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jonathon wrote:
>
> > As they were sold they are considered unfit for public use in the
> highways by the DOD and DOT and NHTSA. They do not meet required safety
> standards for vehicles manufactured for public sale as of their date of
> manufacture.
>
> NHTSA is under DOT but tell me please.... what authority do they have to
> tell me what I can or cannot drive?
I dont know Jonathan. It seems the Feds can do whatever they want until someone fights them.
> Uhhhhhh and the civy ones are really any different?
Yes. They are from the safety standards point of view of the Federal rulemakers. And thats what counts.
>
> Are we not mixing apples and oranges here? What does registration (a tax)
> have to do with vehicle safety liablity?
>
Not mixing anything. No safety approval, no registration to drive it according to the government. If we dont like it we can fight it. Simple.
> > They claim these vehicles should never have been allowed into private
> hands and are not suitable for such use.
>
> More crap. They sell a civy version made in the same plant,
Yes but then it has their safety garbage added. Pay attention. That is what they are crying about.
>
>
> >. Anyone will be able to register these vehicles legally buy upgrading
> them to at least the standards for private vehicles that were in effect as
> of date of manufacture.
> Well now you've changed the story completely. So AMG will be happy if you
> do A, B & C? So you do A, B, &C then get your silly plates, then put it
> back the way it was. Sounds like a plan to me.
>
> Nothing changed. Thats what the government wants you to do.
>
> Sorry to rag so much, don't mean it personally, I just can't stand the
> attitude that I see in some of what you said,
Oh well why not shoot the messenger. I just repeated exactly what the facts are ACCORDING TO THE GOVT. I dont like what they are doing either.
Regards; Glenn M1043, MVPA
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