• Lojcs@lemm.ee
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    1 year 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

    • makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml
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      Thank you.

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

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        There are kits, with switches that dump extra fuel in.

        Humanity was a mistake.

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          I have seen a kit on amazon that plug into the exaust tip and just pump a mist of diesel right in the hot tip. Crazy shit people will do just to piss off others.

          Just like those fucking light bars that shine a thousand Suns in your face while driving at night. It’s illegal but they turn it on only to piss off people when there is no cop around.

      • Steve@startrek.website
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        1 year 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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    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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      1 year 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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    1 year ago

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

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