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- From: kenny@osf.org (Kenneth Crudup)
- Subject: Re: Q: how do i know if i need a new catalytic converter?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.162959.223@osf.org>
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- Organization: Open Software Foundation
- References: <hellmann.728020981@sycamore.cs.scarolina.edu> <cwXZXB1w164w@cellar.org> <2577@shaman.wv.tek.com>
- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 16:29:59 GMT
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- [ Story of penalties re: removing cat deleted ]
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- In article <2577@shaman.wv.tek.com> andrew@frip.wv.tek.com writes:
-
- >More than just fines -- you could lose the car. It happened here in
- >Oregon a few years ago. The owner of a new BMW removed his cat and the
- >state found out. They required him not to operate the car until the
- >cat had been replaced by the *factory*. Said factory is in Bavaria,
- >and the cost of all this exceeded the value of the car.
-
- See what happens when Eco-Nazi's and overzealous greenies take over? There
- is absolutely no reason a BMW dealer or independent shop couldn't have done
- that work.
-
- Stupid assholes. There ain't enough money in the world to get me to move
- out to one of those greenhead states out West. (Good thing there ain't no
- spotted owls out here in Mass, or I'd go out and shoot one right now.)
-
- -Kenny
-
- p.s. - of course, now that I've thought about it, this could have been pro-
- paganda- why couldn't he have sold it in another state without green-shit-
- for-brains lawmakers, who would allow the cat to be retrofitted?
- --
- Kenny Crudup, Contractor, OSF DCE QA
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- Religion: The longest-running gag ever played on Mankind.
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