Posted on 06/21/2007 4:48:29 PM PDT by radar101
And I have no problem incarcerating or smashing the cars of the hard core types you refer to, but those types generally blow like a 0.15. If someone did that repeatedly, proven with criminal level due process (not asset forfeiture “we want it and you can’t prove it’s yours” due process), and the car they were in belonged to them, I say crush it.
OK Skippy. Remove the VIN labels on all your cars and tell us how that works out.
Keep a diary while awaiting your court date.
I see what you’re saying. And I can’t imagine cops can be bothered with checking serial numbers on transmissions, blocks etc. Is there something omitted from the story?
“After all, it worked for me!”
LOL!
The feds bribe the states to do a lot of things, Seat belts, helmets for motorcycles. legal drinking age of 21. Its a damned shame a Marine cant drink a beer at 19. As long as he stays off the road he should be able to have a brew
FEDERAL BRIBERY SUCKS AT ANY LEVEL.
The states should be allowed to pass their own laws and no be bribed by Federal Highway money.
I was at youtube yesterday watching those videos and LOL.
“Older Japanese cars bought in Japan and brought to the United States may have that problem, but American manufacturers affix mylar stickers to Japanese car parts.”
So the cops concede that there may be parts without serial numbers that aren’t stolen? Is it illegal to put an engine or tranny imported from Japan in a car, assuming it meets the smog regulations? And lots of parts for Japanese cars are imported from Japan, as there are engines and trannies available there that aren’t here, and Japanese regulations mean that cars with parts with lots of usable life left in them get junked. Were any of these guys whose cars were seized charged with possession of stolen property? If not, why not? I’m still not convinced that this is a legitimate approach to the problem of street racing.
I love 'em. Peter Stormare is so great. Those and the Evil Sport Ka commercials are my favorite car ads.
” Crush their damn cars. “
Destroying perfectly usable property is just stupid. It makes society as a whole poorer. They should seize them and resell them and then give taxpayers a refund.
What if a drug dealer buys an office building? Are you going to blow it up just because the owner was a criminal.
Jeez, the whole world has gone insane, starting with law enforcement officers.
But thats who it will effect. Government bureaucrats have NO common sense. They will apply any law on the books so that the people who get screwed the most will be minor offenders. The real criminals always anticipate getting caught, so for instance, in this case, the real drunks will all be driving $200 junkers. It will be the ordinary social drinker who drives a nice car that will pay the price for your moral indignation.
Be careful what you ask the government to do, because the only thing you can count on the government to do well, is to screw up everything they do. The victim of your moral outrage could be you.
Huh? Why would anyone want to have their cars confiscated by the gestapo? The point is that just because thats what the gestapo does, doesn’t mean that thats what the gestapo should be doing.
Can I just type that into youtube? don't know what it is.
Damn straight.
Thank you. You said it in a lot less words and a lot more clearly than I did. I think that may be important in this case. Ahem.
I have no idea. Maybe. Maybe they’re having a rash of car thefts where the cars get parted out and kids like these buy them. I can see that as a rationale for being more aware of the issue and alert to look for suspicious things that might be used in an investigation or trial, but not for suspension of the BOR.
Yep, as big as it gets. Dual port heads, ported and polished, dual Webbers (pain to sync), solid motor mounts, etc. You worked on VW's, I take it?
Yep, back in the day. Probably built 50 hot motors. Only got one left though, sons 71 Cal looker. Sand buggies, off road race cars, and few streeters.
Don’t mess with em anymore though, other sons have me into motorcycles now!
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