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

Maybe thats just some cars... worth looking into though I guess...

On May 2, 5:45*pm, Tegger <teg...@tegger.c0m> wrote:
> loewent <loew...@gmail.com> wrote in news:42479bb3-9c33-4de5-9af1-
> 91fd91510...@p25g2000pri.googlegroups.com:
>
> > IIRC it is illegal for junkyards to sell used Catalytic Converters.
> > At least it is in Canada.
>
> It's perfectly legal in Ontario. Don't know about Manitoba.
>
> Used cats are about $100 here, but you're on your own as far as quality
> goes; there is no certification.
>
> Ontario's DriveClean program does not care if your cat is new or used, or
> if it's stuffed with old diapers. All they care about is if the car passes
> smog when tested.
>
>
>
> > Damned emissions legislation.
>
> Yep. Our premier, Dalton McSneaky, recently took away the 19-year exemption
> from smog for cars 1988 and newer. I'm now stuck with smog checks in
> perpetuity. I never voted for that Communist anyway.
>
> --
> Tegger
>
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