Catalytic converter thieves hit victims over and over in Bay Area
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- Опубликовано: 5 фев 2023
- Victims of catalytic convert theft tell KTVU they’ve been hit 6, 7, 8 times or more. And at hundreds of dollars a pop for insurance deductibles, the costs rack up.
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to STOP THIS PROBLEM? THEY NEED TO HUNT THE MIDDLE MAN OR BUYERS AND PUT THEM ON JAIL.FOR LIFE.
THE BUYERS are probably the mechanic who's fixing it!
@@BORN-to-Run No, the 9 state ring sold the cats to a smelting company, which mad the ring leader 1/2 a billion dollars, and he had a 1.7 million dollar mansion in New jersey, and more than likely sent the money back out the country, and once he does his years, he's set for life.
@@majesticmajestic7058 No wonder they're risking their lives to get it.
no all electric cars w cameras duh
"The Middle Man here, is The "CORRUPTIVE GOVERNMENT" LAW ENFORCEMENT, CITY OFFICIALS, POLITICIANS RECYCLING CENTERS, MANUFACTURERS and THIEVES they are all the main CULPRIT it's a Big Business you know and everyone takes a piece of 🥧 they all get their share, it's just like Big PHARMA MAFIA they are all 🐁🐀🐁🐀
If you see somebody under your car , don’t approach unless you have a firearm and ready to use it …
And if you do use it you are going to jail duhhhhhhh
@@scottp29 yes sir 🤣
I'm ready!
@@scottp29 I'm ready!
just lower the jack on them
Thanks Newsom, Breed, and all the criminal friendly politicians. CA is such a F’d up place. Tax regular folks and let the criminals run free.
Exactly!
This is happening all over not just California. Texas, Illinois, and Washington is also seeing these thefts. Buy yeah California is in the lead. And once they stop them stealing cats, what will be next on their list?
State law needs to be changed to allow chesp non CARB approved catalytic converters to be installed. No one would steal them because the of low precious metal content.
That's ridiculous
LOL, you don't know the bay area, they steal anything around here, N-E-THING. If it ain't bolted down, it's gone, hell, half the time when it is bolted down it's gone.
No, they definitely will still steal it.
He has a good point. Non carb cats cost under 200.
@@R0S3RAV the people that know are the thiefs.
Lets not forget that California laws won't allow third party catalytic converters that cost a a fraction of what the OEM versions cost and while they won't stop thefts they'll at least make it less of a financial hit on people who get them stolen because the part of the story that goes over peoples heads is that it's often not "people who pay hundreds on insurance deductables" it's more like "people who are charged thousands from mechanics" because most people don't carry full coverage of 15+ year old cars.
buy a tesla. no cat converter
Corruption at it's finest, what is the goverment, city leaders, politicians, law enforcement, recycling centers, manufacturers doing to stop all of these crimes? this has been an ongoing crisis for years now and nothing is being done to stop nor resolve the situation, we as citizens are paying the high price for corruption, we are low income people who work day to day for their hard earned money, the targeted vehicles are old and are used as a daily driver, this is unfair and UNJUST, its sad amd Shameful there is so much despair and impotence???
"I don't feel like there is anything I can do to change the circumstance."
And Kurt will walk, not drive right down to the polls and vote for soft on crime candidates across the board...again.
Corruption at it's finest, what is the goverment, city leaders, politicians, law enforcement, recycling centers, manufacturers doing to stop all of these crimes? this has been an ongoing crisis for years now and nothing is being done to stop nor resolve the situation, we as citizens are paying the high price for corruption, we are low income people who work day to day for their hard earned money, the targeted vehicles are old and are used as a daily driver, this is unfair and UNJUST, its sad amd Shameful there is so much despair and impotence???
I'm surprised the DA didn't charge the victims somehow 🤔
You must be going through life surprised all the time.
The legislature's going to be considering a bill to shove us all in the oven and seize our assets post mortem as reparations.
That’s because Gascon is in LA now.
Nothing is going to change until they allow people to defend their property with deadly force.
They also need to stop decriminalizing crime
@@mcstiggens It doesn't matter how many times you publish your comment, it's totally stupid.
