Your first time getting recovery

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So last week on friday evening I hit something in my car (drove over it) and it cracked my exhaust. Took it to kwik fit on monday for a free exhaust check and they confirmed I need a new centre part of exhaust. After trying to force a sale I said no and drove away. Took a video of the crack and showed my mechanic yesterday (Wednesday) . Asked if he could weld some metal over it which he refused to because he said it's rusted so will just blow holes in it. He told me to get it replaced asap but I wanted to make the exhaust last another week. Went to work today and first off my 2004 yaris 1.0 started sounding like the smiley transits (banana engines that the ice cream van uses). That's when I thought my exhaust is on its last threads and I need to get it changed. 5 minutes later my car sounds like a Lamborghini and I can hear the exhaust bopping up and down, hiting my car and the road. Pulled over straight away. Quick look under my car and i was horrified haha. Arranged recovery to my mechanic, got my dad to get the exhaust part and got it fixed quick. Learnt my lesson to fix issues asap and that's the first time I got recovered. Been driving for 5 months.

I'll add some pictures and videos of what happened

What's your first time being recovered? Would be great to hear

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What I found funny about kwik fit is that they would've charged me £1.75 to dispose the old exhaust. So I pay them to call the scrap metal man

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LosingGrip said:

Only been recovered once and that was on my bike. Easter Sunday ride. Clutch went five miles in.

Thankfully they didn’t take long to turn up.

Actually that’s a lie. Also recovered when I worked at Tesco. Coolant leak I think. Didn’t mind that as I got paid to sit at the side of the road and had less work to do.

Lol I got paid as well whilst broken down, I deliver for Amazon and just loaded my car up. Shouldn't have bothered if I knew haha. But even then I lost money with the recovery fees! Makes me want a transit

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oldaudi said:

My first time being recovered was due to something very similar. Exhaust split and the back part dropped and hit the floors like yours, but it stuck in the road and actually pushed the back of the car up and pushed the rear wheels off the ground. It was a FWD little pug 106 gti and I was going pretty quick at the time.... the rear bunny hopped down the road, I was absolutely crapping myself, had no idea what had happened..... AA came out and put it in reverse to put it on the ground , snapped it off and then put me on the flat bed. Shame it was before camera phones

I’ve also been recovered twice in my b6 Audi A4 , mostly due to coil packs and misfires.... twice in my xc90 volvo recently... various warning messages about steering and anti skid awd messages that didn’t really give me confidence driving it on the motorway.... .. and once in a brand new a4 due to throttle body

Edited by oldaudi on Friday 16th April 07:57

Arranged recovery due to this, too far from home (10 miles most of which on a13) and was thinking if the exhaust catapults my car into the air at 50mph, it won't be fun haha

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Chedders said:

Only broken down once, it was 2007, I was 17 in my first car, a Peugeot 106.

The clutch gave up mid overtake, but still had enough momentum to finish the overtake - the guy I was overtaking was not pleased!

Had to wait 2 hours, but my time was being occupied by being attacked by a feral turkey. When the AA bloke finally arrived, he was attacked too, but managed to sort out a tow rope and dragged me back. Strange, strange day.

Seems like something always happens when you wait for recovery. In my case a traffic police seemed to take interest at me looking under my car but left me to it after I told them what's happened and arranged recovery. Also had some terrible reception. First time to break down for me, at 18 years old.

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mcflurry said:

Similar happened to my Yaris and exhaust.
Fortunately I was 2 streets away from home, so nursed it there, got a coathanger and rehung the exhaust until I could get it fixed

Otherwise been on an AA trailer when my smart key wouldn't unlock the car (twas a software fault, fixed under warranty)

Must be one of the newer yaris, to have smart key. My 2004 doesn't have it even as an option. Would've done similar but I doubt itd hold up on a 10 mile drive!