Big Auto trying to stop us from working on our car?

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  1. Red Menace

    Red Menace Well-Known Member

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    I guess oxygen is the only thing that we won't be charged for in the future.
     
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  2. stinkyB

    stinkyB 2009 Best Avatar Award Winner

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    That guy may have been one of the biggest douchenozzles on the face of the earth and one of the reasons I left that site (among the mass of mindless rah-rah folks)
    Thankfully his appearance here was brief as his "look at me" bullshit was not well received
     
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    FJF 2018 MVP Joe Namath Award Winner

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    until someone figures out how
     
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  4. joe

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    Indeed it's a scam. Assuming the car is paid in full by the owner who's on the title, directing said owner to a designated service center would bring up restraint of trade arguments and in this case economic protectionism which is a violation of the Commerce Clause contained in the Constitution. Additionally, this also brings to mind similarly-related municipal solid waste/recycling "flow control" cases.

    Bit of a reach by the auto industry imho that reeks of avarice under the guise of for-the-public-good.
     
    #24 joe, Apr 24, 2015
  5. Dierking

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    The Commerce Clause? Holy mother of fuck.
     
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  6. JStokes

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    Think back to when we were kids. If someone had told me people would willingly PAY for water I would have called them crazy.

    It's like a trillion dollar industry.

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  7. Barry the Baptist

    Barry the Baptist Hello son, would you like a lolly?
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    Remember in Spaceballs when Mel Brooks opens the can of Perrier Oxygen, it's not that far off man.
     
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  8. NY Jets68

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    With all the water I drank from garden hoses as a kid, I should be dead already, or so I hear.
     
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  9. Barry the Baptist

    Barry the Baptist Hello son, would you like a lolly?
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    I drank mine from a New Jersey garden hose so I probably drank Leon Hess's waste all through my teen years....
     
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  10. The Waterboy

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    I hear ya, playing stick ball in the street during the summer if a fire hydrant was on a bit we would take a drink there. Probably why I never get sick from anything now after building up a resistance.
    [​IMG]
     
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  11. JStokes

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    On a hot summer day, never colder more refreshing water than that.

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  12. joe

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    After ball (when 'business' was quiet) the local firehouse would let us get a drink from one of the outdoor spigots on the side.

    [​IMG]
     
    #32 joe, Apr 25, 2015
  13. NY Jets68

    NY Jets68 Well-Known Member

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    Well water. :)

    Not that piss forced on you in the city.
     
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  14. Hobbes3259

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    For the most part it all started with the catalytic converter.
    Not the Auto company, but the Insurance and Prosecutorial agencies.
     
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  15. Hobbes3259

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    HEY,HEY,HEY...

    We'll have none of that here...

    NOW!

    Drop the wrench...SLOWLY...

    and back away from that car...

    Book him Dan O
     
    #35 Hobbes3259, Apr 25, 2015
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