And this is really close to the first car I ever rode in (brought home from the hospital in a 250 gte in the same silver color). Looks like nostalgia costs about a quarter of a million dollars.
Lots of eye candy in there - When did an Iso Grifo get to be a million dollar car? Check out the Lancia 037 too... and that boxer looks pretty reasonable in crazy money for a car terms...
here's the full page: http://jalopnik.com/seinfeld-gets-to-drive-the-most-beautiful-car-ever-made-466270844 Take a look about half way down. The exhaust on the car stops underneath the rear valance, and the tips are bolted to the rear hatch (bonnet?) so they tilt with the hatch. There is a several inch gap between the end of the real exhaust and the chrome tips.
Here's the tips pointed down:
Absolutely would drive that even with the 'weird' exhaust.
All this proves is what we already knew: Italians know nothing about building cars.
here's the full page: http://jalopnik.com/seinfeld-gets-to-drive-the-most-beautiful-car-ever-made-466270844 Take a look about half way down. The exhaust on the car stops underneath the rear valance, and the tips are bolted to the rear hatch (bonnet?) so they tilt with the hatch. There is a several inch gap between the end of the real exhaust and the chrome tips.
Here's the tips pointed down:
Absolutely would drive that even with the 'weird' exhaust.
You'd be surprised how many "dual exhaust" cars on the road today actually run the exhaust off the manifolds into one cat and one muffler. Then split it out from the muffler for "two pipes". All Nissan's do this.
I've seen many examples of that. But a real and a fake tail pipe for one muffler is a first.
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Feb 3, 2015 - 1:54pm
Red_Dragon wrote:
Was behind one of these yesterday. You can't really see it in this image - couldn't find a good example - but the right tailpipe of the pair is a FAKE. It's connected to nothing. Oh, how the mighty have fallen.
You'd be surprised how many "dual exhaust" cars on the road today actually run the exhaust off the manifolds into one cat and one muffler. Then split it out from the muffler for "two pipes". All Nissan's do this.
I think that's a great idea - keep the gear-heads happy inside their cars and give the rest of us some peace. Provided there is an interlock so you can only crank up the acceleration if the windows are up.
It's actually not a bad effect. And I do get the idea of maintaining 'the experience' while not bothering the neighbors (also meeting the noise regs I'm sure). But there is something visceral about the exhaust noise - an SLS Mercedes is a pretty wonderful sound to a gearhead.
That's okay, the exhaust sound is now generated by the ECU and piped through the stereo. Still love my E46, but I'm looking hard at the AMG side of the fence.
I think that's a great idea - keep the gear-heads happy inside their cars and give the rest of us some peace. Provided there is an interlock so you can only crank up the acceleration if the windows are up.
Was behind one of these yesterday. You can't really see it in this image - couldn't find a good example - but the right tailpipe of the pair is a FAKE. It's connected to nothing. Oh, how the mighty have fallen.
That's okay, the exhaust sound is now generated by the ECU and piped through the stereo. Still love my E46, but I'm looking hard at the AMG side of the fence.
Was behind one of these yesterday. You can't really see it in this image - couldn't find a good example - but the right tailpipe of the pair is a FAKE. It's connected to nothing. Oh, how the mighty have fallen.
