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Catalytic converter theft

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    #92
    tuxy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,983 ✭✭✭✭tuxy


    It's the Eastern Europeans, they take the platinum back home on flights every week using special suitcases filed with helium designed to trick the Ryanair baggage checks. Don't believe me? There was a thread on it

    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin//showthread.php?p=110695730


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    #93
    Padre_Pio
    Registered Users Posts: 4,909 ✭✭✭Padre_Pio


    keano25 wrote: »
    Converter.... Could be any of a thousand things..

    What's a converter...

    Oh sorry a catalytic converter, part of the exhaust system.

    Oh I understand now..

    ...

    "Converter, that could be anything.. "

    "Gard, I don't care if you don't know what it is, it's getting robbed, now do your f"cking job and take my statement".


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    #94
    tuxy
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    Padre_Pio wrote: »
    "Converter, that could be anything.. "

    "Gard, I don't care if you don't know what it is, it's getting robbed, now do your f"cking job and take my statement".

    The engine itself is a converter so is the alternator and the ac. You could spend ages listing all the different converters on a car.


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    #95
    Padre_Pio
    Registered Users Posts: 4,909 ✭✭✭Padre_Pio


    tuxy wrote: »
    The engine itself is a converter so is the alternator and the ac. You could spend ages listing all the different converters on a car.

    You're right, but it's irrelevant.


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    #96
    tuxy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,983 ✭✭✭✭tuxy


    Padre_Pio wrote: »
    You're right, but it's irrelevant.

    So you don't need to tell a guard what item of your property has been taken when giving a statement? Remember, it was the op that ended the conversation when the guard wanted to know what exact item had been stolen.


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    #97
    Lewis_Benson
    Registered Users Posts: 1,892 ✭✭✭Lewis_Benson


    tuxy wrote: »
    It's the Eastern Europeans, they take the platinum back home on flights every week using special suitcases filed with helium designed to trick the Ryanair baggage checks. Don't believe me? There was a thread on it

    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin//showthread.php?p=110695730

    I'd say it's likely our own folk....


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    #98
    Padre_Pio
    Registered Users Posts: 4,909 ✭✭✭Padre_Pio


    tuxy wrote: »
    So you don't need to tell a guard what item of your property has been taken when giving a statement? Remember, it was the op that ended the conversation when the guard wanted to know what exact item had been stolen.

    Of course, but arguing over what exactly that thing is, is irrelevant. It shouldn't matter to a Gard what was stolen, only that something was stolen and it was important enough to report.

    I'm not siding with the OP. No reason to hang up, but in fairness a Gard should infer converter as catalytic converter, seeing as so many have been stolen over the last few years. It didn't take any major leaps for anyone here to know what he was on about.


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    #99
    Quantum Erasure
    Registered Users Posts: 8,179 ✭✭✭Quantum Erasure


    Padre_Pio wrote: »
    "Converter, that could be anything.. "

    "Gard, I don't care if you don't know what it is, it's getting robbed, now do your f"cking job and take my statement".

    "now, what was it you were saying was getting robbed again?"

    It could easily happen though, you just forget 'catalytic', or the word just won't come to you... "Its the yoke, on the exhaust, the... converter yoke"


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    #100
    Dravokivich
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Music Moderators, Politics Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 22,360 CMod ✭✭✭✭Dravokivich


    Padre_Pio wrote: »
    Of course, but arguing over what exactly that thing is, is irrelevant. It shouldn't matter to a Gard what was stolen, only that something was stolen and it was important enough to report.

    I'm not siding with the OP. No reason to hang up, but in fairness a Gard should infer converter as catalytic converter, seeing as so many have been stolen over the last few years. It didn't take any major leaps for anyone here to know what he was on about.

    The gardai and any police force generally tend to be interested in a thing called "particulars". The cant pursue vague reports.


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    #101
    pablo128
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    tuxy wrote: »
    It's the Eastern Europeans, they take the platinum back home on flights every week using special suitcases filed with helium designed to trick the Ryanair baggage checks. Don't believe me? There was a thread on it

    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin//showthread.php?p=110695730

    I don't see a post there saying anything about Ryanair. Could you highlight it for me, please?


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    #102
    elperello
    Registered Users Posts: 14,306 ✭✭✭✭elperello


    the_syco wrote: »
    Which will be added to crime stats, but nothing else. Insurance won't cover the cost to replace the cat converter.

    It's important that crimes are reported.

    When AGS, Dept. of Justice, Joint Policing Committes and Dail Eireann are considering policy, legislation and resource allocation they can only rely on published statistics.


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    #103
    khaldrogo
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    antodeco wrote: »
    In fairness, reading the title I was thinking of some EV power converter thing. Only realised after reading you meant the catalytic converter.

    I am a qualified mechanic and when I read the thread title this is exactly what I thought too.

    People in the trade call it a cat or cat converter. I've never heard anyone solely refer to it as a converter in 20+ years


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    #104
    elperello
    Registered Users Posts: 14,306 ✭✭✭✭elperello


    https://boingboing.net/2019/01/17/man-stops-in-traffic-to-steal.html

    A video from the UK showing how it's done.


