Catalytic converter thefts are on the rise again..

adventure_of_link · Post by **adventure_of_link** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 6:27 am

http://local12.com/news/local/story.asp ... cb65d3a57d

PHoNyMiKe · Post by **PHoNyMiKe** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 8:10 am

my car's too low to crawl under without a jack. I wish somebody would take mine, it's shot anyways. it makes a nice rattling noice, and threw a CEL about catalytic system failure. a new one is $80, so I haven't replaced it yet. if my alarm triggers, the remote notifies me (beeping or vibrate) if I'm within a mile of the car. thank you viper 5900 with battery backup, two way 1 mile remote, and glass break sensor.

p.s. remote window roll down, window roll up when armed, remote start, and trunk pop. $400 if installed by yourself $1,000 if by 'professionals'.

p.p.s. a digital tilt sensor would detect the car becoming unlevel, like being jacked up to take rims or catty. but I didn't go that far for factory rims.

nigga whut, touch my car and I'll bust a cap.

Post by **badinsults** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 11:42 am

Platinum is worth twice as much per ounce as gold. Guess what is in catalytic converters!

casualsax3 · Post by **casualsax3** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 5:25 pm

catalysts

adventure_of_link · Post by **adventure_of_link** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 6:23 pm

badinsults wrote:Platinum is worth twice as much per ounce as gold. Guess what is in catalytic converters!

Platinum and (IIRC) titanium.

Hey if I get my converter replaced I'm gonna see if I can keep it

And thankfully my car needs a jack or rack to get under it as well.

Post by **grinvader** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 6:45 pm

adventure_of_link wrote:(IIRC) titanium.

... not really. It's expensive enough, and doesn't get much stress except from heat, so why the hell would you use titanium.
No, you want palladium and a bit of rhodium. Platinum alone doesn't cut it anyway.
... Cerium and manganese too, apparently.

doktor_kris · Post by **doktor_kris** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 9:23 pm

Where I get Cerium?

Joe Camacho · Post by **Joe Camacho** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 9:33 pm

I heard the stuff inside is used to cook crystal and crack. Y/N?

alexz721 · Post by **alexz721** » Thu Jun 19, 2008 12:42 am

casualsax3 wrote:
badinsults wrote:Platinum is worth twice as much per ounce as gold. Guess what is in catalytic converters!
catalysts

BRILLIANT

Post by **grinvader** » Thu Jun 19, 2008 7:21 pm

Joe Camacho wrote:I heard the stuff inside is used to cook crystal and crack. Y/N?

Never heard of using platinum or palladium catalysts in their synthesis, sorry. Selling the stuff gives cash to reinvest elsewhere, is probably what's done.

Usually drug recipes aren't exactly hard to pull (they 'reuse' complex parts from other compounds and just attach them together), so catalysts are not necessary.
Also catalysts are here to improve productivity and are an expensive investment that requires special procedures not to waste any. Not really expected from illegal labs that keep moving to avoid busts.

PHoNyMiKe · Post by **PHoNyMiKe** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 4:45 am

grin runs several crack dens and has 2 full time 'cooks'.

Neo Kaiser · Post by **Neo Kaiser** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 5:06 am

Too bad that they are mandatory by law... Too save some Green? Ha!

Gil_Hamilton · Post by **Gil_Hamilton** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 6:16 am

Crack dens are legally required?
I guess that's one way to keep the cops in business.

Neo Kaiser · Post by **Neo Kaiser** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 8:42 pm

Gil_Hamilton wrote:Crack dens are legally required?
I guess that's one way to keep the cops in business.

Catalytic converters

Starman Ghost · Post by **Starman Ghost** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 11:30 pm

Since I don't own a car, I guess I'm safe right?

Joe Camacho · Post by **Joe Camacho** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 3:29 am

Starman Ghost wrote:Since I don't own a car, I guess I'm safe right?

That's what they want you to think.

Neo Kaiser · Post by **Neo Kaiser** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 5:44 am

Starman Ghost wrote:Since I don't own a car, I guess I'm safe right?

You can't be safe from Cap. Contamination.

Gil_Hamilton · Post by **Gil_Hamilton** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 9:19 am

Starman Ghost wrote:Since I don't own a car, I guess I'm safe right?

Yes... very safe...
*sneaks in and steals your air conditioner*

Copper's worth money too.

Post by **grinvader** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 11:36 pm

Copper, steel and aluminum prices are skyrocketing. They are roughly double what they were worth 5 YEARS AGO.
2004's crisis looks fun compared to the mess we're in.

whicker · Post by **whicker** » Sun Jun 29, 2008 8:02 am

This isn't paranoia.
The powers that be really want to screw over the industrialized world.
for the lulz apparently.
because, nobody could truly be this incompetent for this long.

Gil_Hamilton · Post by **Gil_Hamilton** » Sun Jun 29, 2008 8:06 am

whicker wrote:This isn't paranoia.
The powers that be really want to screw over the industrialized world.
for the lulz apparently.
because, nobody could truly be this incompetent for this long.

Individuals are smart. But get them in a group and they become retarded monkeys throwing shit at each other.

That's how government works.

Post by **odditude** » Sun Jun 29, 2008 8:09 pm

Gil_Hamilton wrote:Individuals are smart. But get them in a group and they become retarded monkeys throwing shit at each other.

None of us are as dumb as all of us.