barmyowls   11 #1 Posted May 7, 2018 Noticed it a lot more since nice weather has come;) , Cars and Motorbikes With what seems like very loud Exhausts - Hillsborough areas Is there a reason to have them?? personally I cant see point of them Making a racket and can hear them 3/4 streets away Ban them I say - or is there a valid reason to have them Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
jdamarine   10 #2 Posted May 7, 2018 probably just to upset owls fans, i'm not sure Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Litotes   63 #3 Posted May 7, 2018 (edited) small <removed> or inferiority complexes Edited May 7, 2018 by nikki-red Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
hackey lad   3,827 #4 Posted May 7, 2018 Makes them go faster Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Skink   10 #5 Posted May 7, 2018 back in my youth I had an insanely fast GSXR11 that Stuart Royle tuned for me - I insisted on a quiet exhaust (which made his life difficult) because it attracted too much attention otherwise  In all the years I rode it only got stopped once, ironically in a 30mph zone - IMO loud pipes on the road are for folks who want an audience or dont know any better (or have really small weeners?) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
smithy266 Â Â 21 #6 Posted May 7, 2018 Yep, if it aint noisy, it aint fast. I was at a car show today, parked up with a load of sports cars. Most were just too flipping quiet as they drove in and out, mine wasn't...but makes a healthy rasp. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
choogling   14 #7 Posted May 7, 2018 the exhaust noise is inversely proportional to brain cell count Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
hackey lad   3,827 #8 Posted May 7, 2018 (edited) the exhaust noise is inversely proportional to brain cell count  :thumbsup: And that also goes for the bass system pumping out bad music Edited May 7, 2018 by hackey lad Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Guest   #9 Posted May 8, 2018 Depends entirely on the car....most of the time on all the lovely 1.0L Corsas with 5" tips etc they are pointless and are usually reducing performance because the engines need the back pressure. With turboed cars you usually want to get the exhaust gases out as quickly as possible, hence removing restrictions like silencers. AFAIK.  But it's personal preference, plus well-designed exhausts tend to be expensive, cheap ones tend to be loud  Personally I prefer quiet exhausts, or only as noisy as they need to be. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
monkey104   10 #10 Posted May 8, 2018 back in my youth I had an insanely fast GSXR11 that Stuart Royle tuned for me - I insisted on a quiet exhaust (which made his life difficult) because it attracted too much attention otherwise In all the years I rode it only got stopped once, ironically in a 30mph zone - IMO loud pipes on the road are for folks who want an audience or dont know any better (or have really small weeners?)  That was one of the things I liked about my GSX R1100. It was insanely fast but so quiet!  Unlike my present bike:) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
L00b   441 #11 Posted May 8, 2018 Depends what the cars are.  Out here every other car is a (real) Merc AMG, a (real) Audi RS or a tuned Mustang/Yank tank. With the odd supercar thrown in (Lambo, Ferrari, etc.)  They don’t come in “quiet version” to begin with: it’s the 4+ liter engine that’s loud, not the exhaust.  The obvious bonus point, is that there are no chavtastic 1.0 Corsas and 1.4 Civics Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
cgksheff   44 #12 Posted May 8, 2018 There are laws and regulations governing this subject, but they are rarely enforced, so most folk think they can get away with doing what they like. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...