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    #105
    Dartz
    Registered Users Posts: 4,368 ✭✭✭Dartz


    They got the cat out of me own yoke in Finglas there back in August. Sewcurity had video of them jacking the car up and just slicing it out. They then sliced open the back tyres when they realised there was no 'cat' in it, just an empty shell. There was damage to the sill of the car - some metal cracked off, and paint damage where they'd clipped it with a saw.

    Getting a new midpipe fitted was cheap and easy. The spiteful damage to the tyres was the worst part - paying a mobile service with a van to come out and fit some cheap chinese ditchfinders to get it home cost me more than the midpipe - and double again since they're ****ing horrific for the car.

    Also. An RX8 is an amusing thing to drive with an open manifold. Even with full ear defenders, it hurts.

    That said, the Gardai couldn't have been more helpful. They came to the office to take a statement - then sent a detective to my house to try and dust for prints. Regrettably I'd already painted over the damaged parts of the sills to keep the rust from getting in - it's definitely a ****ing problem in Finglas.

    I've heard more than a few straight-pipe Priuses going around. (Which is an utterly brilliant sound)


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    #106
    Iodine1
    Registered Users Posts: 380 ✭✭Iodine1


    In my world a converter is a voltage changing tool. Why should everyone be expert in everything? I think it was very reasonable and showed full interest from the garda to ask the question? And very very arrogant and unreasonable for op to just drop the phone and then complain that nothing is being done.


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    #107
    keano25
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    Heard OP has got onto Coleen Rooney now to crack the case instead.


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    #108
    ebbsy
    Registered Users Posts: 6,739 ✭✭✭ebbsy


    keano25 wrote: »
    Heard OP has got onto Coleen Rooney now to crack the case instead.


    She would probably do a better job.

    I have emailed NCPS and the higher up cops, for all the good it will do.

    No point in going back to the station in question if they have to ask if they serve that particular district.


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    #109
    Allinall
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    ebbsy wrote: »
    She would probably do a better job.

    I have emailed NCPS and the higher up cops, for all the good it will do.

    No point in going back to the station in question if they have to ask if they serve that particular district.

    “The Red Cow area” is very vague.

    It covers east and west of the M50, and north and south of the N7.

    I would say it probably is in a couple of Garda districts.

    You were less than helpful when you rang the guards, so not surprising the took your call as a trivial matter.


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    #110
    tuxy
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    Allinall wrote: »
    “The Red Cow area” is very vague.

    It covers east and west of the M50, and north and south of the N7.

    I would say it probably is in a couple of Garda districts.

    You were less than helpful when you rang the guards, so not surprising the took your call as a trivial matter.

    That's the way you should be when speaking to the shades. Say nothing! ;)


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    #111
    thenightman
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    Allinall wrote: »
    “The Red Cow area” is very vague.

    It covers east and west of the M50, and north and south of the N7.

    I would say it probably is in a couple of Garda districts.

    You were less than helpful when you rang the guards, so not surprising the took your call as a trivial matter.

    Nah red cow Luas is the L District, which is Clondalkin, Rathcoole and Ballyfermot stations. Might be a car and a van available to cover entire area each station serves.


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    #112
    Quantum Erasure
    Registered Users Posts: 8,179 ✭✭✭Quantum Erasure


    there'll be a bit on CrimeCall RTE 1 now, about converters.


    edit: on now


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    #113
    Quantum Erasure
    Registered Users Posts: 8,179 ✭✭✭Quantum Erasure


    on now, it'll be on plus 1 or the rte player


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    #114
    YFlyer
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    Take a good look.


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    #115
    ebbsy
    Registered Users Posts: 6,739 ✭✭✭ebbsy


    Quantum Erasure wrote: »
    there'll be a bit on CrimeCall RTE 1 now, about converters.


    edit: on now

    They would be too stupid or too slow to cover it.


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    #116
    tuxy
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    ebbsy wrote: »
    They would be too stupid or too slow to cover it.

    I always miss what I want to see thanks to the long adverts on RTE player.
    I did see some lad stealing a bottle of wine though, shocking stuff.


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    #117
    pablo128
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    tuxy wrote: »
    I always miss what I want to see thanks to the long adverts on RTE player.
    I did see some lad stealing a bottle of wine though, shocking stuff.

    Did you find any mention of Ryanair or any helium in that link you posted earlier in the thread?


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    #118
    tuxy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,983 ✭✭✭✭tuxy


    pablo128 wrote: »
    Did you find any mention of Ryanair or any helium in that link you posted earlier in the thread?

    Yes


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    #119
    ebbsy
    Registered Users Posts: 6,739 ✭✭✭ebbsy


    tuxy wrote: »
    I always miss what I want to see thanks to the long adverts on RTE player.
    I did see some lad stealing a bottle of wine though, shocking stuff.

    He should be throw in jail then, and hopefully assaulted.


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    #120
    pablo128
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,221 ✭✭✭pablo128


    tuxy wrote: »
    Yes

    Could you show the rest of us? I've read that whole thread and don't see any mention of it.

    You went to the trouble of making a post about it so the least you could do is highlight it.


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    #121
    Kenny Logins
    Registered Users Posts: 9,061 ✭✭✭Kenny Logins


    Seriously, a suitcase full of helium? :pac:


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