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| Thread ID: 59371 | 2005-06-30 07:17:00 | Just another kick in the guts for... | bartsdadhomer (80) | PC World Chat |
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| 368265 | 2005-06-30 10:00:00 | Don't knock diesels. Very useful being able to puff smoke at tail gaters with a sharp rapid thrust on the accelerator. They sure drop back in a hurry. | Mercury (1316) | ||
| 368266 | 2005-06-30 14:10:00 | I went for a WOF about a year ago and they gave me a second sheet of paper that said: If we implement emissions testing, your vehicle would have..... And then "Passed" was printed and ticked nice and big :) That was when I had a 1987 Nissan Sunny. I know newer cars that smoke a hell of a lot, and realistically it cant be good for the environment. Sure it'll cost a bit to repair, but cheap cars are a dime a dozen these days so its not _really_ that bad.... is it? |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 368267 | 2005-06-30 14:35:00 | Depends on your overheads, No way I could afford to replace my wifes car if it failed. No way in hell. Best I could do would be a nice set of $20 runners from the warehouse, and even then she would have to skip every 3rd step to make em last longer. Muhahahahaha. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 368268 | 2005-06-30 15:04:00 | yes and no . we have had it easy all these years . car owners in aussie have far tougher rulles than what we have . what about europe? they have it waay tougher than any of us, im in europe at the moment . its so busy :waughh: there is soo much tax on the cars and they also have to have very high standards, most people basicly have to buy a new car every 2-5 years because of the salt that they spread on the roads . it rusts out the whole under body . . . . they are just bringing this new standard to nz because they want to keep up with the clean green image and keep the pollution down . |
Prescott (11) | ||
| 368269 | 2005-06-30 22:24:00 | I drive around the city all day (not just rush hour in Ekatahuna!) and I'd be very happy if those clapped out jap import diesel Toyotas were taken off the road, would cut down on pollution by about 50% I suggest that Metla could get some 'after market' accessories for Mrs M's runners... would look flash and might make her go faster :D |
Shortcircuit (1666) | ||
| 368270 | 2005-06-30 22:47:00 | I drive around the city all day (not just rush hour in Ekatahuna!) and I'd be very happy if those clapped out jap import diesel Toyotas were taken off the road, would cut down on pollution by about 50% I suggest that Metla could get some 'after market' accessories for Mrs M's runners... would look flash and might make her go faster :D Good thinking,and would ensure she is back on time to get dinner on the table. ;) |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 368271 | 2005-07-01 05:43:00 | Smoke from motor vehicles is an "appearance" thing. It's got nothing to do with the harmful emissions. It's just something which is "easy to test". So it's probably just politicians wanting to be seen "doing something about" air pollution. Isn't it an election year? |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 368272 | 2005-07-01 06:23:00 | The really big problem with all this is what is meant by 'smoke'. If it isn't measured with a calibrated instrument then all we have is one persons subjective opinion. That could be open to dispute, it would be like police just using a visual estimate of speed to say someone is exceeding the speed limit by 10kmh. If it can't be measured then it is a bad regulation. |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 368273 | 2005-07-01 08:23:00 | well with smoke its easy. if its smokes it would NEVER pass any overseas emisions tests, simply as that. most vechiles will fail an emissions test well before they even get to the smokey stage. frankly if you plant boot and smoke pours out and continues to pour out ie its not a puff of smoke, then its bleeding obvouis the motor has a big problem. terry...i don't think you have seen the WOF rule book. its so vauge you almost make your own rules, its an absolute joke. |
tweak'e (69) | ||
| 368274 | 2005-07-01 08:57:00 | Well, I don't know, there's smoke and there is smoke. Like this morning, freezing and frosty, ran the motor for 15 minutes to warm things up, clouds of white stuff, some would be steam, some of it would be something else, but not black oily smoke, just white. Then when all was warmed and the choke went in, barely a wisp, and what there was was white. |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
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