MORE Stupid Car Laws I Hate...!

MORE Stupid Car Laws I Hate...! CAFE Standards, Light Trucks, Kei trucks, Chicken Tax, you know the drill. Same old video, same old rant, but with some twists and turns. I've been wanting to talk about Displacement Regulations for a while now. People are always surprised to hear my 790HP Corvette, despite having double the HP and a "Larger" Engine, actually gets better MPG than my silly little Mustang. Hell, even 1 Liter Motorcycles sometimes get as low as 19-30MPG. Oh 1000cc AKA 1 Liter is actually fast AF for a Motorcycle.
I watched a Hoonigan Video about a RSV4 vs. 1000HP Supra and the JDM Cope was real. All the Hoonigans bet on the Supra, like I hate to say it. A 30 Year Old Supra with 1000HP ain't nothing special these days, everyone and their mom has seen it and we all know it's tricks. That Bone Stock RSV4 Sent that Soup to Gapplebees, three course meal and everything. Hell, even a 1500HP Audi R8 couldn't hang with a 240HP Harley. A Freaking Harley. Imagine getting gapped by a Boomer on a HOG in your Twin Turbo Supercar. People always underestimate how fast bikes are. Then you always get the "I wish the worst upon you bikers and hope you crash" cope they say, like as if going triple digits in a cage will save their life either. We all know what we're playing with at those speeds, don't patronize us bikers as if you're any safer...LMAO! This Description has become an entirely different video topic of it's own huh...thanks for reading I guess.

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[BladedAngel]

Keep in Mind, I DO NOT HAVE the 2018+ Coyotes mated to a 10 Speed. I have a 2016 Mustang with a 6-speed, I'm sure you guys can get 30mpg highway with 10-speeds ez!

[PyroVulpes]

The displacement thing is so damn true. My "small displacement" 2.5L Subaru had terrible, AWFUL fuel economy. When I traded that in for a 6.2L Camaro, my fuel efficiency went UP by 10 MPG! It's almost like there are more factors that affect an individual vehicle's overall efficiency...

[bukharijabarazman]

It’s funny how in my country, an old 3.0 l V6 saloon would be taxed more than say, a 1.6l V6 Mercedes AMG One…

[SomeoneCalled]

Imagine living in a "freedom county" yet didn't have the freedom to choose a small vehicle

[robinv]

One of the best things I've heard lawmakers try is ban cars from having more than 2 exhaust tips to decrease emissions. Because obviously the more exhaust tips the more emissions right? It's not like they're all connected to the same engine and go through the same manifold, catalytic converter, front muffler and whatever else car makers put before the pipe splits

[thomasthetank.]

Sometimes I wonder how politicians are politicians

[toro]

The funny thing is Tax and Insurance (which also goes by engine displacement) on a Mazda RX7 can be really cheap because of the 1.3 engine
Only thing is the initial cost of buying one

[PewPewBeets]

About the license plate thing: it's also used as a way for cops and parking attendants to get a car's license plate number when it's in a position where you can't get a good view of the car's rear. In Arizona, some parking lots won't let you back into a spot unless you have some kind of identification plate on the front of your vehicle.

Also, regarding windshield tints, Arizona requires all cars in the state to have tinted windows. This is because it's so damn hot here year-round that driving a car without tinted windows is like being an ant under a magnifying glass.

[smallbutdeadly]

If we could somehow reverse the way CAFE standards work temporarily for a decade or two (tax manufacturers for larger, heavier vehicles that produce more emissions), and then adjust it to be more fair or abolish it completely afterwards, I feel like that may help somewhat in fixing this stupid issue.

[simongarcia]

Only reason I get even slightly mad about SUVs and crossovers is because they essentially eliminated wagons for no good reason. I may be a wagon elitist but I can't help but feel fucked over when crossovers and at least most SUVs don't have as much usable cargo space when compared to a wagon

[RockyPixel]

That front plate map is outdated, Ohio no longer requires two license plates.

[MidnightGreen]

Yesterday I read this article about why the 25 year import law came to be and it was the most bullcrap thing I've ever read. Granted it was an advert for an importing company, but the claim that vehicles for other markets are somehow unsafe and unsuitable environmentally by American standards is rediculous. Even worse is that there's been many times to try and repeal or remove these laws and with each passing year it gets harder and harder to do.

If the government really cared about environmental emissions, why are we outsourcing some of our most destructive processes, i.e. oil and manufacturing, to, ah, certain locations? If the government cared about passenger safety, rather than penalize the people who make the machines, wouldn't it be cheaper and more efficient to have better driver education? My driver's test was so stupidly easy, and I had no real training in dangerous situations like snow, ice, heavy rain, night driving, or even an option to learn how to drive stick as my driving instruction car.

The fact that people both outside and inside of the car community are buying more used cars because new cars literally do not fit their use case is, both as a consumer and as an engineering student, horrifying and depressing. The fact that older SUVs have far better off-road capability than newer models does not give me any confidence that a new vehicle is better than the old.

Where's the real innovation? It's not in making passenger cars any more useful, I'll say. And it sucks because some of the new cars that are great, that for some reason we aren't going to get sold new, for some bullshit ass reason determined by executives out of touch with their market, will spike up in value thanks to a growing obsession with BEVs, increased "driver assistance" features, and wanting to get rid of private transportation as a whole. Not technically a bad thing. Just absolutely backwards ass implementation because no one wants to or is able to seriously stick it to the man.

[rainbeau]

Someone may have already said this, but rotary engines are quite small not matter what metric you use. Yet, they get s**t for MPG and aren't very environmentally friendly as they are designed to burn oil. I realized there are essentially quite good reasons for both of these issues, but I think most everyone gets the point.

[alexanderhalvorsen]

When it comes to the CAFE standards, I remember thinking that loophole was stupid when I was 13.

[FinalGao]

I really do not think Front Plate blocking an airflow would be an issue for the Japanese Vehicle. Since Front Plate is required per Japanese law everywhere in the country, I am pretty sure all Japanese manufactures designed their cars with plate blocking a certain areas in their mind. The front plate definitely does make car less appealing, but I do not think it would cause an overheating.

[Subject]

As someone who has been a trucker most toll roads are charging trucks 2-3 times the amount a 4wheeler pays.

[DesFTW_]

Even if the EPA regulations weren't an issue, the hillux champ would still face a 25% tarrif on light transport vehicles.

[thatguy_nick]

As someone from Europe front license plates have always been normal to me, so while I do like the clean look of a car with no plates, it really doesn't bother me. And the tint laws are indeed meant to make it visible if you're on your phone for example, but also if you have black windows it's easier to miss something outside of your car, so it's safety too.

[mattevans]

It's possible CAFE standards are working as intended. In business, there's this thing called upselling, which is about getting you to pay from something you didn't necessarily want, just so they get more money. And with those laws 'forcing' them to make bigger cars, you are forced to buy the bigger, more expensive car. Forced upselling.

[bcyr-CO]

2:20 None of them compare to the 2.2L 4cyl I had that got about 7mpg. It's now had a block swap to a 2.5L, and now gets a very eco friendly ~11mpg.