Oregon intrudce Bill to Prohibit Sales of Aftermarket parts

[GeneW]

Originally Posted by yaris-me

Greenhouse gas emissions would be impossible to reduce if you're going after car parts, tires etc.

Not impossible but it seems to me kind of asinine to go after tires, pulleys and tuning kits when vehicles are made every day that make a lot more Carbon Dioxide than any small car with turbo chargers and other performance enhancements. In plain English, why worry about Tuners when SUVs and Pickups are sold new each year?

My money says that the Governor is getting campaign contributions from some Dealers who don't like to see aftermarket stuff taking away "their" market.

Gene

[yaris-me]

Originally Posted by GeneW

Not impossible but it seems to me kind of asinine to go after tires, pulleys and tuning kits when vehicles are made every day that make a lot more Carbon Dioxide than any small car with turbo chargers and other performance enhancements. In plain English, why worry about Tuners when SUVs and Pickups are sold new each year?

My money says that the Governor is getting campaign contributions from some Dealers who don't like to see aftermarket stuff taking away "their" market.

Gene

Where's your head Gene?

[GeneW]

Originally Posted by yaris-me

Where's your head Gene?

If you mean by that, why do I think that way? This kind of approach is, to use the Corporate vernacular, going after the "high hanging fruit". If you're going to curb "green house gases" then enforcing speed limits would probably do a better job of automobile efficiency than this blanket ban.

So we're left with the unfortunate conclusion that the Governor of Oregon probably has ulterior motives, or they're grandstanding.

Gene