C00RSA
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Registered: 7th Jun 05
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The goverment have come up with a new wonderful plan to ban exhausts.
New Proposed Law
1st ban plates now ban changing our exhausts.
Petition below:
Sign The Petition
Not that they will ever be able to enforce it as they will put thousands of workshops out of buisness & work.
Sorry If a pearoast!
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Hamish
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Registered: 4th Apr 05
Location: Ashtead, Surrey Drives: 100bhp Mint with Hole
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what a load of shite
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Kurt
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Registered: 23rd Oct 05
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sounds a load of crap, theres already a law on exhaust noise anyway
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Baskey
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Registered: 31st May 06
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cant work, my clio sport is loud as with its ss zorst, however its no wear near as loud as my old mans classic MG.
Id love to see the deffinition of what constitutes a 'moddified exhaust'
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Daniel_Corsa
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Registered: 21st Apr 04
Location: Wigton, Cumbria
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Motorbikes 
My old fella's bike is alot louder than my car!
April '06' Corsasport Feature Car | Aug '08' Total Vauxhall Feature Car | Spring '09' Fast Car Feature Car
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ed
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Registered: 10th Sep 03
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So what happens if you have converted your 1.2 8v into a 2.0 16v?
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corsa_rob
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Registered: 22nd Jan 06
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quote: Originally posted by Daniel_Corsa
Motorbikes 
My old fella's bike is alot louder than my car!
same as mate!
just signed it up!!!
anyone thats pissed off with it watch this..
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=MSIIkMCKe7w
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ed
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Registered: 10th Sep 03
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But anyhow, that's an Irish news article, so what the hell is signing a petition on Gordon Browns website going to to do?
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Ste L
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Registered: 3rd Jul 06
Location: Manchester Drives: 106 16v Rallye
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quote: Originally posted by ed
So what happens if you have converted your 1.2 8v into a 2.0 16v?
you have to run the stanard 1.2 ehaust on it
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IvIarkgraham
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Registered: 27th Mar 04
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it will never happen
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willhouse
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Registered: 11th Jul 06
Location: Sheffield
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they will not be able to blanket ban performance exhausts as it would simply cripple companies such as exhausts uk etc and they would no longer be able to trade.
i can see a decibel test being brought in for an MOT test though, or modified exhausts having to meet an approval standard like the TUV regs in Germany.
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Lee Wilson
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Registered: 20th Feb 06
Location: Fareham, Hants Drives: XE Corsa
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How can they define what is and isnt illegal, thiers got to be a line somewhere. Some cars a pretty loud as standard. It's never going to happen IMO TBH.
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Ian W
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Registered: 8th Nov 03
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Isnt just for cars made after 2010 *if* it comes into effect
[Edited on 22-10-2007 by Ian_Gsi16v]
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Ste L
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Registered: 3rd Jul 06
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quote: Originally posted by Ian_Gsi16v
Isnt just for cars made after 2010 *if* it comes into effect
[Edited on 22-10-2007 by Ian_Gsi16v]
if it does come in it say's ..
"BOY racers have until next July to get rid of modified exhaust pipes on their cars"
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Ian W
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Registered: 8th Nov 03
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quote: Originally posted by Ste L
quote: Originally posted by Ian_Gsi16v
Isnt just for cars made after 2010 *if* it comes into effect
[Edited on 22-10-2007 by Ian_Gsi16v]
if it does come in it say's ..
"BOY racers have until next July to get rid of modified exhaust pipes on their cars"
Im not worried lol, they try and ban everything at least one
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little_duke
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Registered: 21st Aug 06
Location: Tamworth,staffordshire Drives: rover coupe
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ive signed due to police trying to tell me mine was ilegal the other week
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ed
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Registered: 10th Sep 03
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I think that when somone from the Government reads that statement from the petition creator they will forget all about this ban and think they need to invest more money into education.
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Fonz
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Registered: 12th May 06
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quote: Originally posted by corsa_sri_mark
ive signed due to police trying to tell me mine was ilegal the other week
without wanting to hijack the thread why did they say it is illegal?
imo it cant happen, far to much of a financial problem with the loss of trade, jobs, income 9and with it tax) and will force "boy racers" to look at other mods....inlet/exhaust manifolds for eg first
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little_duke
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Registered: 21st Aug 06
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just because they tried pulling me for my german plates but i had my originals in the boot.so i changed them on the spot and they had nothing to do me for 
tried to throw the book at me
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Butler
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Registered: 2nd Jun 05
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'Boy racers'! Dickheads who know nothing nor give a shite for real car enthusiasts come up with this crap. Its like saying, ban fishing rods they are dangerous, I wouldnt give a crap cos its of no interest to me but to someone else its their passion so fair play. Obviously some old fuck with too much time on his hands came up with this.
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Butler
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Registered: 2nd Jun 05
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Would be quite funny to beat the hell out of a standard exhaust and remove all the baffles, ultimately making it louder than a modified one lol.
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little_duke
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Registered: 21st Aug 06
Location: Tamworth,staffordshire Drives: rover coupe
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quote: Originally posted by Butler
Would be quite funny to beat the hell out of a standard exhaust and remove all the baffles, ultimately making it louder than a modified one lol.
would be something that!
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ed
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Registered: 10th Sep 03
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It wouldn't be funny because you would have modified the exhaust from it's standard spec thus making it illegal.
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dan_c4rsa
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Registered: 12th Dec 06
Location: North Yorks Drives: MK3 Seat Cupra
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if you live by a road you live by a road dont complain about the noise.
I live in the middle of nowhere but i can still hear every single car etc on the road half a mile away because its so quiet. Who care's, sometimes its funny because some sound like really shite drivers in the wrong gears 
Anyway my point is i think you should get done for a loud exhaust if your sat there revving the fook out of it doing naff all, but if your driving and its loud its ok. There was actually something on a bike forum for harleys etc with exhausts that rattle windows and it aplies to them.
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nik
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Registered: 19th Jun 00
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TBH it should be illegal to run a noisy exhaust on any pony engine - it just sounds fucking annoying
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