MORE Stupid Car Laws I Hate...!

[@BladedAngel]

Keep in Mind, I DO NOT HAVE the 2018+ Coyotes mated to a 10 Speed. I have a 2016 Mustang with a 6-speed, I'm sure you guys can get 30mpg highway with 10-speeds ez!

[@getahanddown]

I get 30mpg (13km / L) even trashing my car but it has 95hp and weighs just under 1100kg (2400lb).

[@real_rsaNoob13]

In my country how much you pay at toll roads depends on your vehicles weight and class, if you have a truck u gonna pay more than a car does

[@The0utmode]

I was at the dealer a few months ago and the brand new 2024 mustang only is advertised to get 18 miles to the gallon with the 10 speed.

[@StealthyCharger]

Ayeee I recognize that road you're driving on in the video! TG is a pretty cool spot couple hours from me. It would be cool to run into you sometime!

[@sabastainelifritz8883]

I live in Colorado and my counter to the front plate holes are putting it in my front windshield witch yes is a tad annoying but better than two stupid holes in my bumper 🙂

[@furiousgeorge7727]

Im starting to be convinced now that lawmakers don’t care about environment and safety, but just hate cars.

[@Lithslav]

fr

[@jca4343]

They care about how things look. Not reality.

[@Adam-dj3qr]

I know

[@1471SirFrederickBanbury]

At least they don’t hate cars as much as they do trains. Otherwise, we’d all be screwed.

[@mustangmike3830]

They don't care about cars, they want control

[@SomeoneCalled]

Imagine living in a "freedom county" yet didn't have the freedom to choose a small vehicle

[@Adam-dj3qr]

Fr

[@NotFine]

Yeah, I'm living in Japan right now and the options here I see everyday that are just nonexistent in the US kinda makes me mad. Like why is every hatchback, compact car, and station wagon barred from US sale?

[@gamelard1963]

the smallest vehicle you can buy right now i think is the mitsubishi mirage.

[@_NiKoB_]

​@@gamelard1963 And that's unfortunately a very ... underwhelming vehicule, to say the least 😅.

[@jesuscarrillo4344]

​@@gamelard1963​ This is the last year of production for it too. Having driven one, had friends that drove them too as rentals, it's a pretty bad car. It's only up side it low insurance premiums and great mpg but the mpg is a wash due to it's 8.5 gal fuel tank.

[@PyroVulpes]

The displacement thing is so damn true. My "small displacement" 2.5L Subaru had terrible, AWFUL fuel economy. When I traded that in for a 6.2L Camaro, my fuel efficiency went UP by 10 MPG! It's almost like there are more factors that affect an individual vehicle's overall efficiency...

[@nairb2]

My 2.5 subie gets anywhere from 25-35mpg, even when I’m driving hard. But I also have a cvt, so… 😂😂😂

[@_NiKoB_]

The same, but on another level. I wonder how the F... a 6.2L LS manages to have better fuel economy than my freaking 1.6L Suzuki (also NA) . Ok, it is DOHC, with short gearbox (4200 rpm at 80 mph), runs in general at "high" rpm (>2500 - 3500 rpm with normal usage) ... But it delivers way less power on a way lighter chassis ... So I'm kinda mindblowed by that. ... Don't get me wrong, I don't say I don't believe it, just that it surprises me.

[@Tornado2409]

I'm gonna build an LS swapped Subie for the funnies at some point after reading this. Maybe.

[@_NiKoB_]

@@Tornado2409 This is the answer to everything afterall 😁. Bad fuel economy ? Get an LS. No power ? Get an LS. Your wife left you ? Who care, you have an LS ! Hunger in the world ? Go bring them food with LS ! Your NFTs failed ? ... Sorry, nobody can do anything for you.

[@BladedAngel]

@@_NiKoB_ LMFAO NFTS ARE SUCH A MASSSIVE L, NOT EVEN AN LS WILL SAVE YOU FROM THEM 💀💀

[@thomasthetank.1742]

Sometimes I wonder how politicians are politicians

[@Lithslav]

me too..

[@BladedAngel]

Same

[@sus-zu7wp]

fr

[@Shockblade95]

bribery and lies

[@MidnightGreen4649]

@@BladedAngel If you want a rather grim, though entertaining, piece of cyberpunk gearhead fiction, see if you can find a copy of the short story "Red Barchetta". And yeah it was the inspiration behind the song. One of my favorites, and with each passing year it feels like we're heading there. Edit: the story isn't named Red Barchetta. If you search up "Red Barchetta Short Story" it'll come up for you to read. And it's not cyberpunk, but I'd argue still a bit of science fiction since it looks at how technology changes our attitude and society. And scarily accurate in how safety seems to have creeped into everything we do.

[@bukharijabarazman2700]

It’s funny how in my country, an old 3.0 l V6 saloon would be taxed more than say, a 1.6l V6 Mercedes AMG One…

[@mateuszzimon8216]

In my country it's diffrent 3,8% for anything under 1999ccm, and 13% for anything above. In import duty

[@AlexandreBugado]

In mine it's the opposite. Not because it is bigger or more pollutant, but because once a car reaches 20 years, it won't pay any taxes. That means more pollutant old cars pay no taxes, while a new, much cleaner economy car and even electrics have to pay the 4% yearly tax

[@melenegiorgo-lo3wu]

​@@AlexandreBugado where u from ?

[@zhelinchen9769]

@bulkharijabarazman2700 Malaysian? (As I'm one n I do think the old engine displacement=bigger/more expensive cars mindset in our country law sucks)

[@zhelinchen9769]

Bcoz back then, more expensive cars does use bigger displacement engine in most cases, so country Im from stick to this the more engine displacement=more road tax ever since😂

[@robinv2758]

One of the best things I've heard lawmakers try is ban cars from having more than 2 exhaust tips to decrease emissions. Because obviously the more exhaust tips the more emissions right? It's not like they're all connected to the same engine and go through the same manifold, catalytic converter, front muffler and whatever else car makers put before the pipe splits

[@PJM257]

car manufacturers would just make really big exhaust tips lol

[@robinv2758]

@@PJM257 lets face it, 99% of the time the amount of exhaust tips are just an aesthetic choice rather than a necessity. But that doesn't make the reasoning of lawmakers any less stupid

[@_NiKoB_]

That's the kind of thing I thought when I was 6 and was trying to make my car go fast (so ... Pollute more I guess ?) on NFS U2 ... And I quickly realize it doesn't work 😅... At 6 ... What's the excuse from these >50 years old men ?!?