AMEN
Exactly, another reason I carry concealed and keep my weapon next to my night stand home protection and family a priority.
@@simply_diecast_3349 I'm sorry to hear that having love in your heart isn't a priority.
I’m telling you. These thieves need a scared straight solution where there life is at risk
"The Government is their accomplice, how's that"
It would stop if people had the guts to fight for what belongs to them !!!
It's nice to have a 1974 pickup.
Bay Area is savage with high rate of crime and still expensive give me the logic
Driving a Prius in Oakland. That can’t end well
Is it possible to skip the middleman and just pay the thief to immediately reinstall it? That ought to save a few bucks.
Now you're thinking outside the box. Don't go back in the box
Okay. I'm coming over to steal your muffler. Get the cash ready.
@@me-so2ze lol
I’m surprised the Oakland DA haven’t recommended this solution already
Still drives fine without the CC. We call that sound the Napa Newsom purr. Sounds like a French Laundry machine.
Lol the Napa Newsom purr
Sacred bleu! Mon deux! Savior Faire is everywhere!
Moved to Sonoma from Hayward just last week, none of that shit here. No sideshows, or smash and grabs either, so nice!
Sonoma is so nice. I love it there.
Yup, moved to Petaluma. It’s like weight lifted off my shoulders. Breath of fresh air.
@@camcam3087 that's where I'm from!
no more -East- Cesspit Bay
Grew up in Hayward. Richmond and Hayward scare Oakland gangsters.
1. Stop letting criminals recycle them and profiting off their crimes
2. Stop letting shops sell stolen catalytic converters
3. Enforce the laws when criminals are caught
It's California, need I say more. Ok, I will. The criminals are like rats out there. Not all shops are reselling them, but some crooked ones might be. Enforce the laws in California? That's a laugh.
"The Middle Man here, is The "CORRUPTIVE GOVERNMENT" LAW ENFORCEMENT, CITY OFFICIALS, POLITICIANS RECYCLING CENTERS, MANUFACTURERS and THIEVES they are all the main CULPRIT it's a Big Business you know and everyone takes a piece of 🥧 they all get their share, it's just like Big PHARMA MAFIA they are all 🐁🐀🐁🐀
That really sucks the guy's Prius got the cat stolen, but damn, that exhaust sounds mean!
🤣🤣
They need to go after recyclers they are the only ones causing this.
Not entirely true. No one is telling the slippery thieves to steal. They do that at their own free will.
@@jdtractorman7445what do you know? Thieves are getting away with a simple misdemeanor and a low fine, how's that for your knowledge, why do you think they still continue to this day commiting crimes, what is the Government Politicians, City Leaders, Manufacturers, Recycling Centers and Law Enforcement doing to Stop all of this ongoing situation for years now, they are not doing anything to Stop nor resolve the issue???
2:08 Just another instance of the news advertising crime, why it's lucrative, and how to do it.
Seems like they're okay with killing and hurting innocent people over a catalytic converter.. why not just leave a decoy car and see what happens..
Police would have to be allowed to do so. In California, good luck with that. Don't you love our secure borders under democratic leadership.
@@jdtractorman7445 You never had a secure boarder in the first place.
@@majesticmajestic7058 You ever see the California boarder? I have, its chain linked fence and a giant concrete wall.
@@abumzbum1869 Should have turrets posted on it, and land mines scattered in front of it.
@@majesticmajestic7058 lol that’d be something to see
Lol. Bad deal right? U pay these ridiculous high taxes to these politicians and they can’t even provide safety and security for their constituents.
California deserves it. $1,800 "CA legal" replacement when other states cost a way less. There's no need for all that valuable metal in the catalytic converter here when all the other states are doing just fine with the less expensive one.
Perhaps you could tell us what other state with 40 million people is doing “just fine” with inferior catalytic converters. I realize that, as a republican, you probably don’t understand that there are things that can hurt you , yet are too small to see. You should go find a literate adult to explain this to you.
@@chudleyflusher7132 you are not that dumb are you? Think, Think, Think, and Think some more.
Replacing it with OEM catalytic means the thieves will be back for it again. Replacing it with an aftermarket, the thieves won't even touch it. It may not last as long as the OEM but have less precious material in it. It's not worth their time.
