2003 Chevrolet Cavalier Catalytic Converter and Oxygen Sensor

[@Swampwild1]

July 3rd 2023 Bloomberg Business Week outlines how billions of dollars of CATs are sent to Japan and the regulatory agency did nothing for decades. It became so profitable that mafia and gangs got involved and police officers were killed.

[@penelopepurr]

Oh dude. Yeah, Autopac sucks. I had my quarter glass (rear little triangle window) smashed during a break in. 2003 sunfire... so, you know... a rally rare car, right? Autopac couldn't find the part. The dealership couldn't find the part. So, it was going to be written off. I found the part after searching for SECONDS online. I could get it for about $5 plus shipping (about $25) and gave the info to the dealership (Selkirk GM). They ordered the part. The work got "done". I get my car back, look at the cost breakdown. Dealership charged Autopac $550 for the $25 part, plus install. The part wasn't even put in right and required some work to get it to sit right, which I reported to Autopac, who told me "just be glad it was fixed". Yep, remember that he next time they talk about insurance fraud and what customers do that "drive up the cost of insurance".

[@Swampwild1]

I think the PCs are quietly privatizing MPI on the sly. They totally sold out the writeoff auction. This catalytic converter scandal shows how private companies like Boyd and Midas are now running MPI.

[@Swampwild1]

This is another example of how wonderful “deregulation” can be.

[@constitutionknwsbest]

Why not straight pipe it?

[@Swampwild1]

Yes for sure! The sound should be fine. Until these thieves are stopped I don’t blame anyone for doing that!

[@Swampwild1]

Your Cat was stolen because of BAD public policy. Regulators should not be allowed to switch employment to the very companies they are charged with supervising! A woman named Janice Ayala spent 27 years at Homeland Security ending as director for investigations on. Cat thefts. She now works for a company named Dowa, who sells recycled Cats to Nippon in Japan. There needs to be employment rules with a 10 year period where any regulator cannot work for the industry they’re regulating after leaving. All regulators! Otherwise the government department gets influenced and can’t do its job.

[@jessejames2330]

The irony of blaming capitalism then using ebay to save money........sorry, I had to laugh.