[@floundario3011]

@@_NiKoB_ I once saw a birthday card at a shop saying men become seven, after that they only grow. Maybe they weren't so far off

[@ghoulbuster1]

​@@floundario3011women* FTFY

[@toro4271]

The funny thing is Tax and Insurance (which also goes by engine displacement) on a Mazda RX7 can be really cheap because of the 1.3 engine Only thing is the initial cost of buying one

[@PJM257]

and the cost of maintaining it lol

[@karolrafalski3419]

In many countries rotary engine displacement counts twice, due to intake / compression chamber volume

[@toro4271]

@@karolrafalski3419 Luckily not it Ireland (from what I've heard from others)

[@omegadomega]

​@@toro4271In Ireland any car made before 2008 goes by engine size, since RX7 never went past that point they're based on the 1.3L figure.

[@nthgth]

​​@@karolrafalski3419they should, since the rotary/Wankel operates on the 2-cycle principle and so "cheats" for its performance, compared to 4-cycle engines for which the laws are intended. Not that I support displacement-based laws in the first place.

[@smallbutdeadly931]

If we could somehow reverse the way CAFE standards work temporarily for a decade or two (tax manufacturers for larger, heavier vehicles that produce more emissions), and then adjust it to be more fair or abolish it completely afterwards, I feel like that may help somewhat in fixing this stupid issue.

[@MidnightGreen4649]

I genuinely don't even understand the logic behind CAFE.

[@bocahdongo7769]

Here in SEA, there's commercial registration if you have big truck (and van), and you do need it since you'll be punished so hard on tax for larger vehicle. But you do need business entity to register. This is basically a better CAFE alternative. It gatekeep manufacture and consumer for spamming larger vehicle unnecessarily. And for those who ACTUALLY need still have chance to own it without breaking the bank account.

[@cantfindagoodname.211]

​@@bocahdongo7769I think a reason why that wouldn't work in the U.S. is because most drivers of trucks and vans are considered 'private contractors', and the companies who employ them have no obligation to sign off on such a licence. They wouldn't have much of an incentive anyway because only the contractor will pay the additional tax.

[@shortfuse1993]

Meh, I just want a V8 in a pickup truck that doesn't shut off cylinders "BeCaUsE fUeL eCoNoMy!" And then fails because the design and idea are inherently flawed and doesn't work long tern.

[@Verchiel_]

That's absolutely the government's obligation, but i know for a fact the sheer amount of people and companies who would absolutely go apeshit because suddenly oversized pick ups and SUVs would be regulated. You can clearly see the same issue any time there's some sensible gun regulations (not talking about turning a pistol into a rifle cuz you put a damn stock on it), of people threatening the government because they can't have an army arsenal in their backyard.

[@RockyPixel]

That front plate map is outdated, Ohio no longer requires two license plates.

[@BladedAngel]

Nice try, you almost made me believe Ohio is real.😂

[@redbeastthechallenger]

@@BladedAngel THE OHIO FINAL BOSS IS AFTER YOU.... YOU WILL PAY FOR THIS (bruh)

[@Ferrari255GTO]

​@@redbeastthechallenger Ohio final boss? That's just florida man...

[@mdye.04]

I’m glad you commented something, thank you

[@Qusaabuomar]

@@BladedAngel 69 likes

[@simongarcia2083]

Only reason I get even slightly mad about SUVs and crossovers is because they essentially eliminated wagons for no good reason. I may be a wagon elitist but I can't help but feel fucked over when crossovers and at least most SUVs don't have as much usable cargo space when compared to a wagon

[@Squeaktoymk2]

That’s the reason I kinda hate Crossovers and SUV’s. They’re pushing wagons out of the market without offering anything besides wasting more resources, reducing visibility for everyone and increasing pedestrian mortality rates. Seeing an SUV says to me that the driver is a selfish jackass that only cares about themselves and no-one else.

[@Mergen-v9j]

And when you are riding your bike suv's squeeze the little space to microscopic

[@rich7447]

Most crossovers and SUVs will have more interior space than a wagon of the same size (length/width). Claiming that a wagon has more useable interior space normally means comparing a smaller SUV/CUV class to a larger class of wagon.

[@777ynk]

This is a primary reason why i like hatchbacks

[@MidnightGreen4649]

Yesterday I read this article about why the 25 year import law came to be and it was the most bullcrap thing I've ever read. Granted it was an advert for an importing company, but the claim that vehicles for other markets are somehow unsafe and unsuitable environmentally by American standards is rediculous. Even worse is that there's been many times to try and repeal or remove these laws and with each passing year it gets harder and harder to do. If the government really cared about environmental emissions, why are we outsourcing some of our most destructive processes, i.e. oil and manufacturing, to, ah, certain locations? If the government cared about passenger safety, rather than penalize the people who make the machines, wouldn't it be cheaper and more efficient to have better driver education? My driver's test was so stupidly easy, and I had no real training in dangerous situations like snow, ice, heavy rain, night driving, or even an option to learn how to drive stick as my driving instruction car. The fact that people both outside and inside of the car community are buying more used cars because new cars literally do not fit their use case is, both as a consumer and as an engineering student, horrifying and depressing. The fact that older SUVs have far better off-road capability than newer models does not give me any confidence that a new vehicle is better than the old. Where's the real innovation? It's not in making passenger cars any more useful, I'll say. And it sucks because some of the new cars that are great, that for some reason we aren't going to get sold new, for some bullshit ass reason determined by executives out of touch with their market, will spike up in value thanks to a growing obsession with BEVs, increased "driver assistance" features, and wanting to get rid of private transportation as a whole. Not technically a bad thing. Just absolutely backwards ass implementation because no one wants to or is able to seriously stick it to the man.

[@robinv2758]

To me the funniest thing about the 25 year law is that after those 25 years all the reasons they were banned are just dropped. Sure safety standards and emissions regulations have gotten infinitely more strict but because it's now 25 years old so you can just throw them out the window and suddenly the vehicle is perfectly fine, that logic just doesn't make sense

[@ambiarock590]

Not only more strict driving tests, but also alternatives to driving so people can just not drive if they don't want to. Having good public transport benefits non car people and car people alike

[@ghoulbuster1]

Regulations stunt innovation. The law is for stealing.

[@MidnightGreen4649]

@@robinv2758 It would make more logiccal sense to do something like India would, where gasoline and diesel cars are legally required to be scrapped after 10-15 years. A bullshit law btw, needlessly wasteful.

[@robinv2758]

@@MidnightGreen4649 for the 25 year law it would just make sense for it to not exist, if it's illegal it should be illegal until the illegal parts are addressed. I know in the early 2000s there were certain government appointed shops that could convert illegal cars like the Skylines to be US legal so it's not like it was completely impossible to get them in the first place

[@DesFTW_]

Even if the EPA regulations weren't an issue, the hillux champ would still face a 25% tarrif on light transport vehicles.

