The high price of defunding the polce
Despite them claiming defunding, the public budget clearly shows they've only been getting more money, year over year: https://abc7news.com/where-police-departments-defunded-how-d...
Toyota Prius on LA Craigslist Has a Catalytic Converter Cage Like a Prison
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Re: Toyota Prius on LA Craigslist Has a Catalytic Converter Cage Like a Prison
#42Catalytic converter theft is so common in Southern California, it happened to my mom twice. It's so upsetting because she doesn't have very much money and it's expensive to get a new one. It really hurts to be hit with a random bill for a few thousand dollars.
My father got a Tesla after his Prius’s cat was stolen for the third time. I’m guessing there isn’t a resale market for lithium-ion packs?
Tesla battery packs are structural, it's easier just to lift the car on a truck and dive away than it is to cut it out.
A catalytic converter can be cut off with a battery powered cutter in under 30 seconds easily.
Re: Toyota Prius on LA Craigslist Has a Catalytic Converter Cage Like a Prison
#43Earlier quoted context omitted.
I have only a single experience walking in the LA area, but I recall all the traffic-light intersections with long waits to be very tiresome. A 2.5 km walk to a supermarket and back to my hotel seemed to take ages longer than in other countries. There were no other pedestrians in sight, and maybe it was all in my head, but I felt like the drivers at stoplights were scrutinizing the weirdo who was walking with his sho…
Missing Persons - Nobody Walks in L.A. (!) https://youtu.be/80WyBxo0Hto?si=IeAAD7BLk7wF7I_S true now and thirty years ago ?
Thanks for that hilarious song. I think the stereotype was well established by the late 1960s: in Antonioni’s film Zabriskie Point, a character’s walking through the LA sprawl instead of driving is part of the overall depiction of the bad situation he’s in.
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#44Earlier quoted context omitted.
Toyota should be recalling every Prius to have a CatLoc or similar fitted. As an owner of two Prii that have both had their cats stolen I find it astonishing that they are admitting there is such a fundamental design flaw with their vehicles but only making the fix optional.
There is no design flaw. The catalytic converter is mounted in the same place as on most cars. It's larger than on most cars and tends to get less corroded, both consequences of the hybrid design, but that was not a problem when the cars were new. These thefts mostly affect the second-generation Prius, which was discontinued in 2009. The "design flaw" is that, in the few years leading up to 2021, the price of platinu…
> There is no design flaw.
I love my promaster... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GK4FlN2qYjM
Re: Toyota Prius on LA Craigslist Has a Catalytic Converter Cage Like a Prison
#45This is rebar. It's just as easy to saw/grind through rebar as it is exhaust piping. Sure, your car is less likely to get picked on than someone elses if they have this issue, but it really shouldn't take that much longer to saw through the rebar pieces with a recip saw if this was encountered in the wild.
We watched someone steal the catalytic converter from our car years ago. It took them about two minutes. In fact, we didn’t even realize what they had don’t until after they did it.
Exhaust piping is thin and easy to cut through with a saws all. This cope cage would require massive amounts more of sawing. Both making it obvious what you’re doing and making it fair more challenging. More places, more time, more batteries, etc, all make it not worth doing .
Re: Toyota Prius on LA Craigslist Has a Catalytic Converter Cage Like a Prison
#46I'm planning on moving back to LA within the next few months after having moved away in 2007, and the plan is to not own a car, at least, for the first few months. Instead, I'll take Ubers or the Metro train for cross-town trips, and walk for local trips (grocery store, etc). If I want to take a roadtrip or something, I'll use Getaround or a similar service. I have no idea how realistic this will be, but my previous…
Just want to toss out there that if you don't like driving a car or owning one, but still want to have a reasonably navigable city to live in that's not quite the imposing canyonscape and non-stop noise of New York city, and arguably better access to different kinds of interesting opportunities, DC punches well above its weight class here.
For what it's worth, the "imposing canyonscape and non-stop noise of New York city" applies only to certain areas and can be largely avoided if you work from home... from where I sit writing this comment in my apartment in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn, all I see and hear through my open windows are birds chirping and a quilt of fall leaves. Catalytic converter theft does seem to be a problem, though, for those who own a car and park on the street.
Re: Toyota Prius on LA Craigslist Has a Catalytic Converter Cage Like a Prison
#47I installed a cat shield on my truck that doubles as a skid plate. Took 15 mins to install. Easy peace of mind.
I installed the cat shield when it came out. Turns out there are 6 versions now, mine was version 1... Converter was stolen from my Prius in my front yard right around the cat shield.
Based on the video it did nothing to slow them down.
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#48Earlier quoted context omitted.
Why don't people steal them from other cars? Why isn't it a problem in other geographies? Do cars in CA need a different cat because of CARB?
They do and it is. Guessing but it likely comes down to the distribution of Prius throughout the US https://www.forbes.com/sites/tanyamohn/2021/11/19/thefts-of-... https://www.usatoday.com/story/driveon/2013/01/22/toyota-pri...
> Guessing but it likely comes down to the distribution of Prius throughout the US
Didn't think of it before. But these operations must benefit from the economies of scale such a concentration of Prius's drives.
Re: Toyota Prius on LA Craigslist Has a Catalytic Converter Cage Like a Prison
#49Wow, does this add a lot of weight to the vehicle and would that reduce its efficiency?
Re: Toyota Prius on LA Craigslist Has a Catalytic Converter Cage Like a Prison
#50Wow, does this add a lot of weight to the vehicle and would that reduce its efficiency?
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