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[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

There's a question that has always bothered me. Wtf do you do now that you have an obviously stolen, used catalytic converter? Find an unscrupulous junk yard? Take it to a pawn shop?

[–] Stovetop 26 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They're sold for scrap. Just gotta go to a scrapyard and say "There was something wrong with mine, I replaced it, here's the old one I'm selling for scrap."

That or extract the previous metals yourself and sell them directly.

[–] Blue_Morpho 20 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Many states now have laws that prevent scrap dealers from buying a catalytic converter without paperwork identifying the vehicle it came from.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 week ago

There are laws that prevent the theft of someone's catalytic converter as well