[@WastelandWanderer1216]

Yep because of the jingoistic bullshit that is the Chicken Tax...... Seriously that needs to be fucking repealed.

[@BladedAngel]

FUCKED AT EVERY TURN

[@MuteCrimson]

I'd still buy one tbh

[@OndreaS123]

the price they targeted with it in international markets was $10K for the cab/chassis. lets say they add the tax, and then it shows up at stealerships for $14K.... it would sell. go over to the parts department get a bed combo that you want and be on your way for well under $20K... it would really cut into taco sales....

[@LilnormieX]

@@OndreaS123huh? Here the hilux is at minimum 30k, and that’s the 2.4 diesel single small bed, and it don’t even have basic features like AC, just a ventilator (then again I live in the desert so the ac is a must) and the seats are fabric, like not even fake leather or something nice, those seats are the worse, everything sticks on them and they look like bus seats If you do want the goodies, then upgrade to the “adventure” trim, which is 50k, and then it’s not fuel efficient, “small” so it’ll get taxed more and it’s still full of plastic, (classic Japanese quality)

[@bcyr-CO]

2:20 None of them compare to the 2.2L 4cyl I had that got about 7mpg. It's now had a block swap to a 2.5L, and now gets a very eco friendly ~11mpg.

[@yassinenattah]

Bro what is your fuel leak size?

[@GoldenGrenadier]

What are you driving, a mail truck?

[@BladedAngel]

😂😂

[@richardbhagan8949]

WHTA ARE YOU DRIVING

[@bhuvstechworld9743]

This guy has a bunsen burner in his engine

[@alexanderhalvorsen9287]

When it comes to the CAFE standards, I remember thinking that loophole was stupid when I was 13.

[@PewPewBeets]

About the license plate thing: it's also used as a way for cops and parking attendants to get a car's license plate number when it's in a position where you can't get a good view of the car's rear. In Arizona, some parking lots won't let you back into a spot unless you have some kind of identification plate on the front of your vehicle. Also, regarding windshield tints, Arizona requires all cars in the state to have tinted windows. This is because it's so damn hot here year-round that driving a car without tinted windows is like being an ant under a magnifying glass.

[@Subject302]

As someone who has been a trucker most toll roads are charging trucks 2-3 times the amount a 4wheeler pays.

[@dylanc2806]

In a logical society, I think vehicles should pay based off of the damage they’re likely to cause to the roads, similar to registration costs. Basically, the difference should be much more

[@awesomeferret]

Why would you expect people to take you seriously on that? I'm genuinely curious. What you are suggesting is obviously illegal in most states, and if it happens to you, you can get it fixed (since that's obviously not supposed to happen).

[@dylanc2806]

@@awesomeferret um are you high wtf are you talking about lmao

[@rainbeau88]

Someone may have already said this, but rotary engines are quite small not matter what metric you use. Yet, they get s**t for MPG and aren't very environmentally friendly as they are designed to burn oil. I realized there are essentially quite good reasons for both of these issues, but I think most everyone gets the point.

[@Ayane13b]

My RX-8 insurance is cheaper than my daily driver's insurance, yet my RX-8 gets roughly 9-10 miles per gallon. Silly laws are silly laws.

[@steel_Gao]

I really do not think Front Plate blocking an airflow would be an issue for the Japanese Vehicle. Since Front Plate is required per Japanese law everywhere in the country, I am pretty sure all Japanese manufactures designed their cars with plate blocking a certain areas in their mind. The front plate definitely does make car less appealing, but I do not think it would cause an overheating.

[@MauroMeeusen]

Exactly

[@koimananana]

Tbh just my opinion, plates do give an look enhancement, unless if its horrendously located

[@sciencetestsubject]

Front plates are a requirement all over Europe as well.

[@cosmonaut2644]

Front plates are required in almost every other country as well, so this argument makes no sense except for USDM only cars

[@kenbrown2808]

@@cosmonaut2644 and with more places requiring front plates than not; not having a provision for a front plate is clearly a manufacturing defect.

[@mattevans4377]

It's possible CAFE standards are working as intended. In business, there's this thing called upselling, which is about getting you to pay from something you didn't necessarily want, just so they get more money. And with those laws 'forcing' them to make bigger cars, you are forced to buy the bigger, more expensive car. Forced upselling.

[@alreadyblack3341]

Another reason I hate this fucking bullshit.

[@christiancompton2326]

As a GM Mechanic, saying that I'm disappointed is an understatement. When you put a small engine (2.7t in this case) in a big car, it stresses tf out of the engine trying to keep up with traffic. Problem after problem after problem. And on top of that, making new parts for these is even more pollution. Nothing makes sense anymore

[@deanchur]

Can still remember the Prius vs M3 test on Top Gear all those years ago where an M3 had to keep up with a Prius that was getting driven hard around the track M3 used less fuel.

[@Blahaj_IKEA]

Regarding window tint, that's mostly for the safety of you and the officer. If they pull you over, they want to be able to see if you're reaching for something. If you have a dark tint, they're probably going to walk up to you with their hand on their gun because for all they know you just grabbed your gun

[@mateuszzimon8216]

More likely it's for your and safety of other's. I seen some tinted windows and u can't even see a flashlight thru it.

[@strana6875]

Window tint laws really infuriate me. I can get 15% in the back half of my car but heaven forgive I have something on my windshield. The one window that would benefit from a tint from a cooling perspective.

[@5688gamble]

I ride a bike and I am always looking for eye contact from drivers to be sure they have seen me and aren't about to drive over the top of me, if I can't see into your car, I can't know whether you see me or are one of the many blind drivers on the road, this means I have to assume that you are one of the idiots, because I don't know if you've seen me, and if you hit me I cannot describe your face, if you don't have front plates, I'm injured, my bike is ruined and you are anonymous. Can you not see a problem with that?

[@strana6875]

@@5688gamble That's understandable, but my point is, I just want like, 35%, I'll even take 45% on my windshield. But I can't? Yet I can tint the back half of my car super dark to 15%? Which with a cheap tint like my friends have it looks like a ceramic 5% on the inside. I only have 30% all around (except for my windshield bc I just don't want to deal with it) and I'm very comfortably within the legal limit, but I just wish I could get a *little* something on my windshield without there being a possibility of me being slapped with a fine.

[@NikkiTheOtter]

The messed up part about the tint laws is...if your motorcycle has a shorty windshield that doesn't do anything except cut the air for your helmet, because your head is entirely above the height of the top lip...you still can't have it tinted.