Commifornia requires a CA certified/legal "product number" for the same aftermarket replacement and cost 3-4 times more than what it is sold for in other states. So car owners will opt for the OEM instead, which would cost only a few hundreds more. Enticing thieves to hit it up again and again like what happened to this man in the video. Changing nothing.
The best part is the normal replacement cats have little value and the thieves will not take them.
@@thevictim2072 Yeah because catalytic converters are ONLY being stolen in California, because thieves that get the job done in under a minute make sure to check that it's the OG cats 👏
California is over populated, so they have more pollution.
The auto industry could easily put something into place to protect converters at a very minimal cost. If I lived in an area where I thought mine could get stolen I'd have somebody weld some rebar or something on the areas a thief would have to cut through to make it impossible to steal and that wouldn't cost very much.
Yes, you would think the manufactures would know that by now.
You do know that these manufacturers live in safe countries with social order like Japan and Germany not shitholes with shameless thieves and corrupt politicians that protect them.
Theres a pepper spray booby trap I have created. It bolts up under your car. In order to take the cat, they have to slice through the 3 pressurized cylinders of pepperspray. If your the thief, ur toast. U can't see.
Good thing they made that law to stop the thieves this year. Good job Newsome!
It's Oakland so it is expected.
Newsom, if u can't fix this problem, at least give us a cheaper solution to keep our cars running. Let us install straight pipe and waive us from passing smog test to register our cars. YOUR FAILURE TO STOP THIS IS ALREADY DISAPPOINTING, AT LEAST EASE OUR PAIN WHEN WE GET HIT!
Stop begging politicians who don't care about you.
@@majesticmajestic7058 That is true. I need to get my gun.... but wait if I shoot them, they will shoot back, or if I kill them, I will go to jail. This country is going downhill fast.
What makes it so bad for the car owners is, they live in California where they have more stringent emissions laws. That's why people have to wait 7 or 8 months for a replacement because it is a much rarer part. California and many states in the northeast have the same emissions laws.
"¡It's all part of a Bureaucracy!"
Who but taxi drivers buy a Prius?
A few months ago, CA passed a law to deter cat converter thief. Why hasn't it been working? Are the thieves crossing state lines to sell them in order to get around the law?
Corruption at it's finest, what is the goverment, city leaders, politicians, law enforcement, recycling centers, manufacturers doing to stop all of these crimes? this has been an ongoing crisis for years now and nothing is being done to stop nor resolve the situation, we as citizens are paying the high price for corruption, we are low income people who work day to day for their hard earned money, the targeted vehicles are old and are used as a daily driver, this is unfair and UNJUST, its sad amd Shameful there is so much despair and impotence???
Police, DAs, supervisors need to care about this problem. We can easily reduce this behavior by actually prosecuting and putting these criminals in prison. Obviously, the people in power are to far left right now.
I do hope some logical liberals start getting their CCW license in SF now that the sheriff are issuing them. Can’t rely on police anymore.
My great great granddaddy was strung up by irate citizens for stealing horses. Seems like a reasonable solution.
Somebody takes mine I’m running straight pipe
Bait cars, five guys in thre bush... You get the picture
Just run straight pipe and don't have to do a smog.
It's illegal to run a car without a catalytic converter.
It's also illegal for CA to violate the 2nd amendment, but they do it anyway without consequence.
@@heh2k The Second Amendment has nothing to do with catalytic converters. Catalytic converters are exhaust emission control devices that convert toxic gases and pollutants in exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine into less-toxic pollutants by catalyzing a redox reaction. It is a requirement to use these devices. Otherwise, the air will be severely polluted.
Car may not run correctly depending on sensor placement. If possible, Id run a straight pipe and install cat only for smogging. btw - thousands of motorcycles run straight pipes. in Cali. Not that I would know...
@@heh2k
Aren’t you the imbecile who yelled “fire” in a crowded theater and learned the hard way that constitutional rights aren’t absolute?
They hit my Honda Element 3 times! I now have a similar shield on my cat and they haven't touched it in over a year.
How much was to put the shield on?
Why did you wait to be hit 3 times?
