Fake Exhaust Sadness
So, this isn’t easy as it means admitting a shortcoming about my car - a Golf R Estate. There are lots of manufacturers doing this nowadays but I still found myself very disappointed not long after ordering this car when I learned that of the 4 exhaust tips, the 2 inner ones won’t pass any exhaust gasses unless airflow decides to make a 90 degree turn! The tips are purely for display and aren’t even connected to the back box which means cleaning the 2 outer ones of soot after every few drives to hide my shame. A small detail, yes… But infuriating knowing that’s the way it is.
Is anybody else out there willing to share details about standard aspects of their car that write cheques it can’t quite cash?
Comments
Yeah this is the exhaust on my car which is kind of embarrassing
All the manufacturer had to do was weld the tip to the muffler.
even mercedes does it with the new C63 AMG because the exhaust tips are kinda integrated into the back bumper, so they are not connected directly to the rest of the system to prevent vibration noises and stuff. but either way its kinda sad to see that, i think then you should generally look for another design choice to solve that AND please connect the tips to the actual exhaust system
It is indeed infuriating. Especially knowing that 50k+ cars also feature such fake tips .. We need to start a petition!