I received this email at random today.

Geezzz... Just what diesel owners need.

"The Problem

How often have you been caught in traffic behind a car, truck, or bus that is
emitting smoke? You smell the fumes, roll up your window, close the vents,
and look for your first chance to pass. It makes you angry. (or hungry in my case burning wvo)

Not surprisingly, a large percentage of the air pollution in Texas comes from
the more than 16 million motor vehicles registered in the state. Each vehicle
has the potential to be a source of air pollution. However, poorly-maintained
vehicles are the biggest contributors to the pollution problem. In fact, the
pollution from one poorly-maintained vehicle is equal to that of 28
properly-functioning cars!

How It Works

You can help the TNRCC get the word to owners of smoking vehicles in Texas.
The next time you see a car, truck, or bus anywhere in Texas with dirty smoke
coming from its exhaust for more than 10 consecutive seconds, write
down the license number, date, time, and location you saw the smoking
vehicle.

Report the smoking vehicle, within 30 days, by submitting the on-line
reporting form or calling 1-800-453-SMOG (7664). You do not have to give
your name, and the report is free.

We will then notify the owner that his or her vehicle may be contributing to
air pollution by smoking excessively. We also provide the owner with
information about how car maintenance will improve the vehicle's
performance.


To Report a Smoking Vehicle

(1) Upon observing a smoking vehicle, please make note of the following
information:

Texas license plate number
Date observed
Time (AM/PM)
City
Location observed (street and closest cross street)

(2) Report the information to the TNRCC, within 30 days, by one of the
following methods:

Use the on-line reporting form
http://www.tnrcc.state.tx.us/air/ms/smokingvehicles.html#smkform

Call 1-800-453-SMOG (7664)

Send a fax to 512/239-2050

Mail the information to:
Attention: Smoking Vehicle Program
Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission
P.O. Box 13087
MC - 164
Austin, Texas 78711-3087


Your Report Makes a Difference"

Yea right.

Hmmm... 800 number. Lets keep 'em busy.

Smoke? Could that be a diesel??

No emission standards on diesels in the Texas DFW area, So how do they know your in violation of ??????? emission standard

Dave

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1970 220D, owned 1980-1990
1980 240D, owned 1990-1992
1982 300TD, owned 1992-1993
1986 300SDL, owned 1993-2004
1999 E300, owned 1999-2003
1982 300TD, 213,880mi, owned since Nov 18, 1991- Aug 4, 2010 SOLD
1988 560SL, 100,000mi, owned since 1995
1965 Mustang Fastback Mileage Unknown(My sons)
1983 240D, 176,000mi (My daughers) owned since 2004
2007 Honda Accord EX-L I4 auto, the new daily driver
1985 300D 264,000mi Son's new daily driver.(sold)
2008 Hyundai Tiberon. Daughters new car

As another DFW diesel owner - that pisses me off!

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~shell
As of 2/2010:
2001 CLK55 0o\=*=/o0
13.6 @ 106mph
10K mi
1984 300SD
260K mi and going and going...
97 S600
46K miles
1991 Sentra SE-R (extremely dorked with)
www.se-r.net

Smoke is not all that bad, it's just visible particulates. Because gasoline vehicles pollutants are invisible to the human eye, ignorant people perceive them as clean.

I hate ignorant morons.

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Adam Lumsden
(83) 300D
Vice-President of the MBCA International Stars Section

Yea, I got pretty PO myself when I read this.

Running wvo is about as clean as I can get in my beat up '92 dodge 1ton cummins. Smokes a hell of alot more than the soccer moms suv about to call in on me.
I'll bet anything i'm more enviro friendly. I'm bettin' I smell better too.

How about a ntx gathering of Texas mb diesel heads? I'll be glad to host it at the ranch located north of Dallas. See location at the link below.

Maybe have a little entertainment too.

Eat my soot,
Whiskey

www.beanstock.org

I'm in for several Texas GTG's, I'm just hoping I have something diesel I can use to get there.

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Jimmy L.
'05 Acura TL 6MT
2001 ML430 My Spare

Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John

Previous thread on the same subject:

Exsessive Smoking Letter

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Palangi

2004 C240 Wagon 203.261 Baby Benz
2008 ML320 CDI Highway Cruiser
2006 Toyota Prius, Saving the Planet @ 48 mpg
2000 F-150, Destroying the Planet @ 20 mpg



TRUMP .......... WHITEHOUSE
HILLARY .........JAILHOUSE
BERNIE .......... NUTHOUSE
0BAMA .......... OUTHOUSE

Thats what happens when you allow environazis to hold a job with any power what-so-ever. You get this abuse of power..............and the Stazi reincarnated.

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Proud owner of ....
1971 280SE W108
1979 300SD W116
1983 300D W123
1975 Ironhead Sportster chopper
1987 GMC 3/4 ton 4X4 Diesel
1989 Honda Civic (Heavily modified)
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Section 609 MVAC Certified
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"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche

Maybe you've got it all wrong... They may be looking to get all the old Chrysler mini vans off the road.

Don't you guys recognize an opportunity when you see one?

You've got the instructions. Now write down and report the license number, time, date, etc of every Texas state vehicle you encounter.

This ought to be fun.

I does not mean anything. They send a letter, the recipient ignores it and time goes on.

They have no enforcement powers based on anonymous call or letter.

California does this too but I have never heard of any action except job creation for another layer of government.

Whats the big deal this is pointless? I would be angry that they are wasteing your tax dollars with this pointless program. I wonder how many million the people in TX are paying for this?

The money would be better spent on an emissions program.

"Maybe you've got it all wrong... They may be looking to get all the old Chrysler mini vans off the road."

Your not kidding!! Everytime I get stuck behind a nasty smelling car it is one of these!

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

i think maybe you got it wrong. i always heard they didn't want the driver smoking in texas.

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.