Why Cat converters are so much $$$$

Old Mar 19, 2007 | 10:44 PM
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Default Why Cat converters are so much $$$$

Catalytic converters contain expensive precious metals like platinum - which is worth up to $1,200 an ounce; palladium, which can fetch $320 an ounce and rhodium, the biggest prize of all. It goes for up to $6,000 an ounce on the market.
keep yours under your car!!!!
read this:
http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_8913.aspx

I never knew this was going on?! did you?
Old Mar 20, 2007 | 09:42 AM
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so car jackers are stealing the entire car for a cat?!?!?
ouch!
Old Mar 20, 2007 | 11:02 AM
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That's messed up
Old Mar 20, 2007 | 11:43 AM
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Yea they're definately worth money.
When the scrap metal guy comes to my work he pays us good money for our cats.
Old Mar 20, 2007 | 02:34 PM
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They can't fit under most cars here
Old Mar 20, 2007 | 06:59 PM
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cat... Phhhhh

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Old Mar 21, 2007 | 04:16 PM
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so, what do they do? pop your cat open and then melt the metals?


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