DOJ sues eBay for selling ‘rolling coal’ devices; fines could hit $2 billion

[Mike Honcho 5,251]

39 minutes ago, thegeneral said:

Yep. Some dopes get in front of cars, or bikers, or hippies, or whoever these twats think “deserve” to be showered in black smoke and roll coal. It’s ultimate redneckery.

 

Thanks, I honestly don't think I've ever seen that. 

[thegeneral 3,121]

2 minutes ago, Mike Honcho said:

Thanks, I honestly don't think I've ever seen that. 

YouTube has tons of videos of this. Serious goober behavior.

[Fnord 2,191]

2 minutes ago, Mike Honcho said:

Thanks, I honestly don't think I've ever seen that. 

Damn, where the hell do you live? I've seen it a bunch of times, although it's always younger dudes driving an old pos truck adorned with bumper stickers like "Buck Fiden" and "Fock your feelings." They're (usually) not targeting anyone, just being stupid young dudes.

[seafoam1 2,925]

12 minutes ago, Fnord said:

Damn, where the hell do you live? I've seen it a bunch of times, although it's always younger dudes driving an old pos truck adorned with bumper stickers like "Buck Fiden" and "Fock your feelings." They're (usually) not targeting anyone, just being stupid young dudes.

Coming from someone who never grew out of it. Except for being old now to go along with the stupid part.

[MTSkiBum 1,620]

1 hour ago, Mike Honcho said:

What does that mean that they may intentionally target those cars?  are they saying they cover them in smoke? 

While these devices do allow you to configure your truck to roll coal, that is not why most people buy them.

When a truck from 2007-2020ish suffer an emissions equipment failure these kits allow you to delete the emissions control equipment so you can then run your truck equivalent in pollution to a diesel truck from 2006.  These delete kits are typically a few thousand cheaper than fixing the emissions control equipment. 

This is why these have a huge market, they are cheaper than fixing the equipment and after running a delete you will typically see a 2-3 mpg gain.

There are a small sub-segment of people who purchase these to roll coal, ie they run the fuel/air mixture extremely rich for purpose of creating a giant black cloud behind them. These clouds stink and will hover around on a highway for almost a minute.

 

The CNBC article makes it seem like these devices are only for rolling coal, but that is not the case. However, like I said previously I still support the DOJ going after sellers/installers.

 

[frank 2,294]

I don’t feel good about this, but