The EPA Is Targeting Aftermarket Car Modifications

[Frenchy]

Lol this isn't anything new if you are wondering. They have been cracking down on tuners the most due to many trying to get away with the Emissions Devices not being ran/deleted.

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[Msfitoy]

Lol this isn't anything new if you are wondering. They have been cracking down on tuners the most due to many trying to get away with the Emissions Devices not being ran/deleted.

With Swat gear? That's new Stasi level lol...

 

[got3fords]

I'll write a letter to a California senator and next thing you know all EV owners will have to put up with stupid noises coming from their cars.

Ever hear a Rivian up close? It makes this intermittent sound like a loud vacuum cleaner.

 

[HeatXfer]

Ever hear a Rivian up close? It makes this intermittent sound like a loud vacuum cleaner.

That's either their wallet vacuum or the sound of Rivian going down the toilet

 

[MountainGoat]

While you're writing letters, send one to that attorney general who hasn't charged that d bag actor with murder yet.

You mean Baldwin the Bullet? Alec the Assassin? Quickest gun in the West?

It must not be a current version. I believe it was put into law in 2020, or 2021. Our '23 Model Y makes noise below 15 MPH.

The guy I worked with would floor the shit outta his Telsa to show off at closing time. Every time I thought it was gonna be a huge accident, everybody leaving and someone is going to back out not hearing or seeing him. Way faster than 15mph.

 

[Sojourner]

When I lived in Germany you could not modify a car in any way without taking it back thru the TUV, their inspection process, and every serial number in the license book had better match. No tuners, no tranny swaps, no engine swaps, no major changes at all. And their inspection makes our safety checks look like kids play, they check EVERYTHING!

And if you lived "on the economy," you couldn't really do anything (even change your oil). And even less than anything on Sunday. "Sonntag! Ruhe! Verdammt Amis!"

 

[JesseS]

And if you lived "on the economy," you couldn't really do anything (even change your oil). And even less than anything on Sunday. "Ruhe! Sonntag!" Verdammt Amis!

HAHA! Quiet Sunday! Damn Americans is right.
Da ich fast 10 Jahre dort gelebt habe und Deutsch spreche, habe ich keine Probleme.

 

[JesseS]

Ever hear a Rivian up close? It makes this intermittent sound like a loud vacuum cleaner.

The Rivian has air suspension to adjust the vehicle height from sport (low) to road, (normal) to off road (high), you were maybe hearing the compressor on/off cycle?

 

[JesseS]

It must not be a current version. I believe it was put into law in 2020, or 2021. Our '23 Model Y makes noise below 15 MPH.

My wife's Prius has that sound below 35 MPH, sounds like a compressor blowing off air.

 

[TJC]

Cooling the batteries perhaps, or the fluid that is cooling the batteries?

 

[got3fords]

The Rivian has air suspension to adjust the vehicle height from sport (low) to road, (normal) to off road (high), you were maybe hearing the compressor on/off cycle?

I have no idea, this was a lady trying to manuever into a parking spot at a football game we were tailgating at. It was into a tight spot with some back and forth. The vaccum noise was off and on. It was weird! The lady appologized when she got out, not for the noise, but for the difficulty controlling it at such slow speeds. She said it was her husband's truck and that she thought the whole EV thing was a scam!

 

[TJC]

At ~$90K each, that is quite a scam.

 

[FunInTheSun]

The EPA has been doing this stuff since the 70's (thanks to Richard Nixon). I remember my first taste of EPA regulation when I had to get a NOx device for my '70 Chevelle in 1977. When I swapped the stock CVCC head in my '77 Honda Civic for a 1975 non-CVCC head so i could run a hot cam and dual downdraft Webers, I "got away" with that for a few years then got dinged because the smog guy had a book that told him what was stock for that year engine. It apparently didn't matter that the car would otherwise pass smog. I believe the fledgling EPA in the 70's was on track to do some good things, but the do-gooders went too far and have lost sight of the reason behind the rules. There doesn't appear to be any gray areas anymore. If you modify an engine to perform better than EPA standards, because it's not stock, it will fail even before the stick the probe up it's tailpipe. Just one reason I rode & raced motos: I could do anything I wanted to a bike and never had to get the OK from the DMV.

Unless you want to ride a 2 stroke...

 

[MountainGoat]

Unless you want to ride a 2 stroke...

I think you can still roll coal on an RD350 (if you can find one).

 

[Jhbryaniv]

I have no idea, this was a lady trying to manuever into a parking spot at a football game we were tailgating at. It was into a tight spot with some back and forth. The vaccum noise was off and on. It was weird! The lady appologized when she got out, not for the noise, but for the difficulty controlling it at such slow speeds. She said it was her husband's truck and that she thought the whole EV thing was a scam!

Yeah, that's probably slow speed sounds, intentional so others around know the vehicle is moving...

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