A few mid pipe questions
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But what your saying isnt contributing to this thread, all your doing is ranting about subjects that nobody asked you about. Yeah your comment about drilling holes in the muffler was acceptable but continuing to rant about environmental trade offs, public benefits, or childish behavior is unnecessary unless someone asks you about it.
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Listen to my video... @ 530 thats all midpipe your hearing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUj9r...eature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUj9r...eature=related
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Wow fbarbarosa, that was quite the rant. I used to engage in these types of debates more regularly, but have come to realize that they are an incredible waste of time. However, given that I've finished my work for the day two hours early and I've read through all my RSS feeds, I'll take the time to respond to your intentionally provactive, borderline trolling, post.
"That is not the central issue." You're right, the central issue is to help the OP by adding something constructive to the thread, not engage in a debate about pollution, social good, etc. There's actually a section in Club Lexus for that kind of thing, aptly named "The Debate Forum."
Your rant is full of hyperbole to the point of absurdity. It's clear that you enjoy pontificating, or simply stirring things up, but honestly, you're just making yourself sound stupid.
Exhibit A: "Do you want to return to using leaded gas? You could bring back big block V-8’s with four-barrel carburetors and no ECUs. Nine miles per gallon would be worth it." You're comparing these things to removing secondary cats on a relatively fuel efficient vehicle? If I step on an ant are you going to accuse me of clubbing baby seals too?
Exhibit B: "Require 60 mpg cars and 30 mpg trucks... Sharply limit immigration... Ban the use of private cars in urban areas or charge steep fees for permits." ... You are try to prove a point (small changes now instead of big changes later) that has nothing to do with anything. We're talking about removing secondary cats on a car, not burning crude oil in our backyards for recreational purposes.
Exhibit C: "A child or an adolescent (no matter the age), and a sociopath will all say, that what they want is all that matters. The adult thinker (no matter the age) will say that personal desires must be constrained by law and due consideration for others." Sociopath? I sense that Godwin's law will be affirmed by you if this discussion continues.
Your herd immunity analogy is deeply flawed. Herd immunity, in short, refers to the de facto eradication of something (a contagious disease in the strictest sense of the term) when a certain percentage immunity threshold is met. If 85% of humans reduced their pollution output, and the remaining 15% didn't change their behavior, is the net benefit greater than that notional 85%? No. The remaining 15% are still polluting. So herd immunity doesn't apply here. Positive externalities would have been a better term to rant about.
My point about buying a different, more environmetally-friendly car stands. If you're so concerned about minimizing your overall carbon footprint, then perhaps a base model Toyota Corolla would be a good fit for you. What made you buy a Lexus? Could it perhaps be that you made a choice based on personal preferences, even though it's not the most environmentally conscious decision?
"That is not the central issue." You're right, the central issue is to help the OP by adding something constructive to the thread, not engage in a debate about pollution, social good, etc. There's actually a section in Club Lexus for that kind of thing, aptly named "The Debate Forum."
Your rant is full of hyperbole to the point of absurdity. It's clear that you enjoy pontificating, or simply stirring things up, but honestly, you're just making yourself sound stupid.
Exhibit A: "Do you want to return to using leaded gas? You could bring back big block V-8’s with four-barrel carburetors and no ECUs. Nine miles per gallon would be worth it." You're comparing these things to removing secondary cats on a relatively fuel efficient vehicle? If I step on an ant are you going to accuse me of clubbing baby seals too?
Exhibit B: "Require 60 mpg cars and 30 mpg trucks... Sharply limit immigration... Ban the use of private cars in urban areas or charge steep fees for permits." ... You are try to prove a point (small changes now instead of big changes later) that has nothing to do with anything. We're talking about removing secondary cats on a car, not burning crude oil in our backyards for recreational purposes.
Exhibit C: "A child or an adolescent (no matter the age), and a sociopath will all say, that what they want is all that matters. The adult thinker (no matter the age) will say that personal desires must be constrained by law and due consideration for others." Sociopath? I sense that Godwin's law will be affirmed by you if this discussion continues.
Your herd immunity analogy is deeply flawed. Herd immunity, in short, refers to the de facto eradication of something (a contagious disease in the strictest sense of the term) when a certain percentage immunity threshold is met. If 85% of humans reduced their pollution output, and the remaining 15% didn't change their behavior, is the net benefit greater than that notional 85%? No. The remaining 15% are still polluting. So herd immunity doesn't apply here. Positive externalities would have been a better term to rant about.
