Wienermobile hit by catalytic converter thieves, stranding it in Las Vegas. ‘No way’

[GON]

Wienermobile hit by catalytic converter thieves, stranding it in Las Vegas. ‘No way’​

https://www.sacbee.com/news/nation-world/national/article272439783.html

 

[Egg_Head]

Is nothing sacred?

 

[supton]

Talk about hitting below the belt.

 

[GON]

Not much news on convertor thefts recently, I was thinking/ hoping the thefts had ended. Maybe it has just become normal, that the only theft of a converter that makes the news now is on a wacky vehicle like the weinermobile....

 

[Kira]

Not much news on convertor thefts recently,

Good morning.
It's the 'news cycle' salesmanship.
Specific crimes become old hat. New ones take the headlines.
You think child abuse a/o molestations no longer occur?
Anybody have an idea how many mass shootings (3 or more victims) occur which don't make "the news"?

Ha, it's just the Canadians warping our news to match theirs.

 

[oggb]

My converter has a first name, it's O-S-C-A-R
My converter has a second name, it's M-E-Y-E-R
Oh I love to steal them every day
And if you ask me why I'll say
Cuz' rent ain't cheap and I got bills to pay!!

 

[Lapham3]

The media 'plays up' shootings due to the 'gun ban' mantra. The 'copycat syndrome' has long been recognized by cops, mental health and media types, but the lives lost are the 'price to be paid'.

 

[SubieRubyRoo]

IBTL

 

[Snagglefoot]

Hmm, hot dog with a missing cat.

 

[ls1mike]

My converter has a first name, it's O-S-C-A-R
My converter has a second name, it's M-E-Y-E-R
Oh I love to steal them every day
And if you ask me why I'll say
Cuz' rent ain't cheap and I got bills to pay!!

dude, I'm dead.

 

[slacktide_bitog]

The junkyard now has a hot cat from a hot dog.

 

[Wrenchturner44]

I wish both CC theft and car jacking were recoginized as Federal crimes so that these low lifes would get mandatory sentences.

 

[bdcardinal]

You would think they could get some kind of special waiver for the Wienermobile so that it was emissions exempt.

 

[97K15004WD]

Saw one of them at Sam's:

 

[Nick1994]

Now for the real question... How good did that bad-boy sound with open headers?

 

[oggb]

Now for the real question... How good did that bad-boy sound with open headers?

I'm imagining them driving it around the Vegas strip and revving it at stop lights

 

[SC Maintenance]

That thing has been around since the 50's. It should be emissions exempt.

 

[dishdude]

So the Wienermobile has a missing link?

 

[PF52]

That thing has been around since the 50's. It should be emissions exempt.

Depends which one it is; they have several of them and it's most likely one of the new ones.

 

[nthach]

Hey, it’s not a Prius - weld on a Magnaflow or Walker and call it a day. Thing isn’t registered in CA/NY.