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The ticket is not a cop judging the event as it being guilty or innocent. He is someone who has been trained to take the information and document it on the spot to be presented and then judged in a court of law. The discretionary part that a policeman has ,is there enough evidence of an issue/crime to warrant bringing it up to the Magistrate. So add one car long skid marks and a ditch means write a ticket. Your son presented evidence that it was a mechanical issue and was found innocent. Being a cop and doing your job by the book does not mean you have a grudge or hatred of something and you want to punish people. Yes there are some police that will do this but they are weeded out fairly quickly and disciplined/retired as the case fits. Art

References, business licenses, place of work address, insurance are very important. My boat lives at a marina and a great talking mechanic helped out my slip neighbor. It seems his wallet was to heavy so after lightening it he did part of the job and disappeared like smoke. Lesson learned Art

Who knew. Art

We have a sticker that is issued by the Coast Guard if you invite them to come aboard and check all of your equipment. It doesn't mean that you would not be spot checked by DNR. They usually will see the sticker and then ask to see 1 or 2 items from the list like a life vest and your extinguisher. They will then ask you to hold up your fishing license or we also have a whole boat license we can purchase for extra money that covers everyone on board. I have a personal license as well as the whole boat license to cover my friends that do not fish but once or twice a year. After a check or two DNR knows the boats they have checked and they will usually give you a wave and ask how the fishing is. Art

I fish a local pond with this boat. It fits in the back of the pick up and one person can load and unload easily. http://www.pelicansport.com/en/products/fishing-boats/bass-raider-8 I paid $600.00 US 4 years ago and you it will fit on a canoe cart for short portages. Art

Good job and in my book I give first place for the big old bluegill. Art

The strawberries look delicious the jars look like they are full of roe lol. I am sure that the taste is excellent though. Art

I have no issues with complying with the rules of the road/water and if I decide to break them then I am big enough to pay the fine. For someone to destroy a vehicle be it a boat or a car should be an outrage to the community that paid for it in the first place. I live with the rule if it is not yours don't touch it without permission even if it is left idling at the wharf. Few things boil my blood as people doing stunts like this. Art

Very nice of you Mike thank you as always for your generosity to OFC as well as being a heck of a good guy. Art

We have a winner..... Art

Actually they already do they tax it before it gets deposited. lol The fishing license fee is something that you opt in for if you want to fish it is not mandatory. Kind of like the fee to go to a movie or amusement park. Those type of money raising do not bother me as much as taxes that are on products you need to live. Art

nice Vid thanks for posting. Art

The Spiel mobile nice rig me friend it would look good running down the road with your boat behind it. Art

If you are unsure of why it died/overheated and it could be the impeller it is better to have it diagnosed by a professional and repaired. The penalty of over heating can be expensive. Art

IF you are talking about a well system then you need it to protect your water system from over pressuring if the switch arc's together. If it is city water then it is rare to see one and our local codes do not require one. The water heater also has a pressure temperature relief valve to safe guard the system. The water heater one is set usually at 120 lbs. The well tank one is set at 75 psi using a rv50 valve. Please be advised that the statement is for the rules and regulations for the USA and may not be correct for Canadian building codes. Good luck Art

My first wetting in the world of turbos was to take a 280z and mod a 280zx turbo and controls on to it. The turbo controlled by the mass airflow sensor reboxed and then run thru a volvo intercooler has a separate pressure switch that closed off the return to the tank and raised the fuel rail up to 65lbs. Talk about lighting the candle when you floored it. lol. It would eat corvettes on the straights as well as keeping the balance correct in the corners. Best car I ever built out as far as performance. The current ride is the eco boost that is stock and with the sequential twin turbos and the 3.72 gear set it has all of the grunt I need to tow as well as getting surprisingly good gas mileage but not as good as they advertised. I have gone to 2 wheels now for my speed fix with a SR500 track bike that is street legal and my latest build is a RZ350 with a custom programmable CDI,exhaust,porting, carb.,punched out twice over. So far we have gone from 42 HP to 67 at the rear wheel. The clutch had to be reworked from a R1 as well as beefing up the suspension to keep it controllable. I love two strokes. lol. Sorry for the distraction from the original post. Art

Thanks Lew for the info. Hopefully someone will get back there property. Art

The sprinter at 152 HP and being heavy and bulky you pretty much use the throttle as an on off switch. The shift points are it's down fall at 4000 rpms and with the load of the A/c running it takes time for the turbos to spool up and get the ratio back in line for fuel/air. I think as we press forward on the design of turbo's and getting them to react faster and more stable we will see them become common on almost all vehicles. Art

Raf they are having issues with the O2 sensors on the one mounted by the turbo chargers. They keep sending conflicting info causing sooting that cakes on the turbo and clogging down the line. Another contractor is running 3 of these engines and has replaced 4 O2 sensors and 1 turbo before 100 thousand miles. The EGR recycling valve also sticks and will soot up and put the vans into limp mode. The solutions so far is to run BnG diesel additive in the fuel. Before running this additive the back of his trucks would be sooted in 2 days and now it is just slightly discolored in 2 weeks. Art

The Mercedes connection was dissolved when they sold Dymilar-Chrysler over the diesel engine design. The Mercedes motor found in the Sprinter vans has issues and was then evolved exclusively to the blu tech engine for the only Sprinter now produced for/by Mercedes. Sadly the added technology did not make the engine as good as the inline 5 they used up till 2005. Fiat entered in as Mercedes left and then the final evolution of the Dodge motor was created. Either way you got a very nice truck and it should give you years of carefree service. Art

You are correct Bernie it was $3600.oo worth of parts and labor to fix if I wanted it to be done. The shop manager and the dealership both went to bat for me and asked Nissan to pay and it still fell thru. Needless to say while I really did love the Titan as a truck with a few flaws it was the companies polices that made it a vehicle I will not own. Art

I can pipe in on the Titan. Anything before 08 has an issue with the rear axle seals leaking with the repair recommendations as replace rear end at customers cost. My 05 at 36000 was leaking and a bulletin was to replace the rear end as a unit not just the seals. Nissans response to me asking for help was to offer an employees discount if I bought a new one. I am now driving an eco boost F150 and I am really happy with my choice. Art

Don't be afraid of the eco boost I have been around many of them as well as owning one and purchasing the second one soon. They will not give you the mileage they posted however they are a joy to drive. I towed 4000 lbs for 14 hours straight from Canada to Virginia and it never even hiccuped. If you really want to know what vehicles are having issues do a search for bulletins on the vehicles you are considering. They are the way to see what national issues a vehicle is having rather than peoples opinions of what their friends, brothers, cousins etc. had with their vehicle. Art

Feel free to banter with someone using logic and courtesy however if it continues to get personal I will lock it down. Thanks Art

Meet the twins on my boat. They are Chrysler 318's. Art