Originally Posted By: EricJRoy
anyone who takes a cat off for a stupid reason is selfish and definitely not thiniking about the future
That may be. However, for better or for worse, there is no law covering cats in this jurisdiction. Are those people who still drive vehicles that never had cats in the first place selfish?
If I went to a fleet manager in this jurisdiction and told him he should replace failed cats out of principle, paying hundreds of dollars instead of welding in a piece of straight pipe, he'd suggest that would be the pinnacle of stupidity.
If one isn't legally required to replace a piece of failed equipment and it wasn't essential for the safe and affordable operation of the vehicle, I can certainly understand why people would simply toss the failed cats and move on without them. I would venture to say that if this policy, or lack thereof, were in place across North America, almost every cat replacement we would see would be only those replaced under warranty.
anyone who takes a cat off for a stupid reason is selfish and definitely not thiniking about the future
That may be. However, for better or for worse, there is no law covering cats in this jurisdiction. Are those people who still drive vehicles that never had cats in the first place selfish?
If I went to a fleet manager in this jurisdiction and told him he should replace failed cats out of principle, paying hundreds of dollars instead of welding in a piece of straight pipe, he'd suggest that would be the pinnacle of stupidity.
If one isn't legally required to replace a piece of failed equipment and it wasn't essential for the safe and affordable operation of the vehicle, I can certainly understand why people would simply toss the failed cats and move on without them. I would venture to say that if this policy, or lack thereof, were in place across North America, almost every cat replacement we would see would be only those replaced under warranty.