Cars are such an easy target for politicians looking to bolster their green image. The latest is Oregon Governor Theodore Kulongoski, who has had the Speaker of the House introduce a bill that could make many aftermarket parts unavailable.
Tires are the main aim of the bill, which seeks to prohibit parts availability if there are choices that decrease greenhouse gas emissions. It amounts to a back-door fuel economy standard, which is the jurisdiction of the federal government unless you're California –and even they need a waiver. The prospect of fitting Pilot Sports to your Geo Metro will be out the window if H.B. 2186 finds traction, and it could stick you with zero alternatives based on some myopic metric like rolling resistance. Putting our legislators in charge of what equipment should be fitted to our cars doesn't strike us as the brightest idea. Hit the linked article for contact information, so you know who to call and excoriate. Thanks, Charlie!
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4 comments:
Yo, Gordo!
This was a hot topic at a Customer show I was at this weekend in, of all places, Sioux Falls, SD (I know, the life of luxury I lead).
The sad part is that us clowns in the aftermarket realize that this is likely just the beginning. We are waiting for the media campaign asking for consumers to buy not only new cars from the D3 dealerships but also their parts. Thus driving by "traditional (many locally owned)" parts stores to car dealers......
Do I sound bitter.......F N A right.......
Bartman
Like liberals Eric from Plunderbong have said on this blog. Those OEM jobs are just not the kind of quality jobs we want to protect in our new economy.
By the way, February in South Dakota. Man the auto industry is hurtin'.
You didn't realize that the movie "Tommy Boy" was a documentary???
Living the dream.........
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