Catalytic Converter stolen, next steps?

Discussion in 'Prius v Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting' started by linuxgod, Aug 25, 2025 at 8:50 PM.

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  1. Mendel Leisk

    Mendel Leisk MMX GEN III

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    Just technical questions (I hope):

    1. Who's "they"?
    2. How do you stop someone from "cornering the market", perhaps by competing with them? Hopefully not warfare.
     
    #21 Mendel Leisk, Aug 29, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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    I'm no expert, but it seems obvious that China undercut the other rare metal suppliers until they went out of business. Then they could raise their prices as much as they wanted. I suppose some governments could have intervened, but apparently they didn't.
     
    #22 Paul Gregory, Aug 29, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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    Yeah. Thankfully the dealership stood their ground and argued that the aftermarket options were not suitable. And also thankfully Allstate didn’t fight them on the labor rates.

    If it’s wasn’t a Prius with a heat exchanger built into the exhaust and limited aftermarket options to begin with I’m not sure if the result would have been the same.
     
    #23 linuxgod, Aug 29, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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