"razorbeamteam" (razorbeamteam)
05/19/2020 at 14:41 • Filed to: None
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"razorbeamteam" (razorbeamteam)
05/19/2020 at 14:41 • Filed to: None | 0
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My wife’s Prius got chopped last Sunday night. The car was parked right outside our bedroom window, which is on the ground floor.
It’s been a week, and police haven’t even responded. A new cat is $150 with the o2 sensor so insurance wouldn’t cover it anyway. Just one of those times where life kicks you in the dick and you have to roll with it.
The good news is they did a pretty clean job and I think I’ll have enough pipe to weld to on the back end. I have to wait and see when the new cat gets here.
For Sweden
> razorbeamteam
05/19/2020 at 14:48 |
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I’m sure the thief will use the proceeds to buy kids breakfast or something
PyroHoltz f@h Oppo 261120
> razorbeamteam
05/19/2020 at 14:50 |
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That sucks man!
On the bright side, the Prius probably sounds like a clapped out shitty stock car....let’s get some audio clips of some nice revs?
Backstory, my cousin thought it’d be cool to cut the exhaust of his hand-me-down v6 Buick in college and it ki nd a sounded cool at idle and with a little rev but damn it was annoying AF to be in the car while driving.
dogisbadob
> razorbeamteam
05/19/2020 at 14:51 |
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rig a camera under there or something
yeah I heard about that car being a popular cat theft victim
CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
> For Sweden
05/19/2020 at 14:51 |
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TheRealBicycleBuck
> razorbeamteam
05/19/2020 at 14:53 |
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Well, that sucks.
People will steal anything. When our neighborhood was new and we hadn’t built fences yet, my next door neighbor had a fry daddy stolen off his back porch. He had just finished frying fish and had set it outside, still full of hot oil. He stepped outside to check on it 10 minutes later and it was gone. The thief didn’t even dump the oil in the yard. I imagine he took it home, plugged it in, and started frying up his own fish as soon as hit was hot enough.
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razorbeamteam
> For Sweden
05/19/2020 at 14:55 |
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Yeah, or make a donation to a local church. That’s what usually happens anyway.
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> razorbeamteam
05/19/2020 at 14:56 |
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Silly, Pruises are electric and don’t need oil or tail pipes .
It’s just weight saving now.
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razorbeamteam
> dogisbadob
05/19/2020 at 14:57 |
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The 2nd gen Prius apparently is the favorite among catalytic converter aficionados . I did get to spend some time on the Prius chat forums which is always good for entertainment.
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razorbeamteam
> PyroHoltz f@h Oppo 261120
05/19/2020 at 15:00 |
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It sounds kinda mean actually. I will take some rev videos before I fix it.
When I did the headers on the range rover I drove it to the exhaust shop to get the Y pipe made and this is every bit as loud as that was .
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razorbeamteam
> TheRealBicycleBuck
05/19/2020 at 15:02 |
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Haha, that sounds like a tweaker to me.
I didn’t know people still stole cats. I mean, a brand new one cost $110 with free shipping, how much can they be getting for it at the scrap yard?
GoodIdeaAtTheTime
> razorbeamteam
05/19/2020 at 15:06 |
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Around here? $100 to $200. You can get more if it still has the flanges i.e. not stolen. Surprised my Prius hasn’t been hit yet. Couldn’t keep them on the Xterra, and they were tucked way up in there. After losing the second set (all 4 of them) , I just straight piped it and lived with the check engine light.
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For Sweden
> CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
05/19/2020 at 15:12 |
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Of course. Only dorks and karens don’t want heroin.
MKULTRA1982(ConCrustyBrick)
> GoodIdeaAtTheTime
05/19/2020 at 15:21 |
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I would imagine it’s because of the ride height
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> razorbeamteam
05/19/2020 at 15:44 |
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We live on the second floor and in the middle of the night someone brought an aluminum extension ladder here and tried lifting one of the bicycles on the neighbors balcony which was leaning against the railing. Someone spotted him and called the cops but no one here had any idea anything had even happened until the cops showed up to investigate . Dude took off without the bike or the ladder. Cops let the neighbor keep the ladder, so chalk one up for the good guy’s for once... though the ladder was probably stolen too.
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GoodIdeaAtTheTime
> MKULTRA1982(ConCrustyBrick)
05/19/2020 at 15:51 |
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It is also a feat of engineering to get up in there. The cats are tucked way up in the transmission tunnel, above the torsion bars. Honestly, I wasn’ t even mad, they were hollowed out by the previous owner. Insurance replaced them. It was the first time the check engine light was off in years. 8 months later they were gone again. Kinda hope it was the same person, really.
jimz
> razorbeamteam
05/19/2020 at 15:56 |
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how do they do that without making enough noise for someone to hear?
Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
> razorbeamteam
05/19/2020 at 16:42 |
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In my neck of the woods, SF Bay Area, scrap yards won’t buy cats.
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Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
> razorbeamteam
05/19/2020 at 16:43 |
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But why?
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Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
> CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
05/19/2020 at 16:46 |
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Don’t encourage him.
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razorbeamteam
> Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
05/19/2020 at 17:26 |
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I wanted to know the exhaust pipe size without going under the car to measure. I found a thread where someone else had the same issue, and it ended with some hilariously petty bickering.
https://priuschat.com/threads/what-size-exhaust-pipe-by-catalytic-converter.209660/
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razorbeamteam
> jimz
05/19/2020 at 17:27 |
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The blast music really loud so you dont hear the saw. The next morning I vaguely remembered hearing some heavy bass music as I was was falling asleep. It must have happened then.
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Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
> razorbeamteam
05/19/2020 at 18:08 |
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Wow.
zipfuel
> razorbeamteam
05/19/2020 at 19:02 |
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OMFG after that I want to send Jay and Silent Bob round...
https://youtu.be/tsXKAtpLm4I
dtg11 - is probably on an adventure with Clifford
> razorbeamteam
05/19/2020 at 20:38 |
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That sucks but $120 for a cat isn’t bad, they’re $250 each on my car and closer to $400 or $500 on second gen Prii
Thisismydisplayname
> jimz
05/19/2020 at 22:51 |
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Chain cutter
ST80MND
> razorbeamteam
05/20/2020 at 09:27 |
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So, exactly how does a Prius sound with no exhaust?