Test pipe and gas mileage
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Originally Posted by vishnus11,Oct 30 2006, 06:55 PM
I agree.
How lame do owners have to be to heavily pollute the environment in exchange for a mere 6-8hp. Whoop-ti-do. I'm honestly glad that your gas mileage has gone down.
The "one car having a test pipe won't hurt the environment" is utter crock. If everyone used that argument in different aspects of daily life, we'd all be pretty screwed. The cat is there for a reason, leave it in.
How lame do owners have to be to heavily pollute the environment in exchange for a mere 6-8hp. Whoop-ti-do. I'm honestly glad that your gas mileage has gone down.
The "one car having a test pipe won't hurt the environment" is utter crock. If everyone used that argument in different aspects of daily life, we'd all be pretty screwed. The cat is there for a reason, leave it in.
Aww you hurt my feelings, I better go put my cat back on.
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Originally Posted by Spec_Ops2087,Oct 29 2006, 07:29 AM
As for a change in gas milage, its not because of the testpipe...It could be a million different things but its hardly that. A testpipe will make the car run a tad leaner. Leaner = more gas milage if anything.
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Go ahead and rationalize it however you want, it's selfish. Not really practical to kill off the cow population, but Honda provided an LEV sportscar w/ a minimal sacrifice to performance. I'd be happy if the EPA subpoenaed the test pipe manufactures customer lists to identify and fine/jail their customers (plus them, since they're liable as well for selling a product which they know will be used illegally, regardless of the copout of calling it a "test pipe").
Nobody is suggesting trading your S's for a Prius, taking the bus, or other big sacrifices (though I also would love it if cigarettes were banned)...just that test pipes do more harm than good.
Nobody is suggesting trading your S's for a Prius, taking the bus, or other big sacrifices (though I also would love it if cigarettes were banned)...just that test pipes do more harm than good.
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Originally Posted by Syncmaster,Oct 30 2006, 11:15 PM
How about we stay on topic, and the topic is not your opinion of people using TP's. 
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[QUOTE]What color is your Prius? What? No Prius? Do you walk to work, the grocery store, your friend's/relatives houses? Smoke cigarettes? Eat red meat? Churn your own butter? Fart? Burp? Is Green Mountain Energy your electricity provider?
... from my earlier post:
"A dairy cow annually emits almost 20 pounds (9 kilograms) of smog-forming gases known as volatile organic compounds (VOCs)
... from my earlier post:
"A dairy cow annually emits almost 20 pounds (9 kilograms) of smog-forming gases known as volatile organic compounds (VOCs)
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Originally Posted by Jimbo,Oct 30 2006, 09:51 PM
This coming from a guy that uses his 12MPG Chevy Avalanche to tow his non-catalytic KTM dirt bike to pollute a forest for his own selfish recreation? Could you be more of a hypocrite? 
