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Old Nov 21, 2008 | 09:20 AM
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Old Nov 21, 2008 | 09:33 AM
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dont worry, no way in hell that would pass. It would make cop cars illegal
Old Nov 21, 2008 | 09:49 AM
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If it ever did pass I guess we can't have cars with JET drives anymore
Old Nov 21, 2008 | 10:05 AM
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It'll never pass, too much money in the auto industry
Old Nov 21, 2008 | 10:10 AM
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WTF? I guess all that will be left is minivans?


`(B) The following trucks or copies, replicas or duplicates thereof:
`(i) Ford F150, F250, Lightning, Splash, SVT;
`(ii) GM Sierra, Silverado, Avalance;
`(iii) Dodge Ram, Jeep;
`(iv) Toyota Tundra, Tacoma; or
`(v) Nissan Titan.
`(C) The following SUVs or copies, replicas or duplicates thereof:
`(i) Hummer;
`(ii) Ford Expedition or Excursion;
`(iii) GM Suburban;
`(iv) Dodge Durango, Jeep Cherokee.
(v) Toyota Sequoia, 4Runner, Lexus GX/LX 470; or
(vi) Nissan Pathfinder Armada, Infinity 56.
Old Nov 21, 2008 | 10:31 AM
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^ yeah everything on the list is any car with a v8 or 2 doors, lol. oh my, if this passes i have to get out my hand basket, cause were going to hell.
Old Nov 21, 2008 | 10:43 AM
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high powered cars dont kill people, idiot drivers of any powered level car kills people
Old Nov 21, 2008 | 10:48 AM
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Old Nov 21, 2008 | 10:49 AM
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i may have read it wrong, but did it say boats with motors over 25hp or with jet drives? so no more jet skis either? i'm glad our elected officials have time to sit around and come up with things like this.
Old Nov 21, 2008 | 11:00 AM
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`(E)(i) Except as provided in clause (ii), any vehicle with the capacity of producing over 150 brake horsepower.


HAHAHAHAHA
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`(I) A motorcycle of larger than 200 cc displacement

K) A conversion kit or “kit car”.



This gets worse and worse as I read along....
Old Nov 21, 2008 | 11:35 AM
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who are the stupid people that elect this bitch to represent them? wonder if these people are the reason my woodstove has a warning that reads - 'HOT while in operation'

STUPID PEOPLE SHOULDN'T BREED!!
Old Nov 21, 2008 | 11:36 AM
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C'mon, guys. This has to be a joke.
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Originally Posted by AznMuscle
`(E)(i) Except as provided in clause (ii), any vehicle with the capacity of producing over 150 brake horsepower.


HAHAHAHAHA
Ummm thats everything. **** even a Smart car could make 150bhp.

And seriously Pickups? WTF?

EDIT: I think someone made this up just to **** people off. I searched on Google and cant find anything about this, besides a link to the forum.

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Originally Posted by BLK85
Ummm thats everything. **** even a Smart car could make 150bhp.

And seriously Pickups? WTF?

EDIT: I think someone made this up just to **** people off. I searched on Google and cant find anything about this, besides a link to the forum.
That is why I think it is funny as hell that they want to ban cars over 150 bhp. That is what...around 75% of the cars on the road today? And Honda VTEC getting banned...I wonder if she knows that VTEC (ex, not SI) d motors are for fuel economy, and not really performance.
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im gonna ban people from having any more children because theres enough god damn morons in the usa already
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Nice bill there.
Old Nov 21, 2008 | 04:43 PM
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It amazes me that somebody payed by us actually wasted their time coming up with this bill when theirs so many other problems.

I hope the people who elected her pick somebody else.
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