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The Return of The Hybrid Battery Thieves

Discussion in 'Gen 4 Prius Main Forum' started by snipercoder, Aug 26, 2019.

  1. snipercoder

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    did they come back from london?
     
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    London it's the CAT burglars.
     
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    oh yeah, i keep getting my criminals mixed up (n)
     
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    I just learned how to spell burglars. I've always said burgalurs, but apparently that's one syllable too many??

    Both for the CAT's and the hybrid batteries (likely a lot more so for the latter), the thieve's reward is dwarfed by the damage to the car, to get it repaired properly. :mad:
     
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    You didn't see the smashed glass particles all over the floor?

    This is weird, because I saw the same lady, doing an interview outside with the car, where it showed broken glass inside the car and they reported it would be $8000 to fix because they cut the cables. Now it's a 10k battery and 15k to fix......

    Now I see, the broken glass photos were from news reports in 2015 that were embedded into this new report....Guess I'm off my game today......
     
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    yep, cutting the cables adds a $7,000. wiring harness?
     
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    Huh?
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    Kinda like spelling Angler;).

    You got that pretty well covered:p.

    In an obtuse way(y).
     
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