>“In this case, I think one of the things that infuriates me, is that we have a company — whatever, Toyota — who makes the Prius, that essentially has a device on their cars which is super easy to remove. It’s basically the value of a MacBook, right?” the Democratic lawmaker said.
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>“That is put in a place that is incredibly easy to access in your car and the thefts related to this issue have essentially — all of the costs of that — are given to us to bear instead of them [Toyota] having to manufacture a car that actually is not so easy to be stolen,” the Harvard-educated Raman added.
Lady, do you have any idea how to design a car engine and make it fit into a specific model of vehicle? Neither do I. But I’m going to take a scientific wild ass guess that the engine is designed that way for cost, performance, and maintenance/repair.
Also apparently the standards at Harvard have fallen greatly if they’d let Karen like you graduate.
> Rather than vote in favor of a motion banning the unlawful possession of catalytic converters — a valuable automotive part — Nithya Raman, a Los Angeles councilwoman, voted against the measure and blamed car manufacturers for making the part too easy to steal.
eighty2angelfan says
She has family members in on it.
LittleRickyPemba says
From the people who brought you, “Don’t wear that skirt, you’re asking for it.”
SelectiveSanity says
>“In this case, I think one of the things that infuriates me, is that we have a company — whatever, Toyota — who makes the Prius, that essentially has a device on their cars which is super easy to remove. It’s basically the value of a MacBook, right?” the Democratic lawmaker said.
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>“That is put in a place that is incredibly easy to access in your car and the thefts related to this issue have essentially — all of the costs of that — are given to us to bear instead of them [Toyota] having to manufacture a car that actually is not so easy to be stolen,” the Harvard-educated Raman added.
Lady, do you have any idea how to design a car engine and make it fit into a specific model of vehicle? Neither do I. But I’m going to take a scientific wild ass guess that the engine is designed that way for cost, performance, and maintenance/repair.
Also apparently the standards at Harvard have fallen greatly if they’d let Karen like you graduate.
somekennyguy says
The ol’ “jewelry store door was open” argument….
capGpriv says
She’s incredibly deluded
But this is actually a problem that’s being fixed for future consumer vehicles.
Electric cars do not have catalytic converters
tugrumpler says
> Rather than vote in favor of a motion banning the unlawful possession of catalytic converters — a valuable automotive part — Nithya Raman, a Los Angeles councilwoman, voted against the measure and blamed car manufacturers for making the part too easy to steal.
ItsOnlyaBook says
This is an extremely lazy take on the situation. The LA Times article [here](https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-04-11/los-angeles-passes-new-strategy-for-tackling-catalytic-converter-theft) does a better job of explaining what their objections are to the resolution.