Noise laws are B.S.

You forgot to mention the mid 70s Chevy pickup running just straight pipe from the manifolds. :)

MadDAWG

What do your local laws say in regards to vechile exhaust noise? In my state the regulations require that exhaust noise be measured under the SAE J1169 standard. Since cops don't carry the necessary test equipment they get around the requirement by issuing a defective equipment warning. This requires that a licensed service station sign off that the defect has been repaired. Since there's no court appearance the cops don't have to prove the vehicle emits excessive noise.

been there done that. we already had this thread about 4-5 weeks ago. do a search and read all the posts for it, then move on

That reminds me of the joke I read:

Got this from another NG I thought it was funny:

How many group posters does it take to change a light bulb?

1 to change the light bulb and to post that the light bulb has been changed 14 to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs and how the light bulb could have been changed differently 7 to caution about the dangers of changing light bulbs 27 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about changing light bulbs 53 to flame the spell checkers 41 to correct spelling/grammar flames 6 to argue over whether it's "lightbulb" or "light bulb" ... another 6 to condemn those 6 as anal-retentive 2 industry professionals to inform the group that the proper term is "lamp" 15 know-it-alls who claim *they* were in the industry, and that "light bulb" is perfectly correct 156 to email the participant's ISPs complaining that they are in violation of their "acceptable use policy" 109 to post that this group is not about light bulbs and to please take this discussion to a lightbulb group 203 to demand that cross posting to hardware forum, off-topic forum, and lightbulb group about changing light bulbs be stopped 111 to defend the posting to this group saying that we all use light bulbs and therefore the posts *are* relevant to this group 306 to debate which method of changing light bulbs is superior, where to buy the best light bulbs, what brand of light bulbs work best for this technique and what brands are faulty 27 to post URL's where one can see examples of different light bulbs 14 to post that the URL's were posted incorrectly and then post the corrected URL's 3 to post about links they found from the URL's that are relevant to this group which makes light bulbs relevant to this group 33 to link all posts to date, quote them in their entirety including all headers and signatures, and add "Me too" 12 to post to the group that they will no longer post because they cannot handle the light bulb controversy 19 to quote the "Me too's" to say "Me three" 4 to suggest that posters request the light bulb FAQ 44 to ask what is a "FAQ" 4 to say "didn't we go through this already a short time ago?" 143 to say "do a Google search on light bulbs before posting questions about light bulbs" 1 forum lurker to respond to the original post 6 months from now and start it all over again

"light bulb"

violation

questions about

That was beutiful man! freaking beautiful!

they are no louder then a semi or a dump truck, garbage truck, all big trucks are way louder

*Ahem*

You spelled "beautiful" wrong and didn't capitalize "freaking".

:-D

#1 of 27 to correct post!

ROFL!

Greg Browne '96 Vee-Siques

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• Electrical Engineering *

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->"There's NO replacement for DISPLACEMENT!" >

Am I the only one who added all of those up to come up with 1361 posts? ;-)

I'm weird, I know.

Note: This post not only has nothing to do with the topic of the newsgroup, but also has nothing to do with the topic of the original post.

JS

School sucks and I had work this morning too.

Erik D. '94 white lightning

Why would I want any cheese?

JS

snipped-for-privacy@someemailaddress.notcom wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:

...

ME TOO!

Hey, did anyone keep the email addy for the guy that changes lightbulbs? One of the hallway lamps is out...

On 9/9/2003 3:43 PM, JS felt the need to say:

*NOBODY* expects the Spanish Inquisition!

Me too! - no, seriously. Me too. Find that guy for us. I'm too lazy to do a google search. ;-)

JS

Because I was thirsty dammit!

Erik D. '94 white lightning

But I worked for the power industry a year ago and I understand these things. The term "thirsty" really doesn't mean that you require a beverage. It's a technical term... I'd explain but it's not worth the time it would take.....

JS

Come on, i'm thirsty for knowledge, learn me! Erik D. '94 white lightning

They're lamps. You need to re-lamp. ;^)

Here's another site I like, along similar lines.

StuK

Ok... well... you asked.

Thirst goes way back to a time when there wasn't even electricity and as such the power industry didn't have much to focus on. They only had one thing to work with. They kept trying to get lightning to strike trees to make fires. They didn't know there were electric eels yet either.

After standing on top of a tree for hours in the middle of a rainstorm with their mouth open yelling at the sky, waiting for electricity, those early pioneers of electricity suddenly no longer felt parched. This feeling was only after an unsuccessful outing, as a more successful one typically resulted in severe injuries or even death. We mourn each of those brave souls every electrical storm.. but I'm getting off track.

Since this method would result in the ingestation of large amounts of water, the person feeling the most parched, or thirsty, would be elected to climb the tree to yell at the sky to strike them with the electricity... thus they were the most thirsty of the group. Thirst in the electrical field, in memoriam, now stands for a great desire of current flow. The more thirsty a piece of equipment, the more current it wants. However, throwing water on it probably isn't a good idea, or you will find out just what it feels like to have been one of those pioneers in the field.

I hope this makes some sense. There are stories upon stories of some of the great electricity chasers of the very distant past... however, they are trade secrets and I took a vow of secrecy upon entering the trade. This means I won't disclose them unless you send a self addressed, stamped envelope and $5000 in small, unmarked bills.

JS

(way too much time on my hands it seems... lol)

loud pipes save lives