http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/bottleneck/2007/03/thieves_target_.html
>A few months ago, there was a string of unusual car burglaries in
>which thieves were making off with the third-row seats of SUVs. Now,
>the Breeze reports, it's a ring of thieves grabbing catalytic converters:
>
>Catalytic converters, located in the undercarriage, are easily
>removed by unscrewing a few bolts, authorities said. And each one
>can have about a tenth of an ounce of precious metal. On Wednesday,
>police announced the arrests of two men suspected of committing
>several catalytic converter thefts in El Segundo, Torrance, Long
>Beach and Signal Hill... According to metal trading Web sites,
>platinum sold Wednesday for more than $1,100 an ounce, palladium for
>nearly $350 and rhodium for $5,900.
The third-row seat story is here:
http://www.nbc5i.com/news/11083629/detail.html