cat thief meets his maker

catalytic converter thief that is.

"Man crushed by car during theft attempt"

sometimes karma has a way of working things out.

Love it!

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.

Darwin award of the day.

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

My Karma ran over your Dogma

Gosh. Darn. So sad.

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

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.

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.

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

In reply to rotard:

He should have stolen some jackstands, then.

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.

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.

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

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

Darwin wins.

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.

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

Darwin Award.

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

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.

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!

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

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.

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.