| I think that anything meant for pure enjoyment will be either banned or taxed to death. That trend is already in full effect in Asia, and is picking up steam in Europe and Canada. The US will catch up sooner or later. Third world countries are now the few places where you're left alone to enjoy your hobbies, provided you're part of the privileged few. Here's some examples for you: I was in Singapore last month, cars there are equipped with GSP trackers, every time you exceed the speed limit, you get a text warning on your dash. 3 warnings and it's bye bye driver's license. In Canadia, it used to cost about $200 to register a sports bike. This summer, it'll cost me $1,200. Next summer, $1,400 (this is ASIDE from insurance, by the way), and so on until everyone junks their crotch rockets and gets a huffy. Any car with a motor over 4 liters is heavily taxed here. Any luxury vehicle is taxed more so than an eco-friendly POS. I'm sure I don't need to tell you about cost of gas in Europe, right? Sooner or later, we'll all be driving Hybrid Echos electronically limited at 40mph. But what are you gonna do about it? C'est la vie, as they say.
_________________________________________________________________________________ Im n0t Sarcastic (Kenny): not to over do it, but you're certainly the source of high-class Z mods
ZEngineer24: what do you mean by that?
Im n0t Sarcastic: I just mean, your Z is one I really admire
"The Z is the cause and the solution to all my problems" -- Me
"If your car was my car, I'd think it's broken" 
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