
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Jeez, Now I've seen everything.
And another thing to worry about.
...Good luck getting all this BS sorted out.
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02-21-2017, 01:03 AM
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I like how the first amazon link for catalyic converter lock on amazon has a picture of a 4runner (toyota) as an example picture
https://www.amazon.com/CatClamp-Stan...converter+lock
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02-21-2017, 01:05 AM
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Quote:
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 Never heard of such a thing. I like it.
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02-21-2017, 01:21 AM
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Wow crazy.  :
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02-21-2017, 01:34 AM
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Time for some for length skid plates?
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