Catalytic Converter Theft

9500 died from diesel, and no deaths were reported from unleaded gasoline- agenda exposed.

 

Well, (22,000 - 9500) = 12,500 are from non-diesel exhaust across the transport industry. It seems that unleaded gasoline would be lumped in with that.

 

How much is the price of rice in china?

 

woooooops I missed that (worldwide vs one country) difference the first time.

either way, without reading the study it's hard to know if any of the numbers were giant stretches of imagination (like my earlier mistake) it actually something to be concerned about

 

I'd prefer to see people's opinions of what they want changing the marketplace, instead of bans and dictation from congresses/dictators.

as much as I love quiet, freedoms are more important.

 

pulease, cow flagulance is the reason. The president is limiting 4lbs of beef per person annually, well proposal. If it was truely unleaded burning, there would be a limit proposal also. But its still crickets.

 

A person's freedom to operate an unmuffled vehicle ends where my ability to sleep begins.....BUT this is a problem than can (and mostly IS) solved by reasonable laws.
Because of the idiots out there that like to share the output from their car audio, many LEO's rides are equipped with noise monitoring devices and many towns and cities can (and do!) have noise ordinances.

In the motorcycle community, there is a belief that loud pipes save lives, so this isn't a millennial-only problem.
I recall one mobile Nosie Enforcement roadside stop where they measured the noise output for a vehicle@ 4,000 rpm.
Bust the limit?
Get a rather expansive fix-it ticket.

No "friend of a friend" inspectors.
No tuner exhausts that are relatively quiet until the idiot operator does a WOT launch.
A real-world metric for noisy-not noisy.

As far as emissions (air pollution AND noise) for decatenated Priuses????

That's pretty weak tea, IMOH.
They probably come close to passing emissions even without the cat, and despite the fact that a high mileage G2 is the official state car for a bunch of itty-bitty, blue northeastern states, ONE straight-piped, big block dually pulling a cattle car probably accounts for more air pollution than every G2 east of the Rockies.

....even without the cows.

 

That article was about local PM2.5 and ozone pollution, not global CO2 emissions.

As for the 4lbs annual beef limit, that shows how many Americans got suckered by a British tabloid 'fake news' article.

 

Old granny here with zero knowledge about catalytic converters. I will be traveling soon, staying at 3 hotes, 2 of which I have never stayed at before. When I leave in the morning from the hotel, how do I know if my CC has been taken? Debris around the car? When I start it, it doesn't start? A hole in the car?

 

It will sound like a really loud hotrod with no muffler.

 

Yours is a Gen 3. If you see red coolant on the pavement, you thief was a rank amateur,

Don't drive the car.

 

when your car sounds like a jet taking off. Rent a car

 

Haven't you heard the news? You can't rent a car now without giving up your firstborn.

Even small moving trucks are being taken in place of cars. Maybe considering renting the responding tow truck instead?

 

Where are these hotels?
CC theft is sorta like other crimes.
Very rampant in some areas, but very uncommon in others.
You may be worrying for no good reason.

As stated above, you have a G3.
If you start your car and it sounds loud....like a teenagers car loud then shut it off and look underneath.
As stated above, if you see coolant on the pavement then do not drive the car.
You will have to have it towed.
Do not forget to tell the hotel about the incident. They will insist that they’re not liable, but laws about this may vary.
Coolant is pretty nasty stuff to just leave laying around on a parking lot, so you will want to make sure its cleaned up.
Unless the hotel is a rent by the hour establishment with vibrating beds, they will have a plan in place for gas/oil/coolant leaks.

Good Luck!

 

cool, just sue the hotel for liability for not securing the facility and use the money from the case to buy a cat replacement.

 

Richmond Hill, Georgia

Chester-Richmond, Virginia

Like I said in another thread, everyone knows more about cars than I do. My husband knew everything and did everything cars; RIP.

 

Look at how determined the thieves are (on a Prius Gen 2 though):

 

if it was my car that they were doing this to, first thing first is to push the car so it will collapse on whoever is under. Then call 911

 

Actually a thief was killed under a Prius in San Diego a couple of months ago...

 

prius owner 1, thief 0.