Date:         Tue, 22 Sep 1998 18:40:35 -0500
Reply-To:     "Mark B. Magee" <condor2@FLASH.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         "Mark B. Magee" <condor2@FLASH.NET>
Organization: Team Jesus
Subject:      Re: Cat drilling and clean air
Comments: To: GMBulley@AOL.COM
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GMBulley@AOL.COM wrote:

> << I was talking to a auto parts shops owner <<<SNIP>>>He suggested drilling a
> hole through the cat (catalytic converter, sic), through the hcomb about an
> inch in diameter. I am willing to try this if it will prolong the life of the
> heads. Is this an okay procedure to do?  >>
>
> No. Your parts shop pal is ignorant and selfish. If you think drilling out
> your cat is okay, why not start throwing trash out the window, and draining
> your oil onto the ground?
>
> I like clean air and I like clean skies.
>
> I've seen friends and family physically ill with asthma and repritory
> allergies due to the revolting, putrid air around Washington, D.C. Back in the
> 60's/70's I was disallowed from "recess" back in grade school (in Southern,
> CA) when the air was too polluted to allow kids to exercise in it. That sucks.
>
> Maybe you live somewhere where the air is still relatively clean.  Maybe you
> beleive that the atmospere can absorb anything that man throws at it. If you
> want empirical evidence that it can't, spend a day in any automobile-laden,
> third-world city where emmission standards are nil... Mexicali/Calexico is a
> good example. Mexico City is the worst. The air is visibly disgusting. Any
> physical exersion will make you feel ill within minutes. Within a day you'll
> have a splitting headache and burning, red eyes.
>
> If the heads on your van are cracking, find out the real reason. If your
> catalytic converter is the problem, replace it. They are cheap, a couple
> hundred $$ tops. Don't flick your cigarette butts out the window, and don't
> promote air pollution. Please.
>
> Thanks,
>
> gmbulley
> cary, nc

 Bulley,
Would you please tell us how you -really- feel on this issue?


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