In typical conservative fashion, our favorite Young Turks cohost let loose in an 18 minute rant around the exponential rise in catalytic convertor thefts after she was affected personally...... when she discovered that her car insurance premiums were rising because of the trend. She segues into a rant about a city Councillor that she voted for who was opposed a successful proposal to make it illegal to be in possession of a convertor without proof of ownership. This council member pointed out that manufacturers like Toyota could install deterrents or even place the convertors in areas of the vehicle that are more difficult to access for thieves. Ana criticizes this because car manufacturers won't do anything if they aren't regulated, and getting Congress to pass legislation is impossible, therefore providing law enforcement with more legal justification to harass poor people and tie up courts with low level offenders is a viable solution. Even at the end of the video, she covers that the DOJ and FBI have been conducting huge raids on the heads of the criminal rings and legal business involved, but that's not good enough. Ms Coultersparian finishes off with "this is the kind of stuff that makes people really reconsider their political affiliations...."
You want the cat in s harder place to get? Toyota did this with the old gen tundra. You have to remove the whole cab to access the part a part that can and will fail It's a 4 grand job in labor with out parts. Cab off means the whole area that you sit in needs to be detached from the frame. Lifted high enough to access the part.
Deterents won't do anything as a grinder will cut through metal extremely fast.