My point about buying a different, more environmetally-friendly car stands. If you're so concerned about minimizing your overall carbon footprint, then perhaps a base model Toyota Corolla would be a good fit for you. What made you buy a Lexus? Could it perhaps be that you made a choice based on personal preferences, even though it's not the most environmentally conscious decision?
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I tip my hat to you for your thoughtful and carefully reasoned reply! ![Thumb Up](https://www.clublexus.com/forums/images/smilies/thumbsup.gif)
I agree with many of your comments. My post was provocative and I cheerfully admit to resorting to some weak arguments in the extreme.
Definitions in psychiatry are movable feasts, but I think it is still accepted, that a sociopath is one whose behavior is anti-social and who lacks a sense of moral/social conscience. That does not mean of course that anyone of us in particular is sociopathic, but if we were, then smog rules would be meaningless to us.
The herd analogy just as you say, does not directly apply. However, the idea of getting a benefit with out paying the price does. I think that some people are uncomfortable with, and shut out the idea, that some small acts are morally wrong, and if repeated can have wide impact. Unlicensed sharing music downloads for example.
You say this forum is to answer questions, seemingly with out any concern for the consequence. If someone asked a question with a safety implication, should we omit that in our answer because the OP only asked about the technical aspects? When an OP asks a question that involves breaking the law, why is it good to facilitate the crime and not good to say don’t do it?
I expect that you visit many forums on many areas of interest, as do I. Perhaps you have encountered those that prohibit topics and posts that support or condone unlawful activity including some that some here think of as trivial or silly. Three of the best technical forums I know absolutely prohibit postings on ways to evade copyrights on A/V material and on software, on theft of service and on the use of images (to illustrate technical answers) when the poster is not the copyright holder.
Anyway you get my drift and I get yours. Perhaps will pass and wave someday.![Wink](https://www.clublexus.com/forums/images/smilies/wink.gif)
And so fare thee well:
Thou never shalt hear herald any more.
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I agree with many of your comments. My post was provocative and I cheerfully admit to resorting to some weak arguments in the extreme.
Definitions in psychiatry are movable feasts, but I think it is still accepted, that a sociopath is one whose behavior is anti-social and who lacks a sense of moral/social conscience. That does not mean of course that anyone of us in particular is sociopathic, but if we were, then smog rules would be meaningless to us.
The herd analogy just as you say, does not directly apply. However, the idea of getting a benefit with out paying the price does. I think that some people are uncomfortable with, and shut out the idea, that some small acts are morally wrong, and if repeated can have wide impact. Unlicensed sharing music downloads for example.
You say this forum is to answer questions, seemingly with out any concern for the consequence. If someone asked a question with a safety implication, should we omit that in our answer because the OP only asked about the technical aspects? When an OP asks a question that involves breaking the law, why is it good to facilitate the crime and not good to say don’t do it?
I expect that you visit many forums on many areas of interest, as do I. Perhaps you have encountered those that prohibit topics and posts that support or condone unlawful activity including some that some here think of as trivial or silly. Three of the best technical forums I know absolutely prohibit postings on ways to evade copyrights on A/V material and on software, on theft of service and on the use of images (to illustrate technical answers) when the poster is not the copyright holder.
Anyway you get my drift and I get yours. Perhaps will pass and wave someday.
![Wink](https://www.clublexus.com/forums/images/smilies/wink.gif)
And so fare thee well:
Thou never shalt hear herald any more.
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Definitions in psychiatry are movable feasts, but I think it is still accepted, that a sociopath is one whose behavior is anti-social and who lacks a sense of moral/social conscience. That does not mean of course that anyone of us in particular is sociopathic, but if we were, then smog rules would be meaningless to us.
You say this forum is to answer questions, seemingly with out any concern for the consequence. If someone asked a question with a safety implication, should we omit that in our answer because the OP only asked about the technical aspects? When an OP asks a question that involves breaking the law, why is it good to facilitate the crime and not good to say don’t do it?
I expect that you visit many forums on many areas of interest, as do I. Perhaps you have encountered those that prohibit topics and posts that support or condone unlawful activity including some that some here think of as trivial or silly. Three of the best technical forums I know absolutely prohibit postings on ways to evade copyrights on A/V material and on software, on theft of service and on the use of images (to illustrate technical answers) when the poster is not the copyright holder.
And for the record, I take mass transit to work everyday and despite my midpipe, I still pass the California smog emissions test.
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i was just so surprised to see a person come onto an automotive forum and rant about how deleting cats was not environmentally friendly... There is a time and place for everything. I don't go onto an "anti-smog" forum and complain about emission standards cutting down on performance... Its just not the right place to be doing it.
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