Hello; Modification restrictions.

[sk47]

Hello; Saw the article links below today. Brought to mind something I have wondered about for some time. The first emissions rules started around 1968 in the USA. There have been spells of time when a car had to pass inspections. Part of the rules were the smog equipment the year the car was sold had to be in place. Then some of those rules went away in some states.

I have tended to look to vehicles built before 1969 when it comes to doing a major modification. The thinking being with no smog/emission requirements as sold they can be modified without breaking the rules. I saw not too long ago a plan to limit some of the sort of tunes and/or modifications currently being done. Things such as removing the "CATS" for example.

Any thoughts on where this sort of thing will go?

UK Government Prepares To End Car Modifications (msn.com)

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[key01]

Who cares? Buy old cars then and have a great time terrorizing your neighborhood

 

[sk47]

Who cares? Buy old cars then and have a great time terrorizing your neighborhood

Hello; If the sort of rules I suspect some are hoping to push get into play, things like tunes may be stopped.

 

[key01]

Hello; If the sort of rules I suspect some are hoping to push get into play, things like tunes may be stopped.

Good. Even better
Move to a state that allows you to hot rod all you want and blow up as many motors as your budget can handle. Who cares?

 

[Burkey]

Hello; If the sort of rules I suspect some are hoping to push get into play, things like tunes may be stopped.

Yes, they might be stopped, depending on the specifics of the changes in law.
What purpose does Euro 5 compliance (as an example) serve if the owner can simply bypass that with a tune?
It could be that is effectively the equivalent of removing emissions equipment, like removing a catalytic convertor.

Again, it depends on the specifics of the legislation.
It might (in some cases) be reasonable to tune a car provided that it still meets all of the relevant emissions standards. The catch being that most tunes probably wouldn’t be able to meet those standards and that the testing required to prove compliance would likely be prohibitive.

 

[ICU812]

Good. Even better
Move to a state that allows you to hot rod all you want and blow up as many motors as your budget can handle. Who cares?

The problem is, Everything is tied to money.
If the UK government states if you don't roll in these new regulations, you will lose road funding for your city/town/county.
They will play ball to keep the money coming.
In the USA carpool lanes are one that held road funding hostage if you did not comply, next it was highway signage.

Lets roll this on by you and see what you think the chances of it happening.
The State of cali tends to set the stage for emission standards, now OTR trucks that are 2010 or older The state will not issue tags for. Basicly taking tens of thousands of rigs out of service in that state. What If a major fed spending bill into the trillions has verbage in it, that personal vehicles older than the normal life span of said vehicles can not be tagged For dily use and only for parades,shows, sundays to receive the funds in this spending bill.
Don't think it could happen with one swipe of a ink pen. Ask all the trucking companies that had it happen to them. Your personal toy is much farther down the pecking order than OTR trucks are. No state,area will give up billions in funding so you can drive a fun car daily.
It make cash for clunkers look like childs play.
Remember we are dealing with folks that make statements of "we need to pass/vote it to know what is in it "
Jobs don't matter, industry don't matter . as we have learned since march 2020.

 

[key01]

The problem is, Everything is tied to money.
If the UK government states if you don't roll in these new regulations, you will lose road funding for your city/town/county.
They will play ball to keep the money coming.
In the USA carpool lanes are one that held road funding hostage if you did not comply, next it was highway signage.

Lets roll this on by you and see what you think the chances of it happening.
The State of cali tends to set the stage for emission standards, now OTR trucks that are 2010 or older The state will not issue tags for. Basicly taking tens of thousands of rigs out of service in that state. What If a major fed spending bill into the trillions has verbage in it, that personal vehicles older than the normal life span of said vehicles can not be tagged For dily use and only for parades,shows, sundays to receive the funds in this spending bill.
Don't think it could happen with one swipe of a ink pen. Ask all the trucking companies that had it happen to them. Your personal toy is much farther down the pecking order than OTR trucks are. No state,area will give up billions in funding so you can drive a fun car daily.
It make cash for clunkers look like childs play.
Remember we are dealing with folks that make statements of "we need to pass/vote it to know what is in it "
Jobs don't matter, industry don't matter . as we have learned since march 2020.

current administration is headed by a car enthusiast. Nice try
Now stop with your political rants here

 

[ICU812]

current administration is headed by a car enthusiast. Nice try
Now stop with your political rants here

Have you missed the last 8000 years? where the ruling class has very different rules for them over the peons.

 

[Balr14]

Everyone has some great idea for stopping pollution but they are invariably difficult and expensive to enforce or have unintended side effects. It's like herding cats. It is not worth getting excited about.

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