Comment on Ebay Could Owe $1.9 Billion in Fines for Allowing Sale of 343,000 Emissions Defeat Devices
Delphia@lemm.ee 11 months agoDamn 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.
tryptaminev@feddit.de 11 months ago
I trust the DOJ to be able to distinguish between a 2 inch pipe and more deliberate devices.
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.
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.
PsychedSy@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
I have no clue how you think I care about that. Don’t blindly trust government agencies.
Do you think the ATF can tell the difference between a shoe string and a machine gun?
tryptaminev@feddit.de 11 months ago
then what heinous agenda do you think the DOJ to follow here?
PsychedSy@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Here? Prolly none. Still, it’s not exactly a situation where you need a government authority to choose a position, is it?
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!
PsychedSy@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Fnord
Bgugi@lemmy.world 11 months ago
That trust us misplaced.