Cars - For Car Enthusiasts

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[–] Elting@piefed.social 17 points 6 months ago (6 children)

Your cars fly there?

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[–] turdas@suppo.fi 10 points 6 months ago (1 child)

No, but they also don't drive when they don't have catalytic converters.

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[–] Elting@piefed.social 5 points 6 months ago

Don't look in the wheel wells of Midwestern cars. It's not for the faint of heart.

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[–] ggdg@sh.itjust.works 7 points 6 months ago* (2 children)

Some of them https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-57651843 USA also had a flying car, until it suddenly stopped. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AVE_Mizar)

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[–] titanicx@lemmy.zip 3 points 6 months ago

There is also the Merlin Moller.

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[–] Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 6 months ago

Didn't the first Mizar just fell out of the sky killing its inventors?

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[–] baguettefish@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 6 months ago

you can see cars flying all across europe with enough psychedelics

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[–] notthebees@reddthat.com 8 points 6 months ago (5 children)

It wouldn't fly where I live in the us. It's 92 so noobd2. They'd do a tailpipe test and it would fail. My bet is that the catalytic converter actually failed because that's more effort to clear a cat than most people do. Like the material broke off and clogged it.

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[+] Nomad@infosec.pub 1 point 6 months ago (4 children)

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[–] notthebees@reddthat.com 3 points 6 months ago (3 children)

no crackhead will reseal a cat like that. It's too much effort and takes too long. They would have to drop the cat to mod it like that.

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[+] Nomad@infosec.pub 3 points 6 months ago (2 children)

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[–] notthebees@reddthat.com 1 point 6 months ago (1 child)

Maybe. If the cat was fucked, people would just punch out the inner material and add a $1 spark plug defouler for the downstream o2 sensor. This is an odd amount of effort.

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[–] SirSamuel@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago (9 children)

Question. Are there countries in Europe that don't have mandatory inspections?

There are states in the US that have very tight regulations and inspections, and states that hear "regulations are written in blood" and think it's the regulation that kills people (Mississippi. It's always Mississippi. Or Florida)

Not sure where I was going with this, but the state I live in sucks balls. I wish I could live in Norway. So pretty. It calls to my soul. Fjords are amazing. I want to wear knit undershirts and never hug anyone

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[–] SupraMario@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago

Yes. Poland...some of the shit boxes over there make some of the shit boxes in the usa look like new cars.

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[+] Nomad@infosec.pub 4 points 6 months ago (3 children)

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[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 4 points 6 months ago

Idk how it is elsewhere, but here in Estonia after 10 years or so, it becomes annual.

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[–] SirSamuel@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago (1 child)

Ah, so when you said Europe you were thinking of the EU. I can't fault you there, I'll sometimes say "America" and mean the US. Thanks for clarifying 😊

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[–] glimse@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

This may be outdated info but I believe Arizona had the most lax vehicle laws. That's why every uhaul truck is registered in Arizona

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[–] Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Motorcycles are exempt in France but cars not.

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[–] SirSamuel@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago (1 child)

Oh interesting! I wonder if that's a result of the prevalence of two-cycle engines in motorcycles a long time ago. Or maybe the ratio of motorcycles to larger vehicles is so low it doesn't make enough of an impact to regulate them. Or if there's a bit of regulatory capture from the motorcycle industry.

I'm pretty curious about this now. At least for the next ten minutes or so

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[–] Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 months ago

I have heard the motards (the french bikers) teamed up and pressured the government, but don't take my word for it :-)