where is that the case?
If they do this then how are inner city thugs supposed to get their reparations via carjackings? I didn’t realize this would be such a racist technology. Yes, I went there
I can name a couple of places (do I really have to
).Back in the day when I was a DIY'er I replaced the factory air filter set-up on my '64-Mercury Montego with an 'open element' filter with chrome top and fancy style of hold-down wingnut - something like this:
California Highway Patrol (CHP) pulled me over not long after for some minor traffic violation, and they also wrote me up for illegally "tampering with or modifying the Smog Control System" which I learned can include things like air filters and resulted in my car being impounded as being considered as no longer legal to drive on a public road.
Second place was in Manitou Springs, Colorado many years later, where during an annual Smog Certification on my '83(?)-Chevy Cavalier, the 'official' doing the certification failed to pass because I had changed the regular gas cap for an 'unapproved' locking model. Seems that my car had a 'closed-loop' fuel system which required a gas cap that sealed tight, and the locking one that I had installed, did not.
installing unapproved parts or making illegal modifications of required systems is a far cry from being persecuted for changing a filter or plug/sensor/whatever. You could get pulled over here for installing too dark of tint or not having fenders, but that's hardly draconian. As car owners we are still allowed to change our oil, modify our vehicles, and the like. Even in california. I had a pretty decently modified car when I was stationed in california. I got a ticket for illegal tint. I had to slip the smog guy a 20 when I pulled in the bay. But in spite of San Diego Sheriffs department being one of the crookedest I have seen, I never got arrested for changing my oil or spark plugs in the driveway.I can name a couple of places (do I really have to
Back in the day when I was a DIY'er I replaced the factory air filter set-up on my '64-Mercury Montego with an 'open element' filter with chrome top and fancy style of hold-down wingnut - something like this:
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California Highway Patrol (CHP) pulled me over not long after for some minor traffic violation, and they also wrote me up for illegally "tampering with or modifying the Smog Control System" which I learned can include things like air filters and resulted in my car being impounded as being considered as no longer legal to drive on a public road.
Second place was in Manitou Springs, Colorado many years later, where during an annual Smog Certification on my '83(?)-Chevy Cavalier, the 'official' doing the certification failed to pass because I had changed the regular gas cap for an 'unapproved' locking model. Seems that my car had a 'closed-loop' fuel system which required a gas cap that sealed tight, and the locking one that I had installed, did not.
It won't kill the engine. It will put it in limp mode and slowly force a shut down.
Some of you guys spend too much time looking for something to fret about.
LOL. Everything needed to control people 'remotely' is being put in place.
Electric meters.
Electric cars
Electric stoves
On line groceries [Jack B] Grocery Shopping Reimagined | JackBe [44th & Mustang Rd.]
The list is endless. There won't be any face to face transactions in the future. It will be electronic.
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Impounded for non compliance? Naw just voids the warranty.
What do you expect from an old "GET OFF MY GRASS" type of guy
Maybe in Oklahoma, but there are other states that will impound (illegal to operate on a public roadway). You guys don't appreciate how fortunate you are!
