05-19-2022, 05:42 AM
(05-19-2022, 03:10 AM)Gone in 60_imp Wrote: I got $230 selling the old, clogged cat on my van to a legitimate buyer. I hear some cats can go for well over a grand. So, for a quick couple of minutes, one can make quite a haul.
It’s some street justice that a few weeks after ours was stolen, someone a few blocks from our shop came to work to find a pair of legs sticking out from under a Prius. Turns out his jack slipped during an attempted overnight theft. His car, trunk full of stolen cats, was nearby.
We used to have a diesel pickup as our shop vehicle, but it was stolen four times. A faded old Honda van bends in with the neighborhood and doesn’t seem as attractive a target. Still, no catalytic converter and a hidden kill switch is some added protection.
I never leave my motorcycle parked outside the shop. Two guys and a van would make quick work of it. It goes straight inside!
A colleague of mine had his two m/c's stolen out of his garage while they were eating dinner. They threw them into a truck and took off.
Some time after a police officer appeared at their front door and said, " ... Sir? We found your motorcycles." The owner said, " ... huh? Wha 'bout 'em?"
The truck crashed on its side down the road and the thieves took off. Of course, the truck was stolen too.