[@strana6875]

@@NikkiTheOtter Huh? No way they ticket motorcycles for having no tint, unless it's just a p.o.'ed cop. That's genuinely so insane and pointless

[@NikkiTheOtter]

@@strana6875 It is completely insane. Cops don't like bikers, and if they're not breaking any other rules, the cops WILL go after the tint on the windshield...or a lack of windshield.

[@ProFlightAviation]

We want REPRESENTATION for car guys in office

[@cantfindagoodname.211]

You did, his name was Eisenhower. Now the world is paying for it. Your representation led to leaded gasoline, the massive amount of air pollution and the destruction of historical sites and housing of poorer citizens to build large, financially unsustainable, suspended concrete slabs for 2 ton metal boxes.

[@thatguy_nick2937]

As someone from Europe front license plates have always been normal to me, so while I do like the clean look of a car with no plates, it really doesn't bother me. And the tint laws are indeed meant to make it visible if you're on your phone for example, but also if you have black windows it's easier to miss something outside of your car, so it's safety too.

[@alexbarn3841]

Don’t care, nobody can tell me what I can or can’t do to my car. Having tinted windows affects literally nobody in the road.

[@salpaca53]

I agree. I live in Australia where front licence plates are mandatory in every state and I also always thought that window tint regulations are for the visibility FOR the driver and not the visibility OF the driver.

[@alexbarn3841]

@@salpaca53 dumbest shit I’ve ever heard, you can see out of 5% tint just as easily as a clear window.

[@MauroMeeusen]

​@@alexbarn3841 Can you even read? The comment litteraly stated 2 things that can affect other people on the road.

[@saun59]

Yeah, I find it weird to see cars with no front licence plates

[@scarygamer7359]

I disagree with the front plate one, hit and runners are pieces of shit, without front plates, I would've been shit out of luck. In my state, they can't ticket you by cameras.

[@Pascalk823]

And if they are naitively on the cars, they do not block radiators too

[@stevensaid2200]

They needed the clause that ruined the cafe law because us ranchers and farmers need these reliable diesel workhorses for trucks. I tow something with my f-350 at least once a week that my sons Tacoma would be extremely dangerous towing. Hell, I even tried going down to the f-150 but it couldn’t handle what I need it to do so after I got it back from shop for 3rd time I went back and luckily the dealer still had my f-350 and traded that shit right back. I’m trying to bolster your point! lol these laws need to change, there is no reason the ranchers and farmers can’t have towing they need while still allowing the small trucks to be made. Also, wearing a full face helmet in a car would be so much safer. Should totally be allowed.

[@rightwingsafetysquad9872]

Minor correction to point 3, Ohio no longer requires front license plates. Also, window tint laws are not so they can identify you, it's so they can see if you're pulling out a weapon during a traffic stop.

[@kenbrown2808]

exactly. as one person explained to me; the reason for the law is they don't want to be in a situation where you can see them, but they can't see you.

[@mathieunadeau938]

9:58 There is another reason if you ask me for the front liscense plate: I worked at a gaz station and believe me, it is really helpful having a front liscense plate when someone try to steal gas. It happened to my boss 3 times in a row by the same exact person with the same exact car, all that because no front liscense plate (they aren't mandatory where I live)

[@Tudorgeable]

So your boss didn't want to invest in an extra ~200$ camera to see another angle where the back would definitely be visible, and so thousands of people need to be fined and pay and carry more metal plates.

[@mathieunadeau938]

@@Tudorgeable He did bought a camera for that some time after this incident but even there how the gas station is made with the surroundings the camera angle is not perfect. And I do agree that it's not great looking. I just said that's it's not only for the radars or things like that.

[@MauroMeeusen]

​@@Tudorgeablehow can 1 person be so horrifyingly stupid (yes talking abt you)

[@kakerake6018]

how are they stealing gas? driving off without paying? just make it pay first

[@mathieunadeau938]

@@kakerake6018 Where the gas station is it's not a ''hot spot'' of these behaviors so we do not impose paying before putting gas. As far as I know, it's the only case of gas stealing in my 3 years of work. Forgot to mention that we did catch him some time after

[@Bluebanana2121_]

9:46 this map is out of date, at least for Ohio. The law got changed a few years ago, & now you only need a rear license place in Ohio!

[@katmanxlv4952]

10:42 🤣 As a life long California resident, I really appreciate the dramatic zoom in, when talking about states wanting more money from people. 😂

[@jakobbattershell1446]

7:25 “damn that looks like the highway I take to work” 7:30 “wait a fucking minute that IS the highway I take to work” What you doing in Indianapolis?

[@Wulf573]

0:18 And that is one of the reasons why evry third car on Balkan is VW Also 1.9TDI

[@PedroFerrer-vq5sw]

TDIs are great tho

[@Wulf573]

​@@PedroFerrer-vq5swThey are the best diesel engines that VW has ever made

[@ultramalaki]

I sometimes think that they add these taxes not just bc they are clueless but also just to try and squeeze some extra money out of people by making up ridiculous laws.

[@cantfindagoodname.211]

These laws do not get enacted without being filtered. The greatest filter is the lobbying of the automotive industry. Also the reason why these laws are so ridiculous in the first place.

[@Moz31]

The biggest advantage of front-facing plates is paid garages automatically opening when leaving after you've paid the fee/are leaving within the free period.

[@BigmanHagfish]

What angers me more about cage laws is that I genuinely prefer smaller cars because it allows more viability but I can’t even enjoy it because half the drivers in larger cars can’t even see me

[@PITMGN7]

a funny thing about the displacement laws: in Italy (from the 1973 oil crisis to the 1990s) there was a law where basically having a car with an engine with more than 2000cc was heavily taxed because "it consumed more fuel", short story car makers were like "we can put 2000cc engines in sports car and pump them up with big spooly boy" so cars with 2l engines paid significantly less taxes than a car that had even a cc extra, despite making loads of horsepower more and consuming more fuel. Now they decided that the car power is an indicator of the value for some reason so having an high hp car is taxed heavily, even if you bought a 300hp car for $5k to own it you'll spend an extra 2 grand YEARLY than a $100k car that has like 240 hp, which very much exist (idk now but luxury cars don't have to be powerful) Idk about many examples but cars like the M3 E30 had a downsized engine for the italian market, it was not the 320 engine it was an M3 that had the 2302cc engine downsized to 1990cc, this way they didn't have to pay the shitty 38% VAT tax for luxury goods

[@nzomm]

i have another one for you: here in italy, we have to pay a yearly tax on our cars, called "bollo". it changes depending on the power your car makes (for example, a 125cc bike with around 15 hp -more if it's a two stroke but there is a kind of loophole that allows 2t bike to be registered like they make 15hp, same as a 4t - pays like 15 € a year, a car with less than 100hp is about 25-30€ and for every hp over 100 you pay almost 4€ more... it's kinda complex to calculate, but fortunately it's all automatic lol) and if the car has more than 250hp it pays even more because it still has to pay the bollo as normal with the same math and all, but you also pay the "superbollo" wich is a lot more expensive (like, 1000€ for 400hp + like 200€ or more for the bollo)... i don't really know if the superbollo applies to motorcycles as well, but i know for sure bikes pay less. in the end, an audi rs3, wich by itself is not a really expensive car, sure it might be more then 80k, almost 100k if you put all the optionals, will cost you a lot more, so it's almost like buying a lambo in the us...

