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Old 05-10-2022, 12:57 PM   #26
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Originally Posted by Tcoat View Post
And the Ram truck forum is screaming "FUCKING RICERS".
There is simply no way to blame one certain group.
It is the sum total of everybody that felt "For off road use ONLY" did not apply to them or was just a industry inside joke. This includes the coal rollers, pop and bang tune posers, sports car crowd, muscle heads, and so on and so on. Not one or two sub groups.
The only group I can think of that would be exempt would be the "Let get the highest mileage possible through mods" Prius forum (yes that is a thing).

And just so that anybody thinks this is a new issue they were talking about this back in the late 70s when the emissions control stuff first appeared. The only difference was that all the tunes and mods were mechanical and not electronic back then so it was almost impossible for them to get evidence to enforce.
I was thinking of the "coal rollers" making it something that people could actually see. And the numerous YouTube videos showing them rolling coal on cyclists/joggers/etc.

It brought "visibility" to the issue, so to speak.

If I drive down the street in a BRZ with a mild exhaust, the general public wouldn't know if it's tuned, supercharged, or running a turbo.
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