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xflowgolf
xflowgolf New Reader
12/21/11 9:12 a.m.

catalytic converter thief that is.

"Man crushed by car during theft attempt"

sometimes karma has a way of working things out.

vw_jason79
vw_jason79 New Reader
12/21/11 9:12 a.m.

Love it!

RossD
RossD SuperDork
12/21/11 9:16 a.m.

My uncle had a camper van for a DD for awhile. One morning, he tried to go to work and he couldn't get the van to move. Turns out the drive shaft was stolen while parked on the street. He made a report to the police station and they replied that the culprits hit several of the same make (Dodge IIRC) that same night.

N Sperlo
N Sperlo SuperDork
12/21/11 9:20 a.m.

Darwin award of the day.

mad_machine
mad_machine GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
12/21/11 9:35 a.m.

such a shame. I would not wish that on anybody. He should have used jackstands

SOLORX7
SOLORX7 New Reader
12/21/11 9:55 a.m.

My Karma ran over your Dogma

Cone_Junky
Cone_Junky HalfDork
12/21/11 10:04 a.m.

Gosh. Darn. So sad.

A thief getting his karma instantly. I only feel bad for his family, if he has one.

rotard
rotard HalfDork
12/21/11 10:06 a.m.
Cone_Junky wrote: Gosh. Darn. So sad. A thief getting his karma instantly. I only feel bad for his family, if he has one.

The guy was probably trying to get some extra Christmas money to buy his children coats to keep warm.

Curmudgeon
Curmudgeon SuperDork
12/21/11 10:49 a.m.

By stealing a catalytic converter from some random person who might be in the same predicament? Come on, man. There are all kinds of church groups, Salvation Army, Goodwill etc that are there to help out in just that sort of situation.

N Sperlo
N Sperlo SuperDork
12/21/11 10:52 a.m.

Under my car or truck with a saw? My hand is on my gun and its not YOUR family I'm thinking of.

Brett_Murphy
Brett_Murphy GRM+ Memberand Dork
12/21/11 10:54 a.m.

In reply to rotard:

He should have stolen some jackstands, then.

vw_jason79
vw_jason79 New Reader
12/21/11 11:08 a.m.

I just don't have sympathy for those whose steal from others. I do however feel sorry for his family for having an idiot father/son/brother.

16vCorey
16vCorey SuperDork
12/21/11 11:21 a.m.
RossD wrote: My uncle had a camper van for a DD for awhile. One morning, he tried to go to work and he couldn't get the van to move. Turns out the drive shaft was stolen while parked on the street. He made a report to the police station and they replied that the culprits hit several of the same make (Dodge IIRC) that same night.

Weird. Is there something special about a Dodge van drive shaft? A friend of mine's dad's Dodge van had the drive shaft stolen off of it sitting in front of their house back in high school.

rotard
rotard HalfDork
12/21/11 11:23 a.m.
Curmudgeon wrote: By stealing a catalytic converter from some random person who might be in the same predicament? Come on, man. There are all kinds of church groups, Salvation Army, Goodwill etc that are there to help out in just that sort of situation.

/sarcasm

a401cj
a401cj GRM+ Memberand Reader
12/21/11 11:25 a.m.

i wouldn't wish death by crushing on anybody for stealing car parts....on any of my cars. Very unfortunate

93EXCivic
93EXCivic SuperDork
12/21/11 11:42 a.m.

Darwin wins.

N Sperlo
N Sperlo SuperDork
12/21/11 11:47 a.m.
a401cj wrote: i wouldn't wish death by crushing on anybody for stealing car parts....on any of my cars. Very unfortunate

I'm funny about that. I am against the death penalty, but I'll kill to protect my life or property.

Schmidlap
Schmidlap HalfDork
12/21/11 12:38 p.m.
16vCorey wrote: Weird. Is there something special about a Dodge van drive shaft? A friend of mine's dad's Dodge van had the drive shaft stolen off of it sitting in front of their house back in high school.

Is the driveshaft aluminum? With a pickup/van/RV it would be large diameter, long and easily accessable. I could see people stealing a big chunk of aluminum and selling it to the recycler. Some woman in Detroit had the windows stolen out of her house while she was at work. The police officer on the news speculated that they were aluminum frames and that's why they were stolen.

Bob

914Driver
914Driver SuperDork
12/21/11 1:22 p.m.

Darwin Award.

Otto Maddox
Otto Maddox Dork
12/21/11 1:25 p.m.

Apparently that guy didn't read the thread here about always use jackstands when you are working on a car.

AngryCorvair
AngryCorvair GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
12/21/11 1:37 p.m.
N Sperlo wrote:
a401cj wrote: i wouldn't wish death by crushing on anybody for stealing car parts....on any of my cars. Very unfortunate
I'm funny about that. I am against the death penalty, but I'll kill to protect my life or property.

if you're still trying to get onto a police force, you might consider not posting things like that on the internet.

AngryCorvair
AngryCorvair GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
12/21/11 1:38 p.m.
Schmidlap wrote: Some woman in Detroit had the windows stolen out of her house while she was at work. The police officer on the news speculated that they were aluminum frames and that's why they were stolen.

Three One Three, bitches!

junkbuggie
junkbuggie Reader
12/21/11 1:40 p.m.

yes its a big aluminum shaft that only takes 4 7/16 head bolts.

rotard
rotard HalfDork
12/21/11 2:14 p.m.
AngryCorvair wrote:
N Sperlo wrote:
a401cj wrote: i wouldn't wish death by crushing on anybody for stealing car parts....on any of my cars. Very unfortunate
I'm funny about that. I am against the death penalty, but I'll kill to protect my life or property.
if you're still trying to get onto a police force, you might consider *not* posting things like that on the internet.

As a police officer, he would have to be willing to eliminate a threat (kill.) Make sure you drag the body into your house.

foxtrapper
foxtrapper SuperDork
12/21/11 2:43 p.m.

Nice that they used the jaws of life to lift the car to remove the corpse. Wonder how much damage they managed to do to the victims car using that tool.

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