Jean Bentley is a retired nurse from St. Paul who, back in January, picked up a shift at a nearby clinic that was short-staffed for the day.
When her shift was over a little after 5 p.m., she walked out to the parking lot to start her Toyota Prius.
âAnd it just made that bhrum, bhrum, bhrum, bhrum, bhrum [sound],â she said, âlike you don t have a muffler.
Bentley knew immediately what that noise meant. She had friends and neighbors who also had catalytic converters sawed off from their cars. She had insurance to get it fixed, but her deductible was $1,000.