On Thursday night in SE Dulwich my friend's exhaust down pipe was neatly sawn off. The perp made off with a 3ft section of pipe including the flex joint. The catalytic converter was left hanging off.
The vehicle was lifted up on a ramp today throwing some light on the matter. The 'thing' left hanging off was the mid-section silencer. The catalytic converter was embedded in the missing length of pipe.
So this was a straightforward theft. A nice little earner for the thief given current precious metals prices and a £500 repair bill for the owner.
Be aware of a car and persons of interest in this thread [www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk] in the Lost, Found or Stolen section, where it's had only 156 viewings in the past three days.
Dark Knight Wrote:
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> The vehicle was lifted up on a ramp today throwing
> some light on the matter. The 'thing' left hanging
> off was the mid-section silencer. The catalytic
> converter was embedded in the missing length of
> pipe.
>
> So this was a straightforward theft. A nice little
> earner for the thief given current precious metals
> prices and a £500 repair bill for the owner.
£500 for a new catalytic converter and exhaust? That's seems very expensive. It was much less when the cat and exhaust on my wife's C3 were replaced. The cat itself was just £80 for example. I go to a very good local independent garage.
Same neighbour, new car (black Prius), catalytic converter stolen from the Aylesham Centre's (i.e. Morrisons supermarket) car park yesterday afternoon or evening? Police report filed.
DulwichFox Wrote:
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> Someone gets their car vandalised and some users
> find it amusing and take the 'P'
>
> Don't we just have some lovely people on here.
>
> DulwichFox
One would expect that you categorise yourself amongst the 'lovely people' on this forum
Better to have some light hearted humour than Daily Mail ranting I say. Theft for selling for scrap has always happened (no excuse of course). Lead of church roofs in my childhood. Controls on scrap yards may reduce some of the resale market.
You can hopefully get an indie to do it fairly cheap or even DIY.
DulwichFox Wrote:
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> Someone gets their car vandalised and some users
> find it amusing and take the 'P'
>
> Don't we just have some lovely people on here.
>
I know Peckhamgatecrasher, and yes they are lovely.
Just because somebody makes a (clever and funny) joke doesn't mean they find vandalism amusing.
Edited to remove a gender reference.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit was october 20, 06:40pm by Sue.