Funn3r Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 Friend woke up this morning to find someone had used an angle grinder and sawn off part of his exhaust including the catalytic unit. This is an oldish Honda and will be expensive to fix , maybe more than car is (was) worth. He told the police and they said the whole street had been similarly done, mainly vans apparently. Thought I'd seen it all but stumped as to what this about. Assuming the PM in the catalytic thing is the target but has anyone any idea or seen this before? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afly Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 Pinched to order maybe? Woman across the road had bits missing last year and thats what the coppers reckoned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longgone Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 6 hours ago, Funn3r said: Friend woke up this morning to find someone had used an angle grinder and sawn off part of his exhaust including the catalytic unit. This is an oldish Honda and will be expensive to fix , maybe more than car is (was) worth. He told the police and they said the whole street had been similarly done, mainly vans apparently. Thought I'd seen it all but stumped as to what this about. Assuming the PM in the catalytic thing is the target but has anyone any idea or seen this before? its been going on for years. they are after the platinum mainly £120 scrap value or there abouts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CommyTooper Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 Nothing new at all. The catalytic convertor has platinum as a catalyst, that is what the thieves are after. One garage I worked at had the catalytic exhausts nicked by being sawn off the minibuses. New ones were fitted, then promptly nicked again. As all the nuts and bolts were new, they could be undone quietly. That gave them the advantage of nicking brand new and easily sold on exhausts. Smart or what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Errol Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 People must be getting desperate to resort to this sort of thing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riedquat Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 2 minutes ago, Errol said: People must be getting desperate to resort to this sort of thing! There's always someone who'll nick anything not nailed down. And if it is nailed down someone will steal the nails. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugarlips Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 Fits some other anecdotes ive heard recently of Romanian/EE gang behaviour, they'll target an area in a couple of transits and are back across the border within a matter of hours. Similar anecdote: these gangs are digging up live wires along the m/ways armed with grinders, they can roll up thick long chunks bundle it in the vans and be gone in minutes, ruthless, efficient and seriously dangerous and theyre gone well before the traffic wombles are on the scene. Even when they get caught they are not on any database, no fixed address police are powerless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longgone Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 54 minutes ago, Sugarlips said: Fits some other anecdotes ive heard recently of Romanian/EE gang behaviour, they'll target an area in a couple of transits and are back across the border within a matter of hours. Similar anecdote: these gangs are digging up live wires along the m/ways armed with grinders, they can roll up thick long chunks bundle it in the vans and be gone in minutes, ruthless, efficient and seriously dangerous and theyre gone well before the traffic wombles are on the scene. Even when they get caught they are not on any database, no fixed address police are powerless The underground was a major target for this, wait for the electricity to go off then cut through the copper. easily make 20k a night in scrap. slap on the wrists if you are caught. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oracle Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 9 hours ago, longgone said: The underground was a major target for this, wait for the electricity to go off then cut through the copper. easily make 20k a night in scrap. slap on the wrists if you are caught. just keep the electricity on then! that slap on the wrists is quite a bit more powerful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longgone Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 1 hour ago, oracle said: just keep the electricity on then! that slap on the wrists is quite a bit more powerful. rubber gloves and shoes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reddog Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 Surely it is palladium they are after? Recently palladium has surged vs platinum recently, to the point where platinum looks quite cheap. I thought we had some hard core PM bugs on here!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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