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[–] [email protected] 87 points 1 year ago (28 children)

Meanwhile I'm getting pulled over multiple times for my loud exhaust because my muffler fell off and I don't have the money to fix it.

Then the cop pulling me over has to stop talking as a motorcycle drives by so loud he can't even hear himself.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

That's because the law wasn't made because rich assholes, but because broken exhausts, wether by design or by negligence, are a god damn nuisance.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 year ago (5 children)

And yet the people who's cars are loud by design are largely ignored because fuck the poor.

"Hey I see your muffler is broken"

"Yeah I don't have the money to fix it"

"Well now you'll have even less money, here's your $150 ticket"

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Compared to straight pipe, you would have a short pipe. Being so much closer to the engine, you'd get more noise. Even straight pipe dampens the noise a bit.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

In Germany its usually the fast cars that get pulled over for being too loud, my exhaust pipe on my old car was completely rusted through and I drove through a police check where they pull everyone over.

They didnt say anything regarding the exhaust.

I replaced it before the next inspection, because I would have never passed with it rusted through.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (8 children)

at least in Germany there is an inspection...

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Probably they seen rusted car and understood that it's not your initention to be loud.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

yeah but people actually love loud motorcyclist, right?

https://youtu.be/ylhsbfQTPDQ?si=WMg7tui56hDDTjp1

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[–] [email protected] 75 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The problem is that loud pipes are CHEAP.

Literally straight-piping your car is one of the cheapest mods.

You actually have to pay more money if you want more performance and for it to be (relatively) quiet. That's one of the reasons loud vehicles are so common because and best solution for more performance is also the cheapest.

(It is more complicated than that, but this isn't the car community to where the nuances matter)

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (8 children)

Is there a car community on Lemmy yet?

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So far I've only seen the very vocal anti car community

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

No and with how most of the users lean, I have a hard time believing a car enthusiast community wouldn't be brigaded 24/7

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yup. When my exhaust fell off, I replaced it with straight pipe because it was the cheapest option. I also don't rev my engine through neighborhoods, so no body cares. I can't tell much of a noise difference in or out. I think the turbocharger did most of the damping.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

In a lot of places a turbo is considered a muffler or sound damping device which allows for exhausts to be straight piped after the turbo legally.

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[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Just put a vuvuzela in the exhaust pipe.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just remove all the exhaust manifold and let the gases just exit the engine without any noise filtering.

After about a couple of hours of driving, the owner will probably come back and ask for louder pipes.

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Or conversely, having bass boosters so strong that it's questionable as to how you car hasn't fallen apart.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nothing like hearing that bass followed by the trunk lid rattle on a 20 year old Pontiac.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Literally turning you car into a maraca

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago (13 children)

This post is funny because it's true

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (5 children)

The funny thing is the loudest exhaust possible is probably the cheapest as it's basically just a pipe with no features

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ironically enough nobody in the world has been deterred from loud exhausts because of the cost. You literally just cut the muffler off, you can do it for under $10 working from scratch

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

Please don't tell them.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I refer to them as “cool guys.”

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It must be hard when your accomplishments are so little that no one notices you exist; i might be an obnoxious man child just to get people to notice me too.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I knew what this was before I clicked it to be sure lol.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Or dont have one

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