[@Tornado2409]

and I've been told that Italy is God's racetrack...

[@ghoulbuster1]

Let me guess, it's for "emissions" or "driving safety"?

[@ghezinho9049]

Let's also add that you have to pay a very high tax when you buy a used car, and that this tax is for the change or property but is totally based on hp and not on the actual price paid for the car. Like, I recently paid over 700 euros for a 163 hp E91 320d, 1/5 of what I paid for the whole car, while someone buying a 30k two year old SUV with 150hp would pay less than me. Man, Italy really is pain for car owners

[@Ricktofenable]

Naw the front license plate is good, especially for giving a 50%+ chance of identifying a hit an run on camera compared to a one plate setup

[@CerberusTenshi]

If I learned anything about taxing cars for road use, it's that people don't like that. Not in Europe, and especially not in the US. If you say, you want toll roads to be toll free and have tax money pay for maintenance and upkeep, you can say goodbye to $3.99/gal and welcome prices like here in Europe of around $12/gal. No American wants that. They want their $0.99/gal back from the 1990s. Because "FREEDOM" and "'Murica!" I mean, that might finally force more people to not buy SUVs, which I think would be a win, but again "Freedom!" and "Murica!" would get in the way of that. How dare the government limit American's access to huge, gas guzzling V8s in trucks and SUVs that soccer moms only use for school runs. Curse the commi government that would do that! Right? Btw. France has fuel prices around $10-12/gal and still requires you to pay toll for highway use, no matter what vehicle you drive. But the road surface is absolutely fabulous. Austria and Switzerland also require you to buy a vignette to use their highway network.

[@Boypogikami132]

as a Filipino, I find no problem with front plates. Personally they're just there so traffic cams can see even counter-flow vehicles. (if the Philippines even has traffic cams most of the time)

[@Rick0809v4]

Window tint laws are mostly, so we can see if you're doing something like getting a gun during a stop. Identifying you is what your ID/ license is for.

[@TheCell-vx3pk]

I have to disagree on almost every topic here: -Engine displacement: The bigger the displacement, the higher the potential amount of fuel needed. The setup doesn't have too much to do with it, but even then, some are easier to make cleaner than others, usually being in favour of DOHC rather than OHV. Hence why you more often find OHV engine only in US cars nowadays, as the laws are less strict. Overall, going by displacement is an easy to work with metric, that you can be billed with. -Front license plate: In most of the world you have to have a front license plate, so if you really want to, you can get brackets from almost everywhere, to fit them on your car, if you don't need e front plate. Furthermore, it seems foolish to complain to move from one state that has that law, to one that doesn't, as it's only 7 countries in the whole world that don't require a front plate. Also, it does help with identification, and if it's just to figure out, if it's your buddy you are about to pass, or some guy with a very similar car. -Window tint: In many countries it's illegal to tint a motorcycle helmet as much as a frontal car window. All in all, I don't see the appeal at all, as it just limits the amount of light entering your cabin, and therefore how much you see. Just get sunglasses if the sun is blinding you, if your visors can't block it. (For that one argument that people often have) Just because no one bothered to ban something for another type of transportation, doesn't mean the bad for the other isn't fair. And to be honest, if it was legal, people would run a 99% tint just because they can.

[@awesomeferret]

Window tint is actually good for your eyes and skin. That's why pretty much every car made it the past few decades has it. It's usually more of a uv spectrum filter than a tint though.

[@birdmanrailfan]

Imagine paying taxes to make roads and then being charged to use them

[@adinrichter6034]

At least in the US, car specific taxes don't come close to paying for the roads. People without cars taxes are funding the roads too

[@ambiarock590]

@@adinrichter6034 Which is one rebuttal to people screaming that cyclists need to "pay their fair share" because they in fact do. Not only that but sociaty benefits overall from people cycling

[@ghoulbuster1]

Tax is theft, none of that money goes to roads.

[@KaitouKaiju]

​@@ghoulbuster1Where does the money for roads come from?

[@xoulmannn]

Enter New York City ... they are actually in the process of charging you to drive on their roads in an attempt to drive down traffic. All those main roads are being pushed to become literal toll roads.

[@XenorMV.]

Unpopular opinion. I like front license plates and especially the offset ones, something about them just looks cool, same as an offset hood intake.

[@awesomeferret]

It may be unpopular, but it sure appears to be the correct one. I can't understand why so many people don't want to be able to use video footage in rear end hit and runs, and nobody has ever been able to justify their opposing opinion adequately, so I basically have to conclude that it's not possible to defend that position. This video (unlike most people) actually made an effort with the tracking argument, but that's extra embarrassing since it makes them very hypocritical.

[@OutrunRewind]

meanwhile on the other side of the globe in india, we have even worse import rules that straight up don't allow you to import a car older than 3 years AND make you pay a 100 to 125% tax on it there's also the 10 year limit on diesel vehicles and 15 year limit on petrol vehicles meaning you can't really drive em around in big cities and not have it seized (rare but it can happen) not to mention the total mod ban (can't even change your wheels, smh)

[@DetectiveJones]

The window tint isn't necessarily a identification thing, as when they pull you over and walk up to your car, they don't have X ray vision. So if you're walking up to someone in a traffic stop, which is one of the most dangerous situations for a cop, they could be grabbing a weapon or be moving something around in the car and the cop needs to see that.

[@iiiiii7680]

What you described is an identification thing.

[@DetectiveJones]

@@iiiiii7680 But not in the way he's describing. He's describing it as more of a "Know whos in the car" Vs "Know what the person is doing in the car"

[@ragegaze3482]

@@DetectiveJones Well I mean knowing what the person is doing in the car would also apply to them reaching for a weapon, but I agree overall. Not being able to see what they are doing when you walk up to their window is dangerous

[@alexbarn3841]

I couldn’t possibly give fewer fucks about officer safety

[@KaitouKaiju]

When they walk up to a person's home they don't get to see what the person is doing behind the door. Tint laws are a 4th amendment violation imo

[@LC-uh8if]

CAFE Standards are not the reason there are so many trucks on the road overall. There are plenty of sedans, coupes, hatchbacks, etc...if consumers want them. What it may have done though is limit the smaller truck market. What is happening is that about a decade ago or so large pickup trucks somehow went from being seen as a vehicle for the trades and rednecks to a luxury vehicle. As more trucks show up on the road, this encourages other drivers to get trucks so as to not feel "unsafe" around the big trucks and also to stop their overpowered, misaligned headlights from blinding them. Another possibility is increasing waistlines has contributed as its generally easier to get out of a truck that requires a slight step down than a car where you're practically sitting on the ground and have to lift yourself up.

