There's a question that has always bothered me. Wtf do you do now that you have an obviously stolen, used catalytic converter? Find an unscrupulous junk yard? Take it to a pawn shop?

[–] Stovetop@lemmy.world 26 points 4 months ago (1 children)

They're sold for scrap. Just gotta go to a scrapyard and say "There was something wrong with mine, I replaced it, here's the old one I'm selling for scrap."

That or extract the previous metals yourself and sell them directly.

[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 20 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Many states now have laws that prevent scrap dealers from buying a catalytic converter without paperwork identifying the vehicle it came from.

[–] variants@possumpat.io 26 points 4 months ago

There are laws that prevent the theft of someone's catalytic converter as well

[–] catexaminer@beehaw.org 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

if you have one, you are "scrapping your own car", if you have twenty, then you find shady junkyards