Comment on Ebay Could Owe $1.9 Billion in Fines for Allowing Sale of 343,000 Emissions Defeat Devices

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• Delphia@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Damn near every aftermarket automotive part I have ever bought contains some variation of the “This is not intended for use on street vehicles, offroad and race use only” somewhere in the description.

  I can cut out my cat and weld in a piece of 2 inch pipe and I just created an emissions defeat device… I can fit an oil catch can, if I plug the breather tube back into the intake its legal, if I vent to atmosphere its not.

  I mean, people who “roll coal” have no sympathy from me but this case is nowhere near as cut and dried as a lot of people think.

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  • tryptaminev@feddit.de ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I trust the DOJ to be able to distinguish between a 2 inch pipe and more deliberate devices.

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    • PsychedSy@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Let me introduce you to our friends the ATF. Or the USDA and their wonderful food pyramid. Government agencies have agendas. You should look at facts and not blindly trust them.

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      • FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Please tell us the facts of eBay being accused of selling devices that defeat emissions tests. I’m sure we would all love to hear them.

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      • tryptaminev@feddit.de ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        then what heinous agenda do you think the DOJ to follow here?

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      • troydowling@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        The dietary illuminati hid their food pyramid stop the unfinished pyramid of the one dollar bill! It’s pyramids all the way down!

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    • Bgugi@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      That trust us misplaced.

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