Had a mare of a day today.
Some background information: I had my Clio 172 Cup serviced on Monday by a local place who I have taken quite a few cars too. Made a special point for them to check my exhaust as I was sure it was blowing but could not find a hole. They said it was absolutely fine and was not blowing at all.
Today, driving back from Alton Towers for a 200 mile trip my exhaust sounded slightly different. This got progressively worse but I kept quiet not wanting to worry my girlfriend as we were only 40 miles into the joruney. Eventually she said your exhaust doesn't sound right so I told her I thought it was different and I would check it out at the next services. It ended up getting so bad that I pulled off the M1 into a farm and had a look. The exhaust was hanging about 10cm from the ground, almost completely detatched hanging from just the remains of the mount.
I called the RAC out and he just yanked the backbox off the car and said it will be fine. He followed me for 20 miles and all was well with the exhaust in the boot. My god, the noise was immense. I couldn't talk to my girlfriend sitting next to me, it was that loud. I physically couldn't stand taking it about 3k RPM due to the noise, ended up limping at about 64mph most of the journey home. Anyway, after 6 hours I am now back
Im planning to take the exhaust back to the garage tommorow to see what they have to say. The welds of the backbox had completely failed, I am sure they would have spotted this when the car was on the ramps, I was adament the exhaust was blowing and there are no other holes.
Some background information: I had my Clio 172 Cup serviced on Monday by a local place who I have taken quite a few cars too. Made a special point for them to check my exhaust as I was sure it was blowing but could not find a hole. They said it was absolutely fine and was not blowing at all.
Today, driving back from Alton Towers for a 200 mile trip my exhaust sounded slightly different. This got progressively worse but I kept quiet not wanting to worry my girlfriend as we were only 40 miles into the joruney. Eventually she said your exhaust doesn't sound right so I told her I thought it was different and I would check it out at the next services. It ended up getting so bad that I pulled off the M1 into a farm and had a look. The exhaust was hanging about 10cm from the ground, almost completely detatched hanging from just the remains of the mount.
I called the RAC out and he just yanked the backbox off the car and said it will be fine. He followed me for 20 miles and all was well with the exhaust in the boot. My god, the noise was immense. I couldn't talk to my girlfriend sitting next to me, it was that loud. I physically couldn't stand taking it about 3k RPM due to the noise, ended up limping at about 64mph most of the journey home. Anyway, after 6 hours I am now back
Im planning to take the exhaust back to the garage tommorow to see what they have to say. The welds of the backbox had completely failed, I am sure they would have spotted this when the car was on the ramps, I was adament the exhaust was blowing and there are no other holes.
