Undersized exhausts / pea shooters...

[JCB123]

Followed one of these the other day and thought the exhausts looked tiny compared to the car....



This is what is should look like.



Any other examples of cars let down by their little pipes?

[DocArbathnot]

i think you will find on that Audi W12 Example the pipes are quite small!! What you are seeing is a bit of trim on the bumper (peer inside to see the actual pipe)

[illmonkey]

Most cars! A lot have a small pipe and a 'end' stuck on, or (as said above) a bumper trim.

But, ones that annoy me are the Freelander 2 and the Jag XF.

[Martin_Hx]

I quite like cars with understated exhausts, in these days of bling bling im fed up for cars trying too hard to look sporty ! Some cars just take it a bit too far...

Unless its something like a Zonda !

[Dr Interceptor]

The ones on the Cooper S Countryman - they've always looked ridiculously small.

[SebastienClement]

What's wrong with hiding the exhaust like many 90s cars?

[Captain Muppet]

I miss the days when the end of the exhuast pipe was just a saw cut.

I hate exhuast trims. Pointless.

[Chapppers]

Undersized? How about if you'd bought a car with no apparent exhaust at all?



Later cars had them exiting just above the diffuser, but for some reason mine comes out of the floor like a bloody diesel.

[stephen300o]

Big tailpipes are completely unnecessary, it's just fashion.
You can just about see the wee pipes inside the falsies on this Ferrari Scuderia:

[JCB123]

There's nothing wrong with hidden exhausts at all. If it doesn't suit the size of the car, hide them, like on the A8 in the first picture.

If they're going to be visible, make them part of the system, and suitably sized.

[Captain Muppet]

JCB123 said:

There's nothing wrong with hidden exhausts at all. If it doesn't suit the size of the car, hide them, like on the A8 in the first picture.

If they're going to be visible, make them part of the system, and suitably sized.

Suitably sized for styling, or suitably sized for function?

[otolith]

I thought this was an improvement, aesthetically.



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[Loplop]

I like the standard E38 items that can't be seen.

[okie592]

Compared to the size of the car it's stupid

[blugnu]

I've always thought the Honda Civic ones look rubbish. Shame really

[Agrispeed]

I love the Lotus elise with no visible exhausts.

They are so easy to get wrong and they can ruin the flow of the car.

Anyway... The original triumph spitfire exhaust is pretty bad.



(random photo)

Explains why everyone replaces them with wheelbarrow handles.

[otolith]

Agrispeed said:

I love the Lotus elise with no visible exhausts.

The Toyota engined models have exhausts sticking out from under the rear diffuser, but they're still fairly visible?

[ging84]

is this a joke?
the ones in the OPs picture are not even particularly small
and there are 2 of them

[SturdyHSV]

Monaro VXR exhausts look really small to me now that I'm used to bigger ones. They don't really fill the opening in the bumper either, and they don't make any noise whatsoever...



I prefer the Wortec pipes:

[Baryonyx]

Most modern cars with massive 'ports' on the back look fairly uninpressive at less than 20ft, where you can see the tiny pea shooter pipe inside.