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- From: cka52397@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Chintan Amin)
- Subject: Re: Q: how do i know if i need a new catalytic converter?
- References: <cwXZXB1w164w@cellar.org> <2577@shaman.wv.tek.com> <1993Jan27.162959.223@osf.org>
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- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 22:18:48 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan27.162959.223@osf.org> kenny@osf.org (Kenneth Crudup) writes:
- >
- >[ Story of penalties re: removing cat deleted ]
- >
- >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cat had been replaced by the *factory*.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
- >OSF, 11 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA 02142 +1 617 621 7306
- >kenny@osf.osf.org OSF has nothing to do with this post.
- > Religion: The longest-running gag ever played on Mankind.
-
- Uh, Kenneth, did you ever think that maybe the Government of the
- owner's state has an eye out for the safety and health of not just the planet,
- but the states residents? And as I remember, the law is a FEDERAL STATUTE, so
- it applies in Boston too. I have NO sympathy for any asshole who, to drop
- 1/10 sec in 0-60 times, removes the catalytic converter. Oh, and BTW, good
- use of the word "ain't", it makes you look even more credible...
-
- Notice the absence of ":-)'s".
-
- Chintan Amin
-
-
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