Friggin thieves......

[mowin]

Client has a 07 escape hybrid that they gave me. 135k mi, leather, in very good condition. 

Went to pick it up today and when I started it, it was loud.  I instantly knew what was wrong. 

They don't come upstate very often, and it's a quiet rd. Not sure when, but some scumbag cut the catalytic converter out of it.  

[mowin]

Not sure why that pic posted in the middle of the text... 

[BizCT]

Damn. No ring/security cams?

[mowin]

15 minutes ago, BizCT said:

Damn. No ring/security cams?

Unfortunately no.  

[Dinsdale]

28 minutes ago, mowin said:

 

They don't come upstate very often, and it's a quiet rd. Not sure when, but some scumbag cut the catalytic converter out of it.  

I would think Hudson would be a more likely source then downstate.

But back in July they arrested 8 in a ring for Columbia county, most of them in Claverack.

 

I should add they all had drugs, and our stellar court system released all but one on appearance tickets.

Edited October 14, 2022 by Dinsdale

[doebuck1234]

Buddy of mine had that happen to his Honda accord.per California admissions/Honda it had to be the OEM converter or it would throw a code immediately $1200 later.......

[Overtkill]

Wow shocked it happened there. Grew up in Bellspond and West Taghkanic area when I was young and now you hear nothing but things in Hudson never in the country. Sorry and hope they find out you did it so it doesn't happen again 

[mowin]

41 minutes ago, Dinsdale said:

I would think Hudson would be a more likely source then downstate.

But back in July they arrested 8 in a ring for Columbia county, most of them in Claverack.

 

I should add they all had drugs, and our stellar court system released all but one on appearance tickets.

Were in old Chatham about 25 min north of Hudson, and probably 15min from claverack. We're in Columbia county, but only a few minutes from Rensselaer county.  

Edited October 14, 2022 by mowin

[left field]

That just sucks. Sorry.

[mowin]

I guess there's two converters. One built into the manifold, impossible to get to quickly, and a secondary one before the muffler.  It's the secondary converter they removed. 

Thinking straight pipe it.  It passed inspection today without it, lol.  

One would think the thieves would have been kind enough to leave a little pipe after the flange to weld or clamp to, but noooooo. Cut just about flush with the flange.. 

[Dinsdale]

1 hour ago, Overtkill said:

Wow shocked it happened there. Grew up in Bellspond and West Taghkanic area when I was young and now you hear nothing but things in Hudson never in the country. Sorry and hope they find out you did it so it doesn't happen again 

I work all over N. Dutchess, Ulster,Greene,Columbia counties. There are trashy spots all over. Contractor I used to work for had been parking his truck on a job, and someone clipped him too. No doubt seeing the truck parked on a regular basis. Closer to Craryville/Hillsdale.

(I’m doing a kitchen end of the year a few minutes from Bellspond, lots of work that area)

 

53 minutes ago, mowin said:

Were in old Chatham about 25 min north of Hudson, and probably 15min from claverack. We're in Columbia county, but only a few minutes from Rensselaer county.  

I work about as far north as Chatham; I’d rather work north of home then south in general.

[Overtkill]

Not far from where I live someone had there trailer stolen with equipment on from there driveway.

[Gobbler Chaser]

The companies that buy cats for the materials pay good money and have zero accountability. No questions asked. This perpetrates the problem makes it way too easy. Serialize them and have a data base set up, problem solved. The lowlifes will have to figure something else out to steal.  

[grampy]

Curious how much the dirtbags get for one of em??

[doebuck1234]

22 minutes ago, grampy said:

Curious how much the dirtbags get for one of em??

My guess would be $200+ from what I've seen on news....scumbags

[doebuck1234]

2 hours ago, mowin said:

I guess there's two converters. One built into the manifold, impossible to get to quickly, and a secondary one before the muffler.  It's the secondary converter they removed. 

Thinking straight pipe it.  It passed inspection today without it, lol.  

One would think the thieves would have been kind enough to leave a little pipe after the flange to weld or clamp to, but noooooo. Cut just about flush with the flange.. 

Glad to hear it passed,usually doesnt!must not have a downstream 02 sensor sitting above the secondary.still blows and makes me sick

[left field]

23 minutes ago, grampy said:

Curious how much the dirtbags get for one of em??

$50 - $250. At the higher end it's a pretty lucrative night's work.

[grampy]

7 minutes ago, doebuck1234 said:

My guess would be $200+ from what I've seen on news....scumbags

 

3 minutes ago, left field said:

$50 - $250. At the higher end it's a pretty lucrative night's work.

That's more than I thought! No wonder the scumbags are out in force ripping off hard working people. 

[left field]

When I fished the Central Valley in CA we would leave our cars open with the windows down and glovebox open, and a ten dollar bill on the dash so the tweakers wouldn't break a window. This was before catalytic thievery so who knows what the anglers do now.

[mowin]

2 hours ago, Dinsdale said:

I work all over N. Dutchess, Ulster,Greene,Columbia counties. There are trashy spots all over. Contractor I used to work for had been parking his truck on a job, and someone clipped him too. No doubt seeing the truck parked on a regular basis. Closer to Craryville/Hillsdale.

(I’m doing a kitchen end of the year a few minutes from Bellspond, lots of work that area)

 

I work about as far north as Chatham; I’d rather work north of home then south in general.

North Chatham is only 7 min from me. Next time you're in the Chatham areas, let me know.  Maybe we could meet up sometime. 

[mowin]

43 minutes ago, doebuck1234 said:

Glad to hear it passed,usually doesnt!must not have a downstream 02 sensor sitting above the secondary.still blows and makes me sick

Ya, no 02 sensor on the secondary converter. 

[Splitear]

4 minutes ago, mowin said:

North Chatham is only 7 min from me. Next time you're in the Chatham areas, let me know.  Maybe we could meet up sometime. 

We lived your way when we first moved to NY. We lived in Stuyvesant, and my wife worked at the Chatham Vet clinic. It’s beautiful down there, I really enjoyed it. We actually lived in the gate house of Sydney Poitier’s old estate. One of my first experiences in NYS was being heckled by David Cassidy while playing bags at a party my wife’s old boss was hosting. 

[mowin]

2 minutes ago, Splitear said:

We lived your way when we first moved to NY. We lived in Stuyvesant, and my wife worked at the Chatham Vet clinic. It’s beautiful down there, I really enjoyed it. We actually lived in the gate house of Sydney Poitier’s old estate. One of my first experiences in NYS was being heckled by David Cassidy while playing bags at a party my wife’s old boss was hosting. 

I know the area well.   I'm not sure I'd admit being heckled by David Cassidy, lol.  

I take my dogs to the Chatham vet. 

[Splitear]

Just now, mowin said:

I know the area well.   I'm not sure I'd admit being heckled by David Cassidy, lol.  

I take my dogs to the Chatham vet. 

For a self professed sober guy, he was pretty well lit at that party. 

She was only there for about a year before hopping clinics. She didn’t care for the owner. From what I’ve heard, it’s changed ownership now and is better, but that’s just hearsay. They used to have a lot of change over with vets previously, my wife included. 

[518BowSlayer]

Friggin scumbags. I'm pretty lucky that I lived in downtown Troy for 15 years and only had a few things stolen. 1 guy broke into my truck once and just took some loose change. And someone else took the ram off the front of my father in law's old dodge

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