What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Installed some tow hooks off Amazon today. Happy with how they turned out

 

I'm getting my vehicle inspected right now. They were going to fail me for "not having an exhaust"...

I have skid plates. (C4) The exhaust pipe is hidden behind the skid plates and dumps behind the rear axle. Had to point it out to them.

I'm glad my vehicle is going to be deemed "safe" for the next year by these guys. I'm terrified that other vehicles are also deemed "safe" by these guys though.

 

I had an argument with someone at work about the stupidity of safety inspections just the other day. From the data I found, barely 3-4% of vehicle accidents are attributable to faulty equipment. 90+% are user induced and 4% are weather related. The point of safety inspections is lost on me- the time and effort put into it is absolutely wasted.
Of course their argument was 'but why wouldn't you want safer vehicles on the road?'
Shook my head and had to walk away..

/end rant

 

Here in Arkansas, they just figure if it runs and you are brave enough to drive it, it's probably fine.

 

its just another tax

 

When I run into those people I try to not engage them but if I do I point to states like Florida that have no vehicle inspection and ask them if there's massive numbers of cars crashing down there due to it?

 

I think it’s one of those things that was introduced a long time ago when everything was truly a mechanical system and honestly many times not designed all that well. But I have also seen some rides around here that look like a death trap.

 

Same goes for dumb laws like window tint. In MN you can black out windows behind the front seats of trucks, SUV, vans, etc. or in some cases not even have windows behind the front seats, but heaven forbid you put anything darker than 50% on windows behind the front seats on a sedan.


Just another cash grab for the guberment

 

Trans temp and Oil pressure gauges test fit.

 

What the hell is going on in Michigan that you need 0% light transmission through your tint?

 

0% light transmission = black spray paint?

 

You probably want to be judicious with the use of masking tape.

 

The data you found likely tells you the accident rate with whatever given safety system is already in place—the one you’re displeased with. But those numbers aren’t what the accident rate would be like without the system, no?

It’s not just immediate safety, those safety checks are also to maintain things like air quality, which is certainly an issue in places like Salt Lake City

 

I prefer less window tint because I have a chance of being able to see if the driver of that vehicle sees me or is paying any attention at all !

While NH says "none" on that map, almost every car has some ... you just can't add any.

Good/extra visors would be appreciated here.

 

The eternal frustration of safety programs the world over: prove your impact. Did accidents occur less frequently because of the safety program, or would they have been less likely to occur anyway due to other reasons? Without concurrent control and test groups for every safety mechanism, it’s pretty hard to answer this. It doesn’t mean safety programs don’t work, it just means that “proving” that they work is often difficult if those you’re trying to convince insist on quantifiable data.

 

First oil change on a Toyota!

 

Put new shoes on the Taco, Milestar Patagonia A/T Pro. Made in the United States in Tennessee by Nokian. So far, extremely quiet, smooth ride, great off road.

 

Thanks for that photo!

We were talking about the center tube that mates up to the passage and the depth.

The filter hits the top of the chamber before center tube does.

 

I knew Nokian had a Tennessee plant, didn’t know they had another brand. Looking forward to hearing more after they have a few miles (or “hearing less” about road noise).

 

SLC (all of utah?) recently got rid of safety inspections. Some counties still have emissions checks and the conversation was specifically about the safety check side.


Regarding the data- it was an NHSTA study for the entire US- which would average out states with and without safety inspections. I could not find individual states data.

Even if we eliminated all accidents caused by faulty equipment- its a small number compared to those caused by human factors (distracted, bad decision, fatigue etc)

Also the impact of these inspections (safety and emissions) are incredibly skewed to have a much heavier impact on the lower socio-economic class who are already struggling to survive. To the rich its an inconvenience- for the poor who are struggling to make rent/ food for the family, not having a running vehicle snowballs rapidly into a catastrophe. (no car= no job=no rent= homeless/ destitute)

I'll stop with derailing this thread now