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looks like another government tracking device... jk. insurance companies do use these. they are especially helpful for people who drive slow with no hurry to be anywhere and probably save that person $5 over their 6 month policy. I wouldn't want it.
 


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looks like another government tracking device... jk. insurance companies do use these. they are especially helpful for people who drive slow with no hurry to be anywhere and probably save that person $5 over their 6 month policy. I wouldn't want it.
This is why i DD a carbed vehicle. Good luck tracking acclerator pump travel :)
 

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Sweetest smell on earth IMO.
Hard to beat the smell of a well used but non smoking engine.

Pre-emission diesels are good smellin' too.

I wouldn't want a town full of them but here and there it is fun to catch a whiff of one. I prefer fresh cut hay or freshly tilled dirt more though.

Some of the newer ones are really harsh especially when cold.
 
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Just kidding ...







Not really.
Yeah I had to put the "jk" in there to help prevent a firestorm of arguments lol. I honestly don't like cars with gps built into them. just the thought of someone else being able to track my car or disable the engine or what have you is crazy. Almost as crazy as having the government listening to your life at home aka echo, and google, and siri or whatever one you just talk to whenever to find the answer to whatever stupid question you have. I guarantee they could easily listen to you daily life with one of those things.
 

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Way too much info just floating out there. I try to keep it to a minimum. My income tax return got jacked up a few years ago, none the less. It was a real mess to get straight, but I got a lot of my credit info under wraps and now I monitor that shyt like a hawk.
 
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Hard to beat the smell of a well used but non smoking engine.

Pre-emission diesels are good smellin' too.

I wouldn't want a town full of them but here and there it is fun to catch a whiff of one. I prefer fresh cut hay or freshly tilled dirt more though.

Some of the newer ones are really harsh especially when cold.

I dont know if im the only one....but i can guess the general era of a vehicle by its emission smell.
 

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I dont know if im the only one....but i can guess the general era of a vehicle by its emission smell.
This could be a low budget game show. Welcome to guess that car.... all the contestant has to do is smell exhaust fumes from three cars and guess who makes them. Woot Woot! There's no safety violations here....
 

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This could be a low budget game show. Welcome to guess that car.... all the contestant has to do is smell exhaust fumes from three cars and guess who makes them. Woot Woot! There's no safety violations here....
I said era...not make. Unless its a TBI GM. Those always had a distinctive exhaust scent.
 

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Im really good at telling when a chrylser has driven ahead of me by counting the transmission parts laying in the road...
Older Chrysler minivans for some reason like to sound like they are diesels... :icon_confused:
 

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I can tell them by the starter from a mile away.
4.6/5.4/6.8s have a very distinctive starting sound to. So did the EFI windsors and 300s.
 

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