Show Us Your Motors!

Kenai · 29 Dec 2019 at 11:49

[TW]Fox said:
It's crap plastic trim regardless of what is behind it.

Still not in the same league as the **** take that's fitted to the S4 though, which was the point in the first place

I'd rather have fake trims with actual exits behind them than completely fake blank exhausts, especially when you're buying a performance variant

(regardless of whether it is plastic, on the Skoda they're metal though, be surprised if Audi weren't metal too, it looks like a similar setup)

Can't be bothered rehosting whilst on my phone but just look at the absolute state of the exhaust in this photo. You'll spend thousands on the car and just end up with people pointing and laughing. It's not even subtle.

https://cdn.motor1.com/images/mgl/lXX6E/s1/2020-audi-s4-sedan-turbo-blue-in-bolzano-italy.jpg

Akagi · 29 Dec 2019 at 13:13

Oh wow that is a new level of *****.

grudas · 29 Dec 2019 at 13:15

Yeah Audi is easily one of the worst when it comes to fake exhausts! I'd rather have twin exit single side than fake quads

tom_nieto · 29 Dec 2019 at 13:19

grudas said:
Yeah Audi is easily one of the worst when it comes to fake exhausts! I'd rather have twin exit single side than fake quads

They could even say that it’s harking back to the days of the B5 S4. Oh well...

LiE · 30 Dec 2019 at 09:22

The original point I was making was that on the A4 Avant, the face lift they made it worse. Proper exhaust tip looks better than these pea shooters with a massive surround bringing your attention to the pea shooters.

My car:

Face lift:

Kenai · 30 Dec 2019 at 09:52

Yes they do look better with genuine exhausts, nobody said otherwise.

All cuke2u was saying was that at least it still has two actual exits there, unlike the S4 which has a completely artificial pair of exhausts with nothing behind them.

LiE · 30 Dec 2019 at 10:56

Kenai said:
Yes they do look better with genuine exhausts,

Yep, that was the entire discussion. Whether it has 1, 2 or 4 actual exhausts behind the surrounds doesn't really make a difference to how **** they look

It's probably more annoying that they still have 2 exits, it wasn't even a cost saving thing to have a single exit, then "fake" the 2 exits using surrounds.

Kenai · 30 Dec 2019 at 11:19

They look infinitely less **** than the S4 exhaust though, surely you can agree with that?

naefeart · 30 Dec 2019 at 11:21

I'm not saying anything, I still loved my stacked exhausts...

They were real, kinda.

Gibbo · 30 Dec 2019 at 11:59

I think manufacturers use exhaust tips now as many give options when building a new car, chrome tips, black tips, carbon tips etc.

Not the best photo, will be some in my thread though but I took this last night and the triple exhaust on the 458 is just tips, but there is a real exhaust connected to them, but I know Ferrari have a lot of accessory tip designs ranging from matt black, chrome black, chrome, burnt chrome, carbon etc.

I love a chrome shiny exhaust, never really understood the idea of black exhaust tips unless the goal is to simply hide the exhaust completely, the Abarth has black exhaust tips and you simply cannot see them from a small distance away but in fairness having quad tips on a car the size of a shoe is pretty daft anyway so its probably for best they are hidden.

P.S. Ignore the doors and make shift ramp, the garage is a work in progress as only moved into the new house this month, waiting for Summer to tidy it up somewhat.

Jonnycoupe · 30 Dec 2019 at 12:01

This thread is exhausting.

Dis86 · 30 Dec 2019 at 12:23

Jonnycoupe said:
This thread is exhausting.

I think we're just hitting the tip.

Janesy B · 30 Dec 2019 at 15:32

Dis86 said:
I think we're just hitting the tip.

A catalyst for some great discussion.

Gibbo · 30 Dec 2019 at 16:42

OK just frontal shots then.

Gave the car a good clean yesterday as it was dry and as the sun came out, took the car to work today, then picked the Mrs up and went for a drive, then got it back and decided to give the inside a valet, all the glass a good cleaning and the engine bay a good clean too, made sense to get it looking pretty spotless and now its parked in the garage where it can stay warm as next coldish spell is expected.

V F · 30 Dec 2019 at 18:21

@Gibbo Gradient blue sky? What?!

Gibbo · 30 Dec 2019 at 18:44

V F said:
@Gibbo Gradient blue sky? What?!

A rare sight in the UK, but what a lovely day it has been.

Axeboy · 30 Dec 2019 at 20:41

naefeart said:
I'm not saying anything, I still loved my stacked exhausts...

They were real, kinda.

Hah, it was the one thing I didnt like about the ISF but it seems to have become the norm with many moderns. At least there are 4 behind the fakes

shadow_boxer · 30 Dec 2019 at 20:47

Ryan-3 · 31 Dec 2019 at 16:06

Nevermind exhaust tip discussion. How about some exhaust noise! The M156 in any AMG makes noise aplenty. And a naughty noise too. Very clean shadow_boxer

Rroff · 31 Dec 2019 at 16:16

Ryan-3 said:
Nevermind exhaust tip discussion. How about some exhaust noise! The M156 in any AMG makes noise aplenty. And a naughty noise too. Very clean shadow_boxer

Could do with a new tip on my truck's exhaust :s it is corroded quite badly. Noise is quite nice for a diesel truck as well.

EDIT: Was gonna get a video but mine is cold, cold so don't want to rev it too much - it's a bit like this but mine has a different exhaust so not 100% the same https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ms99Q7GyCGI