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>Safety and ‘explicit permit from the original manufacturer’ are unrelated. Maybe. But your source is an anonymous poster on the forum. I'm not saying they m
by navigatesol 7y ago
>Safety and ‘explicit permit from the original manufacturer’ are unrelated.
Maybe. But your source is an anonymous poster on the forum. I'm not saying they made it up, but that there's likely more to the story. It isn't exactly far fetched to think there is strict regulation about how you can modify your car for the roads. The "explicit permit" might be to signify that everything is done to the highest standards.
- hanniabu 7y agoI don't need to get permission from Jeep to modify my car, I just need to get it inspected and approved. This is clearly a power move to protect their industry.
- navigatesol 7y ago>I just need to get it inspected and approved By whom? >This is clearly a power move to protect their industry. You're arguing against a conspiracy for which not a shred of evidence has been provided. Obviously a power move? Do you, in fact, know that paperwork from the manufacturer is required for any modifications, and what the source and/or requirements of it are? Or have you dreamed up some conspiracy where permission from the manufacturer is required to modify your car because you read a random comment on HackerNews (despite the fact that there's a massive aftermarket modding community in the real world)? I also find it quaint that some posters here think we need to regulate mortgage loans because people aren't capable of calculating interest and what they owe, but the same people should be able to replace the fuel tank in their vehicle with 1000lbs of combustibles, in their garage, and then take it out onto the road. With no oversight.
- rdtwo 7y agoYou aren’t doing mass volume conversions adding fuel tanks in areas where they were not intended which is basically what happened when you add lithium batteries