[@LC-uh8if]

To add to this, the chart in the video starts in the late 1970s. Not coincidentally, this is the exact time when middle east tensions had driven gas prices to historic highs and there was gas rationing due to shortages. A time so bad the federal government actually thought a 55 mph federal max speed limit ("to save gas") was a good idea. You will see ownership of light trucks increases starting with the election of Reagan and generally trending upwards until 2004 with a small spike in 2001. In 2001, gas prices dropped in some places back below $1.00/gallon and 2004 saw gas prices start to really climb, reaching a peak in Summer 2005 of $3.00/gallon. The odd one is 2009-2011 being an uptick given that gas prices dropped substantially in the final months of 2008 but began rising again in early 2009. We do see light trucks dip again through 2012 when gas prices peaked at nearly $4.00/gallon. TLDR Version: The red line on the graph roughly parallels gas prices...giving a fairly obvious explanation for increasing sales of light trucks other than simply attributing it to trying to game the CAFE Standards. In short, as gas gets cheaper, more people buy trucks and when it gets more expensive, less people buy trucks. This matches my own experience, trading my RAM in for a more fuel efficient Crossover (and later a Sedan).

[@staterafukumoto]

ok so story time. i used to own a nissan juke (mine made about 195hp) . i got, in spirited driving, about 13.8mpg. from a 1.6 litre turbo. i just bought a lexus gs 350 (gets about 306HP). 3.5L NA v6. i get 19mpg doing the same spirited driving. from a much larger much and much more powerful engine in a larger car.

[@danthesolarman6480]

To be fair with tinted windows someone could be pointing a gun right at a cop and the cop not know.

[@thomasstucki3702]

Lol if you want to lose your mind, in France, a godamn GR86 as a 60 k€ malus. Basically a GR86 is 90 k€ because OMG lot of CO2 even if the car is doing 10k km per year

[@_NiKoB_]

It pains me EVERY-TIME to see this being reminded to me 😭... Well I guess I'll go buy instead a Cayenne Hybrid, way more environmental friendly (Spoiler : NEVER I'll do that)

[@pimanhappy]

I think the Tint Laws are more to make sure you aren’t doing anything reckless while driving, as opposed to being about identity. You can see everything motorcyclist is doing because they’re functionally exposed to the elements. You can’t really see what someone is doing in a car if the Tint is beyond a certain point.

[@originaltruths2305]

u can just see if someones driving reckless tho u dont need to see the person lol

[@mitchverr9330]

@@originaltruths2305 but you cant see if they are looking at their phone and are an immediate danger, you cant see if they are going without looking into a junction or roundabout, etc.

[@yippeeclawyay2591]

Man 0 views in 0 seconds, bladed fell off

[@lukazafton5772]

Too sad I cried 😭😭😭

[@AscendingAbove1]

Imma touch you lil bro don't say that again😊

[@Caymans1333]

How tf did I know that someone would comment this

[@yippeeclawyay2591]

@@AscendingAbove1 damn that's crazy

[@sus-zu7wp]

@@AscendingAbove1 ok kidstoucher420

[@getahanddown]

So many great points and I'm not even halfway through - sign of a true rant lol :) People talking about engine size not having a clue re one cam just above the crank vs both banks of the wide angle V getting DOHC heads on top making it both taller into the bonnet (hood) and wider into the struts. I walked away from a similar 'conversation' at a party when a guy insisted if a 5L V8 fit in an engine bay then a 3L inline 6 should because - "smaller".

[@davidfrischknecht8261]

I don't consider toll roads evil. I actually like the idea of people paying for the highways they use and not paying for those they don't use.

[@Shwobblywobbly]

i always wanted to have a tinted windshield, until i drove a car that had one at night. hell no that shit was scary lol

[@aakksshhaayy]

Politicians know exactly what they are doing. Their goal isn't to make good laws... it's to get paid.

[@cckiller0053]

You know what they say, power corrupts

[@bernardschmitt6389]

To say that a car that gets 30mpg is environmentally friendly is delusional. Also Cafe standard is awful I do agree with you there.

[@awesomeferret]

I don't know how this is news to you, but news flash: most cars can't get 30 MPG on the highway. Oh, the irony... 😂

[@LegendGD123]

Honestly this guy should run for president, he would bring so much good to the people. I have subbed to you since like 2019 and not for a single moment have I ever thought what you were saying was wrong. MAKE THIS GUY THE PRESIDENT

[@cckiller0053]

Or a member of the Supreme Court, I think they have the most power, a president is just to ensure everyone is following the laws, Congress makes the laws, the Supreme Court decides which laws get a pass and which ones don't

[@awesomeferret]

Not if he's going to take away our ability to capture license plate numbers on a rear camera when someone runs into you. It's amazing how little thought he put into that part of the video. It's really embarrassing that he wants to make things worse for so many people just so he doesn't have to have a metal plate on the front of his car that he never sees while driving. The rest of his video literally proves that he knows better.

[@cckiller0053]

@@awesomeferret Except that he's going to see it when he walks out his car, maybe he doesn't like the way it looks on his car, so he should be able to do what he wants to do with his car, and you shouldn't tell him what he can or can't do with his car.

[@Mr.bartz84]

Tolls are like 8 times higher for 5 axle semis. Plus our highway fuel tax is insane. It cost over 100 bucks to go over the Washington bridge in NYC

[@charact_r6929]

My dad used to have a 1988 g20 chevy van and those had 5.7 V8's if you look up the specs they get about 18mpg combined highway and city miles. now let me just filter search car gurus and see if we can find something with lower displacement and worse fuel economy. ah, here we go, 2010 nissan pathfinder with a 4L V6 16mpg combined. Despite the Chevy van being 22 years older, having a 1.7 L more displacement, and being a V8 instead of a V6. probably because the pathfinder weighs 700 ibs more and is AWD. and I bet you'd be able to load way more into that Chevy van than you ever would in that pathfinder.

[@ozAqVvhhNue]

In the EU and most other countries front license plates are required. The US is the outlier in this case.

