turbokinetic
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- Jan 29, 2008
If you value your automatic underhood and trunk light, you need to take care of it. If you see one at the salvage yard, buy it. They are in the process of disappearing forever.
Today I went to several salvage yards and ALL the cars across ALL makes had the underhood and trunk lights removed. The yard operators explained that the lights contain a mercury switch, and therefore are hazardous and can not be sold to the general public. All underhood and trunk lights are required by law to be removed and destroyed to reclaim the mercury.
To further piss me off, virtually every hood was damaged by prying the lights off (without removing the screws) and denting the hood upward. Every. Hood.
This is just another example of our out of control government, taking away freedom little by little in sneaky ways. The terrifying part is, they managed to do this without any fanfare or anyone noticing what sort of legislation was being passed.
Today I went to several salvage yards and ALL the cars across ALL makes had the underhood and trunk lights removed. The yard operators explained that the lights contain a mercury switch, and therefore are hazardous and can not be sold to the general public. All underhood and trunk lights are required by law to be removed and destroyed to reclaim the mercury.
To further piss me off, virtually every hood was damaged by prying the lights off (without removing the screws) and denting the hood upward. Every. Hood.
This is just another example of our out of control government, taking away freedom little by little in sneaky ways. The terrifying part is, they managed to do this without any fanfare or anyone noticing what sort of legislation was being passed.