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Old 03-09-2015, 10:00 PM   #294 (permalink)
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Kit cars that are all new need to meet all current laws. the laws specifically say "Any attempt to use this policy to circumvent the Clean Air Act or the Imports regulations will be considered a violation of the Clean Air Act and will be strictly enforced."
Clean air act is not the air bags , crumpel zones, seat belts, etc .. 'safety' devices that were asked to avoid.

The exhaust only has to reach minimum clean air act regulations .. what you sited there ... has nothing to do with air bags, and all that 'safety' stuff you were asking to avoid ... Minimum Clean Air Act should not be that hard to achieve ... especially sense you only have to achieve it during the testing.

Look at Link the basic starter site for laws about self made and kit cars ... you can ... even if you chose not to ... you can use this route to legally get the car you said you wanted... short version ... it is a 100% perfectly legal path to the vehicle you said you wanted... The government is NOT stopping you or banning you from doing this... It's actually made special exemptions to make it easier for you as an individual to do it than it would be for a large retail company like GM.

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The laws cannot be changed with 17% voter support, that is the funniest one of all your ideas and shows that you are not actually taking the discussion seriously.
I am taking the conversation seriously.

I'm trying to encourage you to actually do something about what you say you want to change ... don't just sit there telling yourself over and over you can't do it... If you want it ... go get it.

It of course varies ... but ... here is an example of the same concept I described previously.... If you want real numbers to go with the concept itself described previously.

Link

Notice the regular pattern of low voter turn out %.

You don't need a majority to win an election ... you only need to have the highest % who turn out.

40% Person A
35% Person B
25% Person C

Person A will win that election.

2010 ... 37.8% of registered voters turned out ... 18.91% would have still won if all the other 18.89% voted together against you ... but thanks to there being die hard straight party voters ... you don't need to have that 18.91% ... only only have to have the highest % ... like Person A above.

1998 ... it was 36.4% ... and you would have needed less than 18.21%

etc... etc.

~17% of eligible voters voting with you ... will win most of those elections.

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Even if I was in the minority, and I probably am, it is good to know that there are still big thumb folks out there like you who seem to revel in forced conformity. I say live and let live.
???? I have no idea where you pulled that (piece of fiction about me) from ???

I've encouraged you numerous times not to conform ... I've encouraged you to go out and do it ... I've encouraged you to go for what you want to have ... even if it isn't what the majority wants .. I've encouraged you try and work to make the improvements you think are wrong with the system as it is now. ????

So yes ... YOU CAN DO IT !!!!
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