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EPA & SCT | Is the Future of Modifying Cars Over Based on This??
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<blockquote data-quote="nomoretickets" data-source="post: 16017465" data-attributes="member: 160855"><p>This sucks but can anyone really be surprised? We all know the "off-road use only" line is BS. We all know non-compliant tunes are being used on street cars, only to have them reflashed for testing. Anyone who spends more than 10 minutes on a car forum knows this. The diesel truck guys got way too brazen with the coal rolling and made this a problem too big for the EPA to ignore. Our end of the car scene is probably under less scrutiny than trucks since gas burners dont emit giant black clouds of culpability when we accelerate, but changes are coming. I would say any company that specifically advertises the ability of their product to defeat emissions controls is going to get slapped with the shit stick at some point.</p><p></p><p>As for some of the questions being posed about how a manufacturer can be held responsible for what a customer does with the product, the difference between the non-compliant tuners and screwdrivers/beer bottles/guns/etc. is that the whole purpose of certain features of the non-compliant tuners (i.e. turning off the o2 sensors) is to enable something that is illegal. Its illegal to disable emissions control devices. These tuners did that for anyone capable of navigating the menu. And sure, traditionally, race-cars have been exempted from clean air act regulations (though the EPA has tried to walk that back), but lets be real: how many dedicated racecars are running canned tunes from an X4? I think thats likely to be a non-issue here. As far as I can tell, the settlement is not going to prevent your local dyno shop from cutting you a race tune for your "off-road use only" vehicle.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nomoretickets, post: 16017465, member: 160855"] This sucks but can anyone really be surprised? We all know the "off-road use only" line is BS. We all know non-compliant tunes are being used on street cars, only to have them reflashed for testing. Anyone who spends more than 10 minutes on a car forum knows this. The diesel truck guys got way too brazen with the coal rolling and made this a problem too big for the EPA to ignore. Our end of the car scene is probably under less scrutiny than trucks since gas burners dont emit giant black clouds of culpability when we accelerate, but changes are coming. I would say any company that specifically advertises the ability of their product to defeat emissions controls is going to get slapped with the shit stick at some point. As for some of the questions being posed about how a manufacturer can be held responsible for what a customer does with the product, the difference between the non-compliant tuners and screwdrivers/beer bottles/guns/etc. is that the whole purpose of certain features of the non-compliant tuners (i.e. turning off the o2 sensors) is to enable something that is illegal. Its illegal to disable emissions control devices. These tuners did that for anyone capable of navigating the menu. And sure, traditionally, race-cars have been exempted from clean air act regulations (though the EPA has tried to walk that back), but lets be real: how many dedicated racecars are running canned tunes from an X4? I think thats likely to be a non-issue here. As far as I can tell, the settlement is not going to prevent your local dyno shop from cutting you a race tune for your "off-road use only" vehicle. [/QUOTE]
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