lil_hobbo
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Registered: 1st Oct 07
Location: Collingham, Nottinghamshire
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has everyone else had wot happend to me.. my car got failed because they sed the exhaust was to loud:S.. but there was a scooby in there which was alot louder then mine
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jonnysri
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Registered: 16th Jun 05
Location: Leeds (Ilkley)
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too loud?? surely they cant fail it for that?
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shaunmods
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Registered: 12th Mar 07
Location: Glascote, Staffordshire
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quote: Originally posted by lil_hobbo
has everyone else had wot happend to me.. my car got failed because they sed the exhaust was to loud:S.. but there was a scooby in there which was alot louder then mine
Had it as an advisory on mine They can fail it if