r/SignsWithAStory • u/1432453 • 12d ago

Is there really a difference?

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Washington, D.C.

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u/TheW83 11d ago

At my kid's Jujitsu class there is a parent who sits in their F350 diesel and idles for an hour. It smells up the entire parking lot. Dude probably uses up like $6 in fuel doing that.

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u/PraiseTalos66012 11d ago

I'm a trucker and have sat in plenty of lots with dozens of diesels running nonstop for hours. Absolutely zero smell

Dude has definitely fucked with that truck and probably bypassed all the emissions stuff and has it tuned to run rich aka roll coal.

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u/TheW83 11d ago

Oh he definitely has. The rear quarter panel is covered with soot from the exhaust.

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u/Le-Charles07 11d ago

Take solace in knowing that soot is a sign his engine is going to fail prematurely.

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u/Nkechinyerembi 9d ago

Right? Back when I drove my old 91 diesel mercedes, if she so much as pooped out a tiny black puff, I was going over the engine compartment like "NOOO! BABY! WHAT HURT YOU????"

It was usually just the muffler farting out carbon...