I am on my 4th Cat for my Prius and the last one they got with a security plate over the catalytic converter.
That is what I was going to suggest is getting a cat clamp or shield for the Prius. It appears though when a thief wants something, they will get it in any shape or form. Actually my suggest in general would be where are these thieves taking the catalytic converter to? I think it's a scrap medal place if I am not mistaken. If they are or where ever they are taking them too, that place needs a way to see if the item is stolen. There should be a serial number on each one (maybe hidden inside). If it's stolen that number should be entered into a data base for the police. Then places that accept catalytic converters should be able to access that data base. If it's stolen you reject it. Don't take it. That would cut back stealing so much. Of course too, it would be again up the the place that takes them in to do the right thing.
Just straight pipe it. Why keep replacing it?
How did they actually remove the shield?
@@warren6187 common sense would dictate that if you can install it, it can be removed.
@@warren6187 They did not remove the shield my mechanic said they used some type of long device that went up the end of the cat plate and then cut. It was shocking to see it could be done done.
DAs that dont prosecute need to be charged with treason, and so do their donors.
Oakland is a richly diverse and highly progressive Democrat community
Oakland is a leftist p*ss hole!
😂In addition to being the cultural hub of the East bay.
@@alswann2702 Yes, of gang banger murders. Very cultural!
And I live here. Have you ever seen the movie "Falling Down'? I feel like that's my life.
@@mikepond4865 hang in there my friend , when the time comes you can find somewhere much better.
Look, it’s those who BUY these things that are making the market for thieves.
Those dealing in used converters need to report the VIN of the car it supposedly came from and the driver’s license of whoever sold it to them. Then the cops can track down the thief or arrest the guy acting as a fence.
And if the same VIN is being used over and over, that should be flagged by the reporting app too.
Come on, State of California. Get your act together. This is your job!
Converters don't have the VIN stamped on them. Most of these theft rings simply pack them up in container ships and send them overseas. These are not being sold directly to scrap yards or muffler shops.
@@Mike__B I didn’t say they did. The thief should have to supply the VIN of the car it’s allegedly from.
No, the 9 state ring sold the cats to a smelting company, which mad the ring leader 1/2 a billion dollars, and he had a 1.7 million dollar mansion in New jersey, and more than likely sent the money back out the country, and once he does his years, he's set for life.
@@Mike__B No, the 9 state ring sold the cats to a smelting company, which mad the ring leader 1/2 a billion dollars, and he had a 1.7 million dollar mansion in New jersey, and more than likely sent the money back out the country, and once he does his years, he's set for life.
Horrible!
Seems like a straightforward fix....get rid of the precious metal.
Go EV?
How’s all the D&I going for you Oakland?
And the liberal vibe of California soft on crime just sits back while this goes on & on & on...... total failure by lawmakers
back in the days the first thing I do with all of the cars I've owned, go down to goldengate muffler and get rid of the cat, better sound lighter weight, never had any problems with smog
Cant do that now
@@obijuankenobi420 if it’s not a lease, I don’t see why not, I just smog my car recently and passed without any problems, 5.5 V8 twin turbo CAT deleted 8 years ago, if that can pass I don’t see why a Prius can’t.
@@obijuankenobi420 why
@@pooder3078 Won't pass smog
@@obijuankenobi420 I might as well run a straight in Oakland the police dont give a shit
You don't have to pay big buck for mechanic to put a protector cover your catalytic converter. All you do just wrap it with big chain around it and bolts to hold chain to slow the cut.
Changes his cats 6 times lol he spent more on replacing it than what the car is worth. Logic.
8 times? Just get sell the Prius and get a Aveo. The cats can’t be stolen unless you steal he entire car. Some cars have the cat up front behind the AC fan. Had it for 13 years. No issues.
Glad I live in a gated garage apartment 😢
If someone wakes up in the middle of the night and checks on their car and they see this happening are they right in the courts eye to shoot ?
If the car is in the garage and you came face to face with the intruder and you fear for your life...
The best solution to preventing these thefts is to move out of democrat s-hole cities. I live just the other side of the hills from Oakland in a conservative town, this stuff doesn't happen here.
