Re: Tegger's 'Teg needs a cat...

loewent <loewent@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in
news:e131b6b0-dfb6-4335-ad43-7a759aeaaeae@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 

> was talking to someone today, he said never throw out your old
> catalytic converter.  Take it to a metal salvage place where they can
> recover the titanium and rhodium in it.



Platinum, palladium and rhodium, actually.

Platinum and palladium are used for the HC/CO side, rhodium for the NO 
side.



> You can get up to $100-200
> for it...



Garages get about $50-100 for them from the places that salvage them.

Cat thefts are increasing for this reason. The crooks are stealing them
off 
cars on new-car lots, using cordless Sawzalls. They target truck-based 
vehicles because there's more ground clearance.


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Tegger

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