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Just wondering why that here in Australia we are banned from having exhausts that come out of the side of the car as as far as i can see there is no real danger in having the exhaust coming out from the side i only bring this up as i believe that it looks much better. thanx
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Cos it blasts exhaust fumes in the faces of pedestrians more than a rear mounted exhaust p'raps
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You mean that a car like the Mercedes SLR McLaren is banned from Australia ?
Seems strange to me.
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Strange? Nah... the Aussies have good taste in cars, that's allOriginally Posted by EvilPaladin
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"We used to come down, doing about 180mph. We take off over the bridge and change down to 4th gear in the air. Go through the righthander with the car drifting, and let it swing out through the lefthander and then slide out to the wall, where we simply stopped it with a flick of the wrists"
-Vic Elford, on Maison Blanche in a Porsche 917
UCP's Most Hardcore Armchair BTCC Fan & Anthony Reid Supporter
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Don't know about the SLR McLaren but the Viper for Europe lost the side exit exhaust and had a tamer rear pipe fitted
Imagine for a second you're a kiddie in a push chair in a city where your mummy shopsNow tell me that side exit is OK !!
Personally I don't think the USA have the same concern as people and cars don't mix as much as in Europe
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And what about walking just behind one of those GM Firebird concepts ?
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As for the original question, i think its just a matter of the Australian Design Rules (ADR's), same as the ADR's prohibit you from fitting a shaker scoop to Falcon's made after 1971 or something like that.
With the Viper, the 25 first generation versions that we got as far as i know only had the RHD conversion doen in Victoria. Soon we'll be getting the new Vipers imported through Chrysler Australia on a special order basis to try and get the price cut below $200K
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