A lot of the thieves even live in the Pittsburg/Antioch area and come to Oakland, SF, Berkeley to commit crimes since there little to no change of getting caught and punished. They pass up more lucrative cities on the way to safer ground.
What a stupid analogy, like politics has anything to do with it.
@@ww2remembered983 100% politics, every adult knows.
Which conservative city? Asking for a friend.
@@ww2remembered983 Ftards like you voted the politicians in who created these problems.
You vote for this!
I agree laws need to be in place to stop the sales of the Cat gutz
yeah, keep on making new laws to stop crimes, and the criminals keep finding new ways to screw people. only a woke person would come up with stupid new laws. How about enforcing existing laws and apprehending criminals and put them beind bars?
@@kanank13 I hear what your saying I’m not woke. I hate new laws so I get what your saying. But if the Metal Recyclers (the places the Roaches) are selling to had to ask for or provide some ID that they can’t just give a Roach cash for my Cat it would curve the Black market resale of cats.
@@kanank13 Do you know what a woman is?
Question. Who is buying the metal?
Its better than $15 an hour getting spit at McDonalds
some of my friends are running straight pipe and save their new cat converter for smog check
I thought they fixed this problem; Busted the "Muffler Ring".
Probably let the lower tier illegals and addicts go, the ring leader was arrested but probably sent the money over seas
@@majesticmajestic7058
"but probably sent the money over seas"
To fund the building of Chinese balloons.
For the guy in Oakland who has his cat stolen 6 times. May be a good idea to get a different car if possible.
PARK it in your garage.
Get rid of the Prius . That might help..
This is across the country.
no
@@buk6708 Yes it is, it even spans some red states.
Just hook up a battery to the exhaust system give the thieves the shock that they deserve
I’m buying a gun this year… I’ve had enough
A pink pistol lol
ONE Prius 7k$ in cats thats tyranny to many! C.A.R.B. C.A.T.S. Have A Flaw and its Expensive Infliction is on the Owner ! 5 times as Expensive as A Regular cat Designed to Clean the Air More Because we are Special ! The Irony is there are a lot more cars running around with no cat Go Figure !.
6 times wow. At that point you should do what I did. I put some mounting plates and bolts and made it removable so I only bolt it on when I get the smog check that rest of the year it's basically straight piped. I don't have a prius I did it on My mercedes because well its last a good amount of time now since it mostly sits in the locked safe in my crawl space. And I wanted to straight pipe anyways. So yea there's a tip. Just don't tell police because it's illegal.
This is the best idea I've seen yet.
Why didn't I think of it?
You gotta make a video.
@@seeharvester I have used the same cat for smog for 10 years and she still passes no problem. As long as you leave the resonator in place the change in sound from the muffler is almost unnoticeable. I don't have a video but the plates I used are the same that connect the pipe to the header.
That's 6k in money, should be a green light for any criminal who steal cat but we are talking about communist California soo probably nothing will be done
@@DonutVIP what ?
patent that!
Vote blue, no cat for you
@@asainracistspeakstruth3311 not 7 different times puto
Vote red, if you're brain dead.
@@ww2remembered983 vote blue if you never had a clue
@asainracistspeakstruth3311 go back to azia
Leftist states have the highest crime. And only idiots like Californian's would vote to pass a law legalizing theft under $950!
Mine’s been stolen twice now. Having a shield welded on to deter more thefts. My next car will be electric, so no exhaust system to worry about.
I'm waiting for "battery theft" rings to spring up.
Toyota needs to step up.
Get a new type of car. Welcome to the bay.
Vote red
How come the police are not arresting the junkyard owners that purchase the used catalytic converters, bullsh*t policing.
I almost thought the headline said victims were being hit over the head, possibly with the stolen cats 😂
rub hot raw jabenero peppers all over your catalytic converter, they will get it, but at least they will feel the burn when they touch their eyes later.
Bueno, amigo!
How long do you think it would last lol, just get a train horn and tie it into the cars alarm lol.
News you'd like to see : Victims hit catalytic converter thieves over and over again ,,,
I don't see what's hard in this , all they have to do is pass a law that says the cores aren't worth anything
Get an electric car. If you're having to pay for CC 6 times, it's worth it.
