WTF is all that! Looks like someone has stuffed something up your exhaust.The guys also sorted out my exhaust as a freebie while I was there.
The baffles were not happy, so were pulled
Out
All out so I can now see through the exhaust to the first bend
New tyres put on
Bye bye bridgestones, you won’t be missed
Some more pics
The guys also sorted out my exhaust as a freebie while I was there.
The baffles were not happy, so were pulled
Out
All out so I can now see through the exhaust to the first bend
Got alignment done too
Was all a bit out,
On the drive back (2 miles 30-40 mph) obviously not much to report, although I did get the impression that the road noise was reduced when compared to the mpss.
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Photo shows its a 280 ST so a 2015 car
How did you notice this had happened ?
Verdict so far - sounds better but not significantly louder. What is definitely noticeable is the dsg farts, which a can now hear with the window closed (up TIL now I have had to stick my head out of the window, and I’d only notice them in 1st and 2nd hear, as the wind noise would drown out anything else. Token photos included.
No obvious drone either, although I haven’t really done much more than my 15 mile commute. The roads are bad enough, and the Michelin’s noisy enough, such that all I could hear was the usual road noise.
One thing that I did notice, however, which may spawn a new thread, is that there seems to be something odd about my passenger-side exhaust outlet. I have noticed for a while that the other one has significantly more carbon deposits that the letter most one. Initially I thought this might be due to some valve system in the exhaust that would shut one off at low lod (like the system my old 335i had). However, after looking at the exhaust today when I returned home I noticed a couple of things. Firstly then right exhaust was very hot - this may be normal, I can’t recall the last time I bothered to inspect the exhaust after a drive, but the second thing was that the left exhaust was making a funny sound, and not much was coming out. After looking down the pipe I noticed something that looked like a hairball stuck down it.
Is this an indication that the muffler could have problems?
(apologies if the picture isn’t great quality)
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During the cold snap last week on startup i noticed there was only steam coming from the drivers side exhaust on my 300 whilst it was on idle. Worried i may have a blockage now unless that's normal !
Looks great
Are those badges wrapped or Plastidipped?
Looks like my bullshit has been called
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To be honest the Kwik Fit near me have always been great, but then it helps that the guy doing my tyres had a Mk2 Supercopa
Just wanted to say a quick thank you for all of the kind posts. As a number of you have said, it’s gutting but at the end of the day I’ve still got all my arms and legs left, and the car will (hopefully) be repaired. The only thing I’m not looking forward to now is the £850 excess
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