jimreidvehicle 255 Posted November 6, 2013 Have you been affected by this? Only last month our local MOT station had 4 Cat's stolen and local car dealer 6 stolen (all from 4x4's) this is because the road clearance makes it much easier for the thieves to crawl under wither specially designed cutters! Seemingly the whole illegal de-cat takes around 2mins but the cost to replace can be upwards of £500 per vehicle. So how can we stop this from happening? BBC News - Catalytic converter thefts double as metal prices rise http://bbc.in/HFMVrg Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy Entwistle 96 Posted November 7, 2013 Happened to my Aunts Rav4. won't be taking my x5 to hers any time soon.. Apart from sticking 240v through em this is a hard one.. motion sensing alarms won't work Did the 2 sites affected have motion sensor lighting, our local dealers swear that this helps 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Autolink100 34 Posted November 12, 2013 I wouldn't say this is a new issue, we had a visit one night last summer and they kindly removed 2 cats, one from a Ford Ranger and another from a Shogun, both very easy to crawl underneath. It seems to be a common problem here in Kent. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CJ Underhill 34 Posted November 20, 2013 Pretty common around me, we've had our scrap metal stolen, wheels, cats etc Also had a number of customers, mainly Disco owners having the spare wheels taken. I guess once your under the vehicle you might as well take that too Never a problem until in the past couple of years, we've had a large amount of Irish caravanner's move in.. Needless to say my 4x4's will be kept inside over night now Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ian 15 Posted December 13, 2013 Sadly we had our recovery targetted and attacked causing us the best part of two thousand pounds wortth of repairs. More could and should be done to crack down on scrap metal sales. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
used car seller 8 Posted December 18, 2013 scrap metal dealers new [ish] regulations was supposed to cut this down, payment by cheque or bank transfer only, but when the same scrap metal dealers company can cash the cheque next door for 4% it doesnt help does it ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ian 15 Posted December 19, 2013 Nope and the bastards are causing untold misery. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