Are all Prius owners this weak and helpless😮?? You’re literally giving the criminals money by doing nothing but replacing it 6x.
Felony punishment is the answer.
The dude should just get a new car instead of spending $2000 replacing the cat at that point. I mean, 6 times???
SHOP OWNERS THEY ARE GOING TO HIT YOUR SHOPS NEXT. GET A CONCRETE SAFE!
Ahhh that good ol' sound of you get what you vote for. Crazy thing is these people will keep voting for people with Far Left Policies!
They are indeed insane.They are incapable of admitting fault and changing course Libs are insane.Seen it my whole life.
ahh the good old moron commenter who thinks all this failure is coming from peoples "votes"
@@milesstover3724 leftist social and economic policies make everything worse. Hes correct.
It appears though when a thief wants something, they will get it in any shape or form even if you have it protected. Actually my suggest in general would be where are these thieves taking the catalytic converter to? I think it's a scrap medal place if I am not mistaken. If they are or where ever they are taking them too, that place needs a way to see if the item is stolen. There should be a serial number on each one (maybe hidden inside). If it's stolen that number should be entered into a data base for the police. Then places that accept catalytic converters should be able to access that data base. If it's stolen you reject it. Don't take it. That would cut back stealing so much. Of course too, it would be again up the the place that takes them in to do the right thing.
The people they sell them to are paid by the Chinese
Those shops don’t turn down profit
They ship them overseas
Maybe the stolen converters are being sold by suppliers at a steep cost. It’s a vicious cycle.z
No, the 9 state ring sold the cats to a smelting company, which mad the ring leader 1/2 a billion dollars, and he had a 1.7 million dollar mansion in New jersey, and more than likely sent the money back out the country, and once he does his years, he's set for life.
If it was me I would install a pipe so I can dive it and live with a check engine light until they fix the theft problem. I would also install a sign on the car that reads IT'S GONE MOVE ON!
The first dude needs to weld something over it
This is why I shut down my auto shop. They destroyed more than 16 cars in one week. Took all catalytic converters and broke windows to take all radios 📻. They damaged dashboards. 3 times in 6 months.
Vote Democrat!
Defund the police!
Show compassion and set criminals free!
So do EVs need catalytic converters?
They don't.
California let's it ride because we have to get Cal EPA stamped converter's, start taking off the hands of the thieves.
Who the hell gets their stuff stolen 6 times and takes zero preventative measures after?? God dam my guy get the plate
Plate only stalls them a little longer.
@@majesticmajestic7058 theres a flat plate and one that is angled upward. With the angled version they're not getting it.
Time to put them in the ground of prison cell. People are getting tired and more and more people are starting to fight back. So much for defunding the police 😂😂😂😂
straight pipe it
Make them easy to remove. We can take them home at night.
It’s easy, stop using precious medals!
It's easy, start using copper 🤗
Weld a straight pipe problem solved
Cool story… I guess you didn’t realize that in order to renew your car registration you need to be able to pass an emissions test
@@vegangainsfather2877 yeah I realized that I would take my cat off add flow master instead of muffler I would save it till I had to smogg it it only cost me 60 to weld it back on 🔧
LEGALIZE STRAIGHT PIPES!!!
U get what u voted for !!!
whenever you get hit by thieves over and over and over like you have some psychological issues, that means you get what you voted for.
Covfefe?
Blame the Dems!! Yeah, that's it! Donnie Hitler would execute them all!!
No such thing as democracy. Its an illusion.
After the first one I'd cover my new one with human shit and let them take it
It would burn off and before that, your car would smell like shit lol, just use copper, problem solved 🤗
@@majesticmajestic7058 or attach a Grenade
It's time to move
Stop running 🤷♀️
@@majesticmajestic7058 I’m 21 I didn’t vote for this bullshit and I’m not about to wait years for something to happen
@@pooder3078 Problems that you run from have a way of catching up with you 🤷♀️
@@majesticmajestic7058 stfu I don’t vote for democrats
@@pooder3078 I never said you did, but I noticed a trend of people moving and those with extreme liberal policies follow them. It's going to get to a point of having no where to run. Pro 2A people need to change the narrative and get other people on board, attack the policies not the person, find out where there sensibilities lay.