Exhaust Notes and Car Alarms!

[Ikemi]

Now I understand that in the grand scheme of things, this thread is completely pointless ... However I wanted to share this with you, due to the fact it brought the biggest grin to my face and made my day!

I am relatively new to Elise ownership and with every drive I am discovering more about the car. What made me laugh today was when I passed a Jaguar X-Type parked up on the pavement, the burble from my (what I think is) standard exhaust set it's alarm off! Couldn't believe it, as many state the standard exhaust isn't very loud anyway! It's not the first time this has happened either. I've also set off an alarm on a Scenic whilst driving past slowly and a M3 when I started up my engine next to it in an open car park!

So, what alarms have you set off and what weapon ... I mean ... exhaust did you use?

[Ikemi]

The smile has been wiped from my face ... It seems one of my rear Koni shocks has blown and is now leaking oil Just thinking through whether to replace to two Koni shocks at the back with new Koni's or go for the S2 Bilsten upgrade all round. Do the Bilsten's provide a more harsh/stiffer/uncomfortable ride? I realise they are a lot quieter, but that doesn't particularly bother me too much! What sort of prices am I looking at for two Koni's fitted or S2 upgrade fully fitted?

[L888DER]

Muller effect ?

[purpleperil]

Mine appears to set (or deactivate) a particular car's alarm as I get a short 'chirp' each tyime I pass it - I don't know whether its the new exhauset or Super Charger that's doing it but it must be driving the owner nuts!

[S Works]

A hot (i.e. had been driven for a good hour or two at motorway speeds), decatted Sport 160 with old Janspeed exhaust (practically no baffles left) in underground car park in London. Set off any number of alarms which in turn, set off a whole load more. Hilarious. The loudest car I've ever owned.

Then there was my Mini Cooper S Works which I ran with an RC40 straight-through exhaust (decatted) which was so loud it used to give me a headache on the motorway. That used to set alarms off everywhere I went, and popped and banged like f*** when it was hot on downshifts.

Miss them both. The Honda's very civilised at low revs but when it's hot it sounds lush.

Re: suspension, get rid of the Koni's and upgrade to Bilsteins. About £600 plus a geo I think is roughly the going rate.

[TTwiggy]

My alfa 147 gta used to set off any alarm in the vicinity - the old 3.2 howls like a banshee...

[classiccooper]

My Mini Cooper (real one not BMW rubbish) sets of every car alarm in the street as I drive down the road unless I am very carefull!!!!

[tomtom]

Mine doesn't manage it too often, then again I never take it to underground car parks, but I did manage to 'startle' a 3-Series last night on a narrow street

[JTBUSH]

Theres a little b&stard down our street who has a Fiesta ST with a stainless DTM exhaust on it. He has discovered that when he drives past my Elise, if he revs his car, he can set my alarm off. Oh how I chortle as I hear this little c*nt driving up the street revving his engine. Im gonna let the dobermann out one day with the order "give him pain", if he carries on. Its well annoying having to find the keys then go out and turn the alarm off.

[Twinpipe]

[shay2nak]

I've got an Exige S with a 2B blowpipe with stock cat and I always set off car alarms. I love it! Forbid I go into a parking structure...all hell breaks loose.

[ptp170]

Weapon: S2 with ptp conversion and Janspeed exhaust + sports cat.

Target: VW Golf's, Range Rovers and Jags are sooooo easy to set off.

The bizzare thing is that there is a new build house close to where I live and I manage to sometimes get the house alarm off !! I can't quite figure out how...must have sensors on the window panes or something!?!?!