Who is Stealing All the Catalytic Converters?

“Who’s buying these stolen cats?” The people who got theirs stolen.

Imagine firing up your Prius in the morning and it sounding like a V8

I recently fell victim to this. My vehicle I've had since high school that's survived two wrecks and almost 20 years on the road was totaled by the insurance because the thieves caused additional damage to the car when they were trying to cut the cat out

I work at a public school and had to borrow my parent's SUV while my car was in the shop. I finish my shift around 6:00pm, go to start the car, only to find that the cat had been stolen. Wide open parking lot, cameras everywhere, still daylight, on government property, and it still got stolen. Worse yet we never caught the guy. These thieves are crazy!

It got so bad in my city that cops started planting bait Silverado's and F250's with trackers installed in the cats. I believed it worked, because converter theft basically vanished.

"Straight pipes exhaust" -gets pulled over Yes officer my cat was stolen

I was a U-Haul transfer driver. The amount of cats that were stolen were amazing. We'd transfer those trucks and have to keep the window down while we drove otherwise the exhaust fumes would build up in the truck cab. These trucks were so loud, I'd have to block my ears while driving. Sounded like a brick in a trashcan rolling down a cliff multiplied by 20

I was homeless build myself up and started a company . Was hit with someone stealing my catalytic converter off my work truck. Sucks... I know they don't care what I went through, but many people are suffering from this crime.

"Cats only last for 10 years." sweats in 32-year-old cat.

Nolan's glasses reload is so simple but gets me every time

When I was in school in Hartford, someone got crushed by a prius while trying to steal the Cat from a car in my dorm parking lot. They found a body pinned under a prius the next morning with a jack, a sawzall and mostly empty bottle of hooch.

Missed opportunity to use the phrase “cat burglars”

When he mentioned about putting air suspension on I laughed imagining a whole bunch of prius' slammed to the ground

me working in the auto insurance business, this was really informative. Thanks for the video!

My husband works at a salvage yard. One day the police showed up with a cadaver dog. A guy had stolen cats from several of their vehicles and put them in his car which was parked down the road. Then he went back to steal some more. Bad decision. A car fell on him and he was crushed under there. His girlfriend finally called the police after a full day had gone by and he hadn't come home. She told them where he said he was going. They found his body under a car about 10 feet from the building where my husband had been working all day.

I love the cocking noise that's added every time Nolan pushes his glasses up. Pure quality.

"I'm willing to bet if someone catches you, they won't be so kind" Nolans way of saying you might get shot if you get caught.

Great video explanation! I wish people would stop stealing peoples catalytic converters. It makes me angry that thieves are violating peoples belongings and it’s not a cheap fix. Obviously they don’t care what they do to others, they just care about the money.

Stole cat last fall. I say that because my 2001 tundra was parked from mid August to mid November. I knew immediately it was gone by the loud exhaust. $1100 to replace with a third party cat. As a elderly man with only a part time job it really set me back.

We're busting our asses at our department trying to get the word out about cat theft. Thanks Nolan and Donut for helping spread awareness!!