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      06-04-2023, 11:52 AM   #1
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are our cars prone to cat theft ?

I can't even get under mine
but wondering how prone we all are ?
seems to be a lot of cat theft videos in my YT recommendations ?
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Amazingly easy for a cat to steal a BMW, but luckily they are mostly going after the larger SUVs or delivery trucks.
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Out smart the law breakers- remove your cats pre-emptively, and break the law yourself!
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Much easier for thieves to cut them out on a highly sprung SUV.
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Out smart the law breakers- remove your cats pre-emptively

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My thoughts exactly. I keep mine on a shelf in my basement for security purposes.

When I sold my e93 to the dealer: does this car have catalytic converters??? Absolutely. They’re in a box in the trunk.
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funny should have known

oh you guys..............

Cat one especially
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I believe most modern BMWs, at least the F30, have the cat shoved up in the engine bay... not really a job for a couple hoodlums and a sawzall when there are a bunch of easy target Toyotas they could hit instead.
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That's what I also thought, not sure too much about the X-type BM's, I seem to remember that's how my 1 was.

also saves on shielding to stop them burning the grass

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feckin 'ell
You mean everybody????
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You mean everybody????
his keyboard probably has all the keys missing except for thoes letters
seems to say that quite a bit
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his keyboard probably has all the keys missing except for thoes letters
seems to say that quite a bit
He likes to joke around with everybody
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bunch of easy target Toyotas they could hit instead.
First thing I bought after the wife bought me a Taco: Cat shield.
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