Is nothing sacred? Thieves swiped the catalytic converter from the legendary Oscar Meyer Weinermobile. The 27-foot-long car was parked in a single day outdoors a Las Vegas lodge when the crooks did their soiled work. Apparently the car was meant to seem at a number of Tremendous Bowl-related occasions so mechanics needed to transfer rapidly. From Native 12:

“Think about an enormous, gigantic scorching canine in the midst of your [mechanic’s] bay,” stated Joseph Rodriguez, a elements administrator with Penske.

Rodriguez says not solely was the catalytic convertor lacking, however so was every thing main as much as it.

“There’s like gaskets there that you might want to reseal the converter. After which there’s sensors all alongside that space to control the warmth and temperature of the system. These are all gone as effectively. They tear that aside to get to what they need,” stated Rodriguez[…]

“They did somewhat, minor restore, simply to have the car working. It is not the right half. It is simply one thing non permanent,” [Penske parts administrator Joseph] Rodriguez stated.