Stolen Cats.

[John Jones Jr]

My neighbour phoned me after his return from a week in Devon, a few days ago and mentioned
his wifes car was making a hell of a noise. It transpired the Cat was stolen along with making a mess of the exhaust pipes either end.
Now, this morning I just read the same happened to a Honda owner, Cat stolen overnight.

Be on your guard!

 

[Paul/]

Due to the MOT having recently become more rigorous?

PS you should have titled it "Cat Burglars".

 

[John Jones Jr]

No, I don't think it's got to do with MOT's. I'd say it the scrap value that is attracting these scumbags.

 

[John]

This has been going on for a few years now.

Normally vans / lorries seem to get done due to higher clearance and larger CATs.

I presume the felons are dealt with the same light touch as with all crimes in the UK....

 

[balge]

Massive outbreak of it round here too (Nottingham) - the half-wits did my 300TD and nicked the resonator box...:fail
Still cost me a hundred quid though...

 

[martyz]

Must of run out of cable in your area.when the cat harvesting season is over,it will be gates.

 

[Howard]

This has been going on for a few years now.

Normally vans / lorries seem to get done due to higher clearance and larger CATs.

I presume the felons are dealt with the same light touch as with all crimes in the UK....

Pikeys

They don't get dealt with at all.

 

[esox]

No, I don't think it's got to do with MOT's. I'd say it the scrap value that is attracting these scumbags.

Cats now a `checkable item` during MOT test;

"With the development of both performance and design components by car manufacturers, the following have now been added to the list of checkable items:

• high intensity discharge headlamps, washing and levelling systems
• an increase of brake efficiency for cars first used on or after 31 December 2011 from 50 per cent to 58 per cent
• steering, suspension, brake and transmission dust covers/gaiters
• steering wheel locking mechanism
• driver’s seat adjustment mechanism
• tow-bar assembly
• emission control systems including catalytic converter
• illumination of speedometers"

Changes to the MOT test | nidirect


Owners of caes who have `de-catted` may need to rethink...?

 

[John Jones Jr]

Cats now a `checkable item` during MOT test;

Correct but does that mean the they are stolen for failed MOT vehicles? I don't honestly know but my gut feeling tells me that the majority are stolen for the scrap value. Regardless, the fact is they are being stolen.

 

[kalvin928]

mmm thought so... mine was de-cated before I bought it. had to put the primary boxes back

 

[martyz]

Perhaps they are going to start a communications network up with the stolen cable
or compete with the national grid....probably take it all to the scrappy eh? as for mot's
they don't know what tax, insurance or a driving licence is.

 

[flango]

No, I don't think it's got to do with MOT's. I'd say it the scrap value that is attracting these scumbags.

What they don't realise is they are hardly worth anything at all at the moment £5 for an aftermarket £50 for a genuine at best

 

[jamesfuller]

What they don't realise is they are hardly worth anything at all at the moment £5 for an aftermarket £50 for a genuine at best

Three or four of those a knight pays for the next days fags and stella!

 

[Teflonso]

Many years ago, I knew a fella who worked in an instrument laboratory. One of his jobs was repairing high temperature thermocouples, which are made of one strand platinum/one strand platinum-rhodium, twisted together and fused. The repair involved snipping off the end, twisting the wires back together and re-fusing them.

For years he had kept an occasional discarded end and had an old-fashioned tobacco tin half full of them. It was quite a reasonable weight in the hand. He reckoned it would help toward his retirement fund, but also wondered if he would ever weigh it in because precious metals are carefully traced and he didn't know of a scrap merchant dodgy enough to do him a deal. I'm guessing that when he died the tin got chucked in the bin, along with all the other stuff in his shed.

Cats contain platinum and other precious metals, probably not as much as my mate's tobacco tin but enough to make it worth trading if you know someone bent enough.

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[balge]

I was given to understand they make about £20 each, and as it take ten minutes max do a car they can easily do a dozen or more in a night.
The regulation of scrap metal dealers is a joke even after the recent changes.

information about scrap metal recycling in Britain.

Ask the next 'itinerant metal collector' you see for his registration papers, should be good for a laugh.....

 

[nick mercedes]

I was given to understand they make about £20 each

The small ones make £75, the big ones £250.

Have 20 a night off Sprinters, £5k a night.

 

[Terry_]

Yep the sprinters are targeted the most!!! We have done many insurance jobs on them

 

[190mad]

The small ones make £75, the big ones £250.

Have 20 a night off Sprinters, £5k a night.

I'd like the number of your buyer, with them rates!! Haven't seen prices like that for years

 

[Terry_]

On sprinters the complete exhausts are taken. Then resold second hand for around 400 quid. It's a crazy vicious circle

 

[nick mercedes]

I'd like the number of your buyer, with them rates!! Haven't seen prices like that for years

Mine go to a dealer in Rainham, you need to set up an account though.

Local scrapmen and van based dealers never seem to pay their true value.