What are your thoughts on these pardons?
It's me again, early Gen Z guy who is drawn to Republicans because I am very passionate about cars, but also drawn to Democrats due to economics/labor/race, etc. Trump is in the news for pardoning violators of the Clean Air Act. I ask because I've long read about emission control device deletes, the government going after aftermarket tuning shops/companies that sell them, etc. - this scare over the use of "offroad use only" parts on street-driven vehicles back in 2016 tarnished my opinion of the EPA (to this day) and made me less likely to vote for Democrats (or more likely to consider this issue when voting).
I believe, with gas engines, you should be able to modify them however you want, and delete whatever you want (and if the CAA needs to be amended again to reflect that, then amend it), though I don't support allowing new cars to be sold without catalytic converters (I also don't think people will start removing theirs en masse if some people with modified cars do). With diesel engines and "rolling coal" it's different (you can make power without doing that, as legendary diesel tuner Gale Banks says, but people don't want to). I think it's tacky and makes all car enthusiasts look bad to others. However, there are practical reasons for "deletes", and some say the presidential limo itself is "deleted". What is your opinion of these pardons, and modifying the factory emission control systems of vehicles in general?