[@BladedAngel]

Y'all have cooler looking, slimmer plates though. They can even fit under the grille on most sports cars

[@ozAqVvhhNue]

@@BladedAngel You can get specially formed EU license plates to fit for American vehicles or motorcycles. Isn't there a reverse law as well? You aren't allowed to get a specially formed license plate?

[@tacticalidiot175]

@@ozAqVvhhNue nope!

[@ryerob4815]

The displacement argument for better fuel economy is only a part of the argument. Safety is the other part and that's the part you can't argue because it's been proven decades ago in other countries. Basically the age of the driver determines what size engine they are certified to drive.

[@Lithslav]

I hate these laws too man! They suck, really. Love your vids, man!

[@horrovac]

To be fair, those engine displacement taxes are an old and traditional thing. They are from the time when displacement did correlate with fuel consumption. Here in Austria we're heavily penalised for high displacement and you're paying through the nose, even if you drive the damn thing once a month or so. Whereas a smaller engined daily-driver commuter car will be subsidised despite consuming and polluting much more. They should tax the fuel itself, that would really result in lower consumption. If you have a big displacement engine however, you MUST drive it a lot, otherwise you're just paying a lot for a whole lot of nothing. Front plates are not required to collect toll. They can do that just as easily by scanning you from the back. Front plates are needed to make the car more easily identifiable in case of hit-and-run. Offset front plates are nice. Cars from the manufacturer of my car (Alfa Romeo) come standard with offset plates, as not to obscure the "Scudetto", the shield-like feature in the front grill (how Italian is that, eh?). Mount the plate wherever you like. I sincerely couldn't give less of a toss how many plates are mounted where exactly on my car, even if I tried. As long as it doesn't get me stopped, I don't care. Tint restriction on glass ahead of the b-pillar is not there because you must be identifiable, it's about safety in low light conditions. The windows are tinted to the minimum required transmittance by the manufacturer anyway. I don't care about seeing your ugly mug, but I care about you seeing enough not to crash at me in a rainstorm at night.

[@ProjectFrh-qk9iv]

where is the nfs mw 2005 review bladed?

[@stephanovan-deste9913]

It is easier to hide illigal things, to point weapons at officers or to prepare to do harm in a blacked out car. That is why you can't tint windows. On a bike yeah u can't identify the rider, but the rider can't pull a gun or carry a bazzuka without law enforcement being aware of such movements

[@rp1479]

Chill for us Goofy folks in europe america is a paradies for car dudes

[@pavelslama5543]

What I agree with is additional taxation of vehicles in urban areas based on their size. If you wanna have a bigass pickup, go live in the country outback, and do not bother the others in cramped urban areas. What you didnt mention and is worth mentioning are the new EU laws against using chromium surface on steel (which may not only remove the possibility to get / repair decorative chrome surfaces, but also remove the possibility to produce reliable ball bearings and other components), and the newest laws against vehicle repairs, where vehicles over 15 years of age will be declared "technically retired", and their major repairs (such as replacing rusty body parts or suspension components) will be illegal. And third and finally: The laws prohibiting ICE cars and promoting EVs at all costs, despite the fact that the absolute majority of EVs around here (Czech Republic in my case) are Tesla 3 or bigger, which have higher tire particle emissions than my 20y/o Peugeot 307 has all emissions (HC, NOx, CO, clutch particles, brake particles, brake particles) combined.

[@Pizza_2921]

Im not one to make these comments but, 10 seconds ago... damn im early!

[@GitGoodGaming]

Bladed 8:50 is out of date. Ohio no longer requires a front plate

[@limprooster3253]

The engine size/displacement is a bad take IMHO. It's not THAT nuanced. For one, the actual packaging size of the engine almost doesn't matter in terms of emissions, efficiency, power, etc. I get that that s part of his point, but it's so negligible I feel like it shouldn't have been brought up. All that you need to truly understand is that for a given time period where the tech involved with the engine is roughly equal (so comparing 70s carbed engines with each other but not comparing them to a modern coyote for example) gasoline engines are air pumps. They consume fuel at a rate proportional to the amount of air they pump through. That amount of air is controlled by 3 things: Displacement, rpm, and volumetric efficiency. That also means that a given a amount of horsepower correlates to a given airflow. So if it takes a certain amount of horsepower to go a certain speed, then your engine needs to flow a certain amount of air. Your gearing controls rpm, and your displacement is somewhat fixed. So the only thing you can control is volumetric efficiency via the gas pedal. So if your gearing is fixed, and it is to a degree, then to get that amount of airflow, the larger your engine, the less volumetrically efficient it can be to make that horsepower. And from that perspective, when the laws were written and cylinder deactivation wasn't really on the table, that made displacement an excellent way of legislating efficiency. A smaller engine would see more load under cruising conditions, which through a chain reaction translated to better fuel efficiency. All of that said, I whole heartedly believe your Vette gets better fuel mileage than your Mustang. I would also bet that it cruises at a lower RPM. I also suspect your mustang either doesn't have or is less aggressive with cylinder deactivation. But even such, if you could swap your Vette engine with half of an LS, basically a 4 cylinder which shares the same architecture and is now 3.0 or 3.1L with no cylinder deactivation, with no other changes you'd see slightly better mileage. Why? Because you'd have practically the same setup on the highway, but no longer wasting energy pumping 4 cylinders you aren't using

[@alouisschafer7212]

As a german: Displacement Tax is fr fr just negative IQ and needs to be abolished. Instead tax vehicles based of ACTUAL factors like the WLTP CO2 Emissions the vehicle produces and the amount of damage they do to roads aka the weight of the vehicle. And pleaaasssee just make it a linear scale and not some bullshit bracketing system. In my opinion the average car is being taxed too heavily here while large heavy vehicles are taxed too little. Also they should separate their bullshit CO2 agenda tax and actual road tax. Like bro I bet a lot of people would be willing to pay a bit more road tax if that means those taxes are invested in better road infrastructure.

[@baldisaerodynamic9692]

One point you missed on the larger vehicles is the weight. For tax purposes.

[@jfish83]

The window tint law part is sad because people have been killed over that.

[@Aqravion13.1]

i live in texas and recently got a new gr86 i just don’t use the front lisence plate haven’t had problems yet and got it in march

[@Detah_]

good thing my state doesn't really enforce front plate laws or most traffic laws at all. Then again cops probably think my fake kei plate is an NY plate bc of the color.

[@bernardschmitt6389]

Being anti toll road is selfish. Car drivers are so damn entitled its insane.

[@bocahdongo7769]

Here in SEA, there's commercial registration if you have big truck (and van), and you do need it since you'll be punished so hard on tax for larger vehicle. But you do need business entity to register. This is basically a better CAFE alternative. It gatekeep manufacture and consumer enough for spamming larger vehicle unnecessarily on road. And for those who ACTUALLY needs big chungus still have chance to own it without breaking the bank account due to larger size tax

[@IMLiteralInsanity]

I’d buy a kei car so damn quickly if I could get them brand new I love driving cars not working on them and I hate I need to buy a 25 year old car to get not a specific kei car but a kei car in general

[@kevinbarrett4090]

I hate how big vehicles are now, people that shouldn't have a license driving around tanks going 60

[@OndreaS123]

I'd like to see Toyota do a compact RWD sports car along the same line as the IMV-0 Hilux Champ truck. Low-cost priority, bare bones & basic, only what you need, nothing you don't.... and let the end user make it what they want. Build a coupe, sedan and wagon all on the same platform with the same exact thinking, sharing most parts. It might not be a beauty queen or out of the box race winner; but frugality, reliability, efficiency, and just getting the job done are big in my book. bump to help the algorithm, but yeah I'm with you on 100% on the bogus laws like these.

[@stefano4533]

Side mounted licence plate are coolest , love them so much

[@The0utmode]

Thank you so much for talking about how bs displacement taxes are! Fuel economy is 90% based off your rpm range and valve overlap! A pushrod V8 doing 2,000 rpm at 70 mph burns less fuel than a turbo 4 cylinder doing 70 mph at 5,000 rpm! Unrelated but I though it would have been a good point for this video is how dumb seatbelt laws are. Imagine getting pulled over by a motorcycle cop for not wearing a seatbelt lol!

[@boudewijnb]

What's dumb about seatbelt laws?

[@The0utmode]

@@boudewijnb I don't like the principle of the law. if your wearing a seat belt and get into a crash with another vehicle how does your seat belt protect the other driver? I don't mind seat belts they are no doubt a live saving invention but I dont think the government should have the power to force you to wear one because you not wearing a seat belt doesn't hurt anyone else on the planet besides yourself.

[@JuanRuiz-bu4zk]

the tint one i suspect that is because even cats in 'MURICA have guns, so if im an officer, i would like to see if the driver is going for a weapon while im moving to the door. other than that, i drove my dad's car with tinted windows at night and i cant see shit, so i have to slide down the window just to be able to use the mirrors. and yeah, dont speed, you fuckers. i you wanna go fast, go to a circuit. public roads have a speed limit for a reason

[@JaimeXDDDDD]

9:10 i find the missplaced licence plates quite good looking instead of the dead center because i really like how the grill looks on the cars so if its in a place where it doesent get into the grill ill be fine with it.

[@cubexp2.010]

I legit go to any dealership in my country and the only two types of cars they sell now are SUVs and UTs. All I want in life is a Miata

[@konbal8]

In greece the displacement tax law is so bad that owning a car above 2.2Liters is practically impossible for a middle class person. Some 1.6 and 1.8 L cars are considered sports cars and kinda fast cuz that’s what makes financial sense to have

[@tescoshortage]

On the first law, I thought of something interesting. How about a 2/3 rule? For instance, since pushrod engines are smaller than an equivalent displacement OHC engine, a 3 liter pushrod engine could be taxed the same as a 2 liter OHC engine.

[@randomoinkbomb]

Any displacement tax should just be outlawed. Taxing any type of design stiffles innovation

[@iiiiii7680]

Displacement tax is stupid. Delete the tax. Easy solution.

[@OndreaS123]

a gas tax is a tax on inefficiency, mass and displacement while not being intrusive. electric cars should be taxed with a set fee based on average annual mileage/efficiency for a gas vehicle of the same weight. instead they want to track your mileage, and who knows what else.

[@plantelo]

I actually like the look of offset front plates, I think it's kind of neat

[@AHVENAN]

Here in Finland, vehicle taxes are not determined by engine displacement, for newer cars, their mainly calculated on the Co2 emissions reported by the manufacturer, on older cars, they're calculated based on the vehicles total weight Also, regarding tinted windows, here, you're not allowed to have ANY tint on either the windshield or the two front side windows, apart from a small strip along the top edge of your windshield, but this has nothing to do with identification, it's because if you tint the front windows, your visibility out of the vehicle suffers as a result!

[@raspiankiado]

Most vehicles in the US qualify as TRUCKS... over a stupid law passed in the 60s.

[@405dieseltech]

Power also affects efficiency, as a lower power engine has to work harder to move the weight of the car, for example, i'm consistently getting 16-20 MPG out of my 2019 Silverado 5.3 (355 HP), whereas the 2010 Sierra 1500 4.3 V6 (195 HP) that i traded in for the silverado got 11 both on the highway and in the city

[@rinyotsu2.0]

My state is making us pay for new plates. I've had the same plate since I started driving but because it's embossed they claim I have to get it replaced. Suspiciously they're also constructing a massive toll road on a popular highway nearby. However, it would be interesting if they told me to remove my backup camera that attached to my license plate that happens to be blocking the license plate light (I didn't plan it, but I've never been stopped for it despite working the night shift for a year)

[@TheAl2kas]

Havent seen your videos in awhile! Glad to see ya again!

[@strtomato19]

I think the engine displacement tax has been a thing in places in europe for awhile, even in the days when worrying about the environment meant not dumping raw sewage into the river thames or mediteranean. They used to (up to the 80s even in italy) consider a car with an engine bigger than 2 liters to be a luxury and thus the tax. In italy it did mean the first turbo Ferrari was a version of the 208 (the 308 but with a 2 liter V8) meant to have the same power as the 308 without the tax

[@pavelslama5543]

12:30 Luckily that is not a necessary requirement here in Europe. For example I work for a sportscar/racecar maker that makes small roadsters that have basically almost no windshield and wearing a helmet with a closable visor is mandatory if you want to drive those cars.

[@marsupialsrock010]

Ah now we are in full agreement on something. I knew I liked you, I just thought I hated you first!😂

[@jagerinmikado]

I feel like there should be an automotive division of politics, a group of people that actually know stuff about cars

[@phil955]

I bought a 1976 Oldsmobile 98 some time back, and fought for 4 months to get it registered. Because the engine's got 7.5 Liters of displacement and the fuel economy is... well, it's crap, the TüV said I wasn't allowed to register it. In the end, they gave in because it's over 30 years old and therefore classes as an oldtimer and has to follow other regulations, however, I need to keep it in near perfect original condition and go to the yearly checkups four times a year instead of once. And the best part is, if the car had been originally registered in my country instead of a town just across the border, none of this crap would've happened and I'd have been able to go through the normal procedures. A friend of mine owns a 7.7 Liter Cadillac Deville and an 8.2 Liter Cadillac Eldorado, both of them originally registered here, with vintage plates on 'em, and he's been spared.