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   On Sat, 11 Sep 2010 15:40:24 -0700, SMS  wrote:   
      
   >On 9/11/2010 3:34 PM, Vic Smith wrote:   
   >   
   >> Yeah, buy a car not easily crawled under, and/or fabricate a cage of   
   >> 1/4" bar stock to bolt over the cat.   
   >> Cables are too easy to cut.   
   >> Having to secure a cat is about the stupidest thing I've heard in   
   >> maybe 2 or 3 years.   
   >> What's the world coming to?   
   >   
   >They fetch about $100 for the precious metals. Enough for a drug fix.   
      
   Not because of catalytic converter thefts, but scrap dealers around here are   
   now required to get positive ID (as much as a thumb print, so I'm told) from   
   anyone who brings in scrap.  Much noise was made about a few who were caught   
   with the guts from heat pumps and the incidence has fallen off sharply. String   
   'em up and post their heads on a pike; few will follow.   
      
   >It's not that the cables are so hard to cut, it's the tools they use to   
   >get the converter in 3 minutes won't work if the cables are blocking the   
   >pipes, and the cables are more time-consuming to cut.   
   >   
   >The bar stock is actually easier to cut with a battery powered   
   >reciprocating saw than the steel cable.   
      
   Like all anti-theft measures, all you can expect to accomplish is to get the   
   perp to pick on someone else.   
      
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