Cars Blog July Archive

A Report on Catalytic Converter Theft

07/21/08 14:33

Quite surprisingly, even your car's catalytic converter is stolen by some nasty thieves. It is worth noting that a lot of people have already reported the theft of their car's catalytic converters, but police response is not that much. So you should better prevent your converter from being stolen.

What shall you do? Park safely, of course. Putting your car in a safe place is always better than reporting the theft to the police.

Link: Catalytic converter theft - revisited

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Catalytic Converter Basics

One of the main problems that the human civilization is currently facing is heavy pollution, which threatens to destroy the very environment that we live in. Thanks to emissions from cars, factories, and any other device that use fossil fuel, global warming occurred.

To do their part in helping the environment recover, car manufacturers introduced new devices installed in their products, one of which are catalytic converters. What are catalytic converters and how do they work? Let us find out here in How Stuff Works.

Link: HowStuffWorks