Ferrari Mailing List: Re: General Ferrari/exotic market cycle

[Doug & Terri (dnt]

Times change and with the changing times - so do the theft targets.

Remember when it was fashionable to steal Corvette 4 speed transmissions?  Or 
special chrome wheels not to mention MB hubcaps and hood ornaments?

Well - that was penny ante stuff.  Now it's catalytic converters and air bags.

Not only stealing those items but filling the air bag space with newspaper (?? 
- Oh yeah), regluing the flap and a quick coat of black flexible paint.  Viola. 
 Krylon overhaul.

Saw it many times especially from cheapo repair shops from "The Hood."

Oh boy
DOUG


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Subject: Re: [Ferrari] General Ferrari/exotic market cycle

Not providing legal advice, but then again, that activity is illegal under most 
state codes.  Ohio as an quick example.

http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/4549.20v1

See section B.

*(B)** No person shall install or reinstall in any motor vehicle a counterfeit 
or nonfunctional air bag or any object intended to fulfill the function of an 
air bag other than an air bag that was designed in conformance with or that is 
regulated by federal motor vehicle safety standard number 208 for the make, 
model, and model year of the vehicle, knowing that the object is not in 
accordance with that standard.*

Clyde is right, if the part to repair it back to the legal standard is not 
available, off the road it goes.

Let's not even get started with tort law assuming someone is injured because of 
a non-functioning supplemental restraint system...

If you want to play design engineer at home, it makes a lot of sense to start 
with a chassis made prior to 1967.

Careful what you recommend Fellippe, those PE letters after your name come with 
a tremendous amount of public safety responsibili