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originally posted in:The Garage
5/26/2017 11:03:20 PM
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Maryland bans coal rolling diesel vehicles
Maryland has decided to ban the modification of diesel vehicles to enable them to emit large amounts of black smoke on to others. I'm okay with this because coal rolling is just awful. I hope other states follow suit.
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I look at the diesel guys who do this to be in the same vein as the aluminum wing and decal "tuners". It's not my kind of automobile. [off subject, but I fee like sharing] Funny thing, last weekend was the annual car show at our local exotic & custom car dealership. They have literally just about everything you'd ever want in a Euro super or exotic, as well as GT-Rs, and even a couple guys who modded their Chevy SS's to be Holdens. Why? I have no idea. Anyhow, there's a Hyuara and a Koenigsegg Agera R in the showroom (as well as many other notables), but outside were around 300 of everything else. (There was a Lambo Aventador driving down the main street in front revving. He hit the rev limiter in about half a second, and it sounded like an older version F1 car. It was awesome.) Anyhow, all the tuners that showed up were all set off into the back. They had little to no spectator traffic, and they were all glammed out with tacky and nonsensical crap. To each his own, but I'll never understand pouring that kind of $$ into an Eclipse or Golf. Where were we. Oh yeah - diesel idiots. They weren't there.
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5 RepliesWhile rolling coal is dumb, what about diesels that are modified for economy? My own diesel is set up this way and will only give a small puff of smoke when suddenly accelerating like on an entrance ramp to the interstate or passing a slow vehicle on the highway. Would I be fined if I passed a car and the wisp of smoke from my truck touched their car? These modifications get me an extra 4 mpg and when you drive 20,000+ miles a year like I do, that saves over 300 gallons of fuel, and $1,000+ in fuel cost. [spoiler]And no, I don't drive a big truck for no reason. It's a work truck that is off road during work hours, and haul my travel trailer I live out of on the road.[/spoiler]
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1 ReplyYay! More state regulation telling people what to do
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1 ReplyI always found humor in the fact that even rednecks would say people who roll coal had small dicks. Not to mention there's nothing cool about a broken down truck shooting out black smoke. Nothing but a cause for concern.
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1 ReplyThe state legislature here in Colorado just passed a similar bill, but the maximum sanction is a $100 fine. It's a step in the right direction, but not quite enough IMO. There should at least be a possibility of jail time, seeing as how we're talking about a form of battery.
