NON STANDARD EXHAUSTS?

[billyboy]

A quote from a well known performance car mag:

"Readers living in Scotland may have to watch their back as local police are targeting non-standard exhausts.Even though a system might meet all emission standards,Fixed Penalty Notices have been served if an increase in noise is registered.

One understandably angry Subaru owner has even had his PPP exhaust declared ILLEGAL"

Whatever Next

[ANDYJDMSTI]

that is me f@cked then.......................but they gotta catch me first!!!!

[andy]

<< local police are targeting non-standard exhausts. >>

Not for the next couple of days they're not

[wrxmania]

Read a LOT about this in general and on Scabbynet.

Mmmmmmmmm

[imprezapete]

Well I would see them in court for one, dam law and rules are as clear as mud on these exhausts.

If that was the case the companies making them should have been put out of business for selling illegal goods!

[Gee Wr1]

This is up here in Inverness.

The Police have been booking people over having"Illegal" exhausts for over a year now but they pulled & booked a PPP WRX (02 ithink) seems the guy booked is good friends with a few bods at Prodrive & asks them why his PPP exhaust is "Illegal" ??? Subaru took up the case. Have not heard any more on it though.

[jacqui_robb]

I can vouch for that Dont get me started tho! If it aint the standard exhaust the car was manufactured with - it's illegal in their eyes

[sma01]

whatever next....they cause hassle for innocent people who like getting enjoyment from their cars, rather than catching real criminals, its a disgrace

rant over

[imprezapete]

<< I can vouch for that Dont get me started tho! If it aint the standard exhaust the car was manufactured with - it's illegal in their eyes >>

Well I would take it to court, police trying it on by the sounds of it.

I would want to know how the hell can they think of doing you for the above, the cars exhaust is a consumable item on a car. It will require changing, after that point its not an original manufactured exhaust, also the likes of Subaru contract out parts to other companies to make money from design/patents rather than on the items production.

So that means that any exhaust other than the one provided by Subaru garage is illegal, so that means all the motor garages including the big chains are selling illegal exhausts.

So when are the police going to shut down these suppliers of illegal goods? dont they do this to conterfit stalls in markets and to drug dealers?

Also if the exhaust meets noise level requirements its within the law in that respect.

Sometime the police are so jumped up

[fai17]

<< that is me f@cked then.......................but they gotta catch me first!!!! >>

Me too............

[Gee Wr1]

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<< I can vouch for that Dont get me started tho! If it aint the standard exhaust the car was manufactured with - it's illegal in their eyes >>

Well I would take it to court, police trying it on by the sounds of it.

I would want to know how the hell can they think of doing you for the above, the cars exhaust is a consumable item on a car. It will require changing, after that point its not an original manufactured exhaust, also the likes of Subaru contract out parts to other companies to make money from design/patents rather than on the items production.

So that means that any exhaust other than the one provided by Subaru garage is illegal, so that means all the motor garages including the big chains are selling illegal exhausts.

So when are the police going to shut down these suppliers of illegal goods? dont they do this to conterfit stalls in markets and to drug dealers?

Also if the exhaust meets noise level requirements its within the law in that respect.

Sometime the police are so jumped up >>

Miss Scooby did & she won the case Thats why she said "Don't get me started" lot of time & bother!

[jacqui_robb]

<< Miss Scooby did & she won the case Thats why she said "Don't get me started" lot of time & bother! >>

....And solicitors fees

But, as Gee said, I WON, NAH NAH NAH NAH NAH!

[ormiboy]

so miss scooby did you actually end up out of pocket ??? im sorry for my legal ignorance but ill be going up your way soon and im already getting paranoid about the local cops.

thanks

[Gumball]

SH5T

I hope they dont pull me for my standard prodrive system that helps my car knock out 320bhp and is 100% legal

LOL

[colin_ross]

Think I might have to invest in a bung. Not for my exhaust of course, just a sly £20 if I get pulled. Nudge nudge

[Gee Wr1]

<< so miss scooby did you actually end up out of pocket ??? im sorry for my legal ignorance but ill be going up your way soon and im already getting paranoid about the local cops.

thanks >>

No need to be worried really just don't drive round town like a tw*t especially at night when the boyracers are out. It's in the town people are getting pulled. Never had any bother of them myself (fingers crossed ) & Gumball mines putting out 320 through Prodrive exhaust to