Multiple exhaust tips - WHY?!

[nomank]

Kind of on the lines of this post: http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

Was being tempted back into SLK55 ownership when I saw this awful thing:


The standard 55 looks right with the 4 exhaust tips...but 6?! WTF.

As for the lambo door conversion...

Autotrader link:
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2015...

[Alucidnation]

Thanks OP.

I was starting to miss another exhaust tips thread.

[mph1977]

'cos it goes up to 11 innit , blud

[DrDoofenshmirtz]

It's to get maximum attention from school boys.

[pad58]

The Golf R has two too many.......mind you I have only two maybe one two many.

[xRIEx]

I have a one cylinder engine with two exhausts.

[ZOLLAR]

More exhausts = car goes faster.

duh!

[nomank]

I also can't help but think those doors will just fly off the car in any kind of impact!

[996TT02]

Perhaps the owner is an organ...

[Rincewind209]

But even the standard CLK doesn't need 4 exhaust tips, it only needs 2.

[The Moose]

Apparently it's a multiplier to produce the 'supercarness'!

Also nice Porsche alloys!

[kambites]

Presumably the owner thinks it looks better. After all, the four on the original were only there for aesthetics, two would be perfectly adequate.

[Matt UK]

DrDoofenshmirtz said:

It's to get maximum attention from school boys.

This.

I find these mods actually help me when buying used, always grateful to the bell-ends who make it easy to rule out even clicking on their advert

[xRIEx]

Rincewind209 said:

But even the standard CLK doesn't need 4 exhaust tips, it only needs 2.

Did you mean CLK or SLK? And are you referring to an AMG or a lower model? All the (recent) AMG models I am aware of have 4 exhaust tips as standard ([CL]A45 is arguable). "Need" is another conversation altogether.

[Rincewind209]

xRIEx said:

Rincewind209 said:

But even the standard CLK doesn't need 4 exhaust tips, it only needs 2.

Did you mean CLK or SLK? And are you referring to an AMG or a lower model? All the (recent) AMG models I am aware of have 4 exhaust tips as standard ([CL]A45 is arguable). "Need" is another conversation altogether.

Yes I have often wondered how far the manufacturers were going to take this, they are purely for show. I prefer a more subtle approach. I mean it's fairly bloody obvious the thing shifts if its pushing in excess of 400 BHP.

[pork911]

nomank said:

Kind of on the lines of this post: http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

Was being tempted back into SLK55 ownership when I saw this awful thing:


The standard 55 looks right with the 4 exhaust tips...but 6?! WTF.

As for the lambo door conversion...

Autotrader link:
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2015...

and similar to that other thread, Sir, you appear to have a Cayenne

[xRIEx]

Rincewind209 said:

xRIEx said:

Rincewind209 said:

But even the standard CLK doesn't need 4 exhaust tips, it only needs 2.

Did you mean CLK or SLK? And are you referring to an AMG or a lower model? All the (recent) AMG models I am aware of have 4 exhaust tips as standard ([CL]A45 is arguable). "Need" is another conversation altogether.

Yes I have often wondered how far the manufacturers were going to take this, they are purely for show. I prefer a more subtle approach. I mean it's fairly bloody obvious the thing shifts if its pushing in excess of 400 BHP.

This thread has made me wonder, has any manufacturer released a car with more than four exhaust exits as standard?

[hornetrider]

xRIEx said:

This thread has made me wonder, has any manufacturer released a car with more than four exhaust exits as standard?

Isn't there that Lexus thing with three stacked on each side?

Edit: no, it's two on each side vertically but still looks gash.

Edited by hornetrider on Tuesday 28th April 09:42

[xRIEx]

hornetrider said:

xRIEx said:

This thread has made me wonder, has any manufacturer released a car with more than four exhaust exits as standard?

Isn't there that Lexus thing with three stacked on each side?

Not that I've seen (and just done AQG); the IS-F has the two stacked either side, of course.

[daytona365]

For an answer to this, think back to the sensible days of the Porsche 928 or even the XJS exhausts.