ryno1972 0 #1 April 17, 2007 Well, came to work this morning, everything seemed ok. (I work as a mechanic at an auto-repair shop). The mechanic in the stall next to mine pulled a Ford Escape in to replace the alternator and the exhaust was REALLY loud. We looked at each-other like "WTF?? It did not sound like that yesterday!!" Put the car in the air and low and behold, some ass hole had cut the damn catalytic converter off! We checked the other cars in the lot and 4 others were also missing their converters, three of which came off of Hondas. Those can run $1000 to $1500 a piece. I have heard of this happening to cars that were left broken down on the freeway. I have also read about it on some Technician forums I belong to online, but jeeze, never thought it would happen to us. They even cut an nice 3 foot by 3 foot hole in the fence..... Dammit, at least I pulled my extra car in last night, it is a Dodge Dakota with the V8, that would have been expensive too. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DeNReN 0 #2 April 18, 2007 Wow....interesting..havent heard nor seen that one yet. We put all customer vehicles in the shop overnight. Hope they catch the bastards and insert the stolen converters up there ass's Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JumpinJules 0 #3 April 18, 2007 My ex boyfriend had his system stolen from his car while it was at the shop.... $2000 worth of stuff just ganked... needless to say, I remember him being a bit cranky for awhile after that....Into the great wide open/ under them skies of blue/ out in the great wide open/ a rebel w/out a clue..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
headoverheels 333 #4 April 18, 2007 I was scuba diving in Bonaire, came back and someone had stolen the truck battery. Where is Cho Seung-Hui when we need him? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryno1972 0 #5 April 18, 2007 We pulled them all in when we first opened, but over the last seven years we got a little lazy and stopped pulling them in. Well...I guess we learned the hard way. Our insurance is screwing with us too. They will not let us claim the entire cost of repairing every vehicle under one claim, thus paying our deductible once. They will only treat each car that got hit as an individual claim, thus paying 5 deductibles is not feasible. It is not worth claiming it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryno1972 0 #6 April 18, 2007 Did the shop that was working on your BF's car pay for the repairs?? One of the cops suggested we have each individual customer make a claim on THEIR insurance. I just do not see how that is fair, since the vehicles were on our property, locked behind a gate.glad to be here!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
