#@$? EPA!

[cmice@mfg.mke.ab.com (Christopher Ice)]

I've yet to understand WHY the EPA are such nazi's?  It's as if the Clean
Air Act was the "Arc of the Covenant" (sp?) for them.  <grrrr....>  (no
offence to our kind EPA list-member is intended)

Wisconsin is re-vamping their sniffing stations for rolling-chassis
tests...should be fun in a 4X4.  ;-)  Meanwhile, they've got repair shops
terrified to touch an exhaust system that doesn't have the OEM stamps on
it.

At least TWICE, I've been told that I'd have to put more money into a car
than the car's worth, just to make the EPA happy.  Both times, my evil twin
skippy, titled the car in another state to avoid the cost.

I realize that we've got it better here than probably anywhere else...but
take a trip into Mexico City and TRY to breathe without choking.  No
matter, we'll have to live like angels anyway.

On a calmer note, what the HELL can anybody do about it?  Oh, sure, I'll
write my congressman.  With them squabbling over money for pork-barrel
projects, he'll jump right on my request.  %-)

In an attempt to play both sides of the fence, I'm now going to gripe that
mileage numbers aren't nearly as high as they could be.  And to be honest,
I think fuel-cell and hydrogen cars would be pretty cool.  However, instead
of spending bucks to help those technologies, the EPA chooses to harp on
the existing owners when probably only 15-20% of the cars are actually
causing the problem.

Chris

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