• Lojcs@lemm.ee
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    3 months ago

    coal rolling happens when a driver of a diesel truck floods the engine with more fuel than it can efficiently process, emitting a thick black plume of exhaust across the road

    14th paragraph

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      3 months ago

      Thank you.

      How do people do it? Drive along, turn off engine whilst rolling. Pump foot. Turn on engine?

      • Steve@startrek.website
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        3 months ago

        Depends on the engine. On an old cummins theres a screw you can just turn up to eleven. On more modern stuff you need a specific computer tuner, which the EPA made very hard to get a few years ago.

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    3 months ago

    And it’s not enforced.

    Cops will just watch it happen right in front of them and do nothing.

    Meanwhile I’m getting pulled over for my broken exhaust on my shitty little 2000 Malibu.

    • _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.worksOPM
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      3 months ago

      This is why you file a report yourself with video to local and state authorities. In many states this is illegal and they do take action on reports.

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    3 months ago

    How many potatoes/bananas does it take to clog a dirty vertical exhaust? Should we use pineapples instead?

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              3 months ago

              Yeah people underestimate the smell of a rotting watermelon. It’s pretty close to durian. Had a friend put one in their trunk and forget about it for a couple weeks, until like a week after it started to smell.

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        3 months ago

        How about a 750ml bottle? Weighted with some sort of liquid, of course, so it goes all the way down. They’re pretty high up too, so you’ll probably have to lob it in. You’ll with a handle of some sort, maybe made of fabric, so you can get a nice lob throw and land it right in the stack.

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      3 months ago

      Not condoning this but sugar in the gas tank or squirt brake fluid on the paint of the car, it’ll eat through it.

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        3 months ago

        Ooh! One of my favorites is slapping bologna on the car. Leave it and it will eat through perfect circles. Polka dot compensation truck. It’s gotta stay for a few days tho.

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    3 months ago

    I wonder what is pushing this back up to the list of shit these idiots are doing. I’ve seen it happen twice in as many days around the town I live in.

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        3 months ago

        Unfortunately where I live it’s a some of those that work forces situation. It’s far too red for anyone to do anything other than put me on watch for dissent.

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        3 months ago

        Who’s gonna do something about it, the cops?

        Hahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahhahaha

        The cop is the one driving these and coal rolling you in the first place 😂

        Anyway on an unrelated note, vehicle caltrops are incredibly easy to manufacture in any machine shop and, surprisingly, can be easily bought at many online vendors.

        Definitely do NOT place them under the tires of parked lifted mega trucks with $20k of custom trim and exhaust. That would NOT be cool.

        • _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.worksOPM
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          3 months ago

          Yes, the cops. This is illegal in multiple states. You can also report them to your state’s department of motor vehicles.