It Was Cars First

My road to being a gun owner ran through being a hot-rodder.

It also is the core of my hatred of greenies.

Do you know how much pollution I've saved by not getting a new car every 3-5 years like they do?  They never count the pollution of making their new car and disposing of the old one.

It's a lot more than the pollution of driving a "dirty" car for 15-20 years.

It's amazing how many gun control things rhyme with car stuff.

California has a handgun roster and it is poised to have a tire roster.

Because rolling resistance is all that matters in a tire's design.

They're using the thin veil of "that's what came on the car" as cover for the decision and how much it's going to save the consumers in fuel.  Never mind the OE tire is normally the most expensive one you can get for a given car and that costing the customer more in tires than they save in gas...

But why did the OE put that shitty tire on the car in the first place?  Corporate Average Fuel Economy.  The teeny increase in mileage from low rolling resistance can be enough to move the car's EPA efficiency to a different column and keep the OE from paying taxes, fees and fines to put it on the road.

They didn't do it because it's the best tire for the car and what the consumer wants to do with it; they did it to comply with a set of regulations that were never attached to reality and get further detached every legislative session.

By the way, this is the same government that decided we all need to have run-flat tires rather than insist we learn how to deal with a blow-out.

Just wait for when your rear view mirror gets replaced with a camera!