Posted on 12/13/2012 11:37:56 AM PST by Hojczyk
When 25-year-old Hayden Carlo was pulled over for an expired registration sticker by a Plano police officer, he told him without hesitation – he had no excuse.
“I said there’s no explanation for why I haven’t done it, except I don’t have the money….it was either feed my kids or get my registration done.” The cop gave Carlo a ticket…and something else.
“I opened it up and there’s a 100 dollar bill. I broke down in my car what else could I do?,” Carlo told CBS DFW.
The officer never told anyone about the $100 gift. But Carlo’s grandfather, Billy McIntire, was so moved by the kind gesture he wrote a letter to the department.
“I get emotional when we talk about this type of thing,” McIntire says. “You just don’t find that many officers who would do this type of thing.” We write about a lot of bad news. It’s good to offer something uplifting along with it, especially in this Advent season.
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A 45$ code reader can reset it. As long as the cause doesn’t trip it too soon it can possibly get by.
Nope, it means I didn't print out the latest edition of my insurance card when it got auto-renewed. It had an old expiration date on it.
Ouch, that’s ridiculous! Who are they to say I want to put my vehicle on public roads or not?
Not bad points regarding a code reader, but I’d be curious if you know anyone who has used it successfully in NY. From what I remember, the car would usually have to drive around for 50-100 miles to totally ‘clear’ the code before it could pass emissions.
Now that choked me up.
Yep. Revenue enhancement.
The only reason that could be true is if "History" is stored in some special area of memory. The codes I am suggesting resetting are the trivial emission type codes that report issues like the vacuum leak in the tank filler or seal that interfere with the evaporative emission system and charcoal cannister...GreenFreak things like that that do no harm to the engine. They appear to be very common, and the racket here is to pay a fee for them to read the OBD2 codes, and those fees exceed the cost of the OBD2 reader..In short, it is a racket that is almost a moral obligation to avoid.
The code for "Bank 2 Catalytic converter out of parameters" is one of the ones that could mean little (Plug wire fell off once) or everything (Bad injector, damaged valve, etc.)
So I am not suggesting a cavalier "Clear everything every week" thing, but "Read the code and look it up online, find out what it is, and if it's trivial, clear it and shrug." If it's important fix it. These codes can be your best friend, even if you do not do the work yourself. Imagine being able to ask the car how it feels, and it can actually tell you "Intermittant ground at fuel pump".(This happened to me. I saved a bundle. Sometimes it would not start.) It also makes you BS Proof when you get a repair estimate.
Everyone should have one.
The last couple of years I’ve been using a CAN BUS OBD II code reader that is actually just an interface cable that runs with software on the laptop. I see them as low as $11 now. Some people don’t want to bother with the laptop, but the displays and memory are much better.
Great points, thank you!
Exactly. My wife’s car reports an out of variance speed sensor every now and then. Doesn’t affect anything other than an occasional wobble on the speedometer and cruise control disengagement.
Plano.....TEXAS?!
They weren’t that way 24 years ago.
Every stinking year... biggest pain in the butt for the month its due. I heard their was some legislation out there to make it every two years, but it apparently hasn’t passed yet. Nothing more than another tax... was supposed to ensure the vehicles on the road passed a basic safety test, but given that most Texans don’t own a car that’s more than 8-10 years old it’s completely pointless.
Fortunately they discontinued that folly.
As you probably know, it's just a revenue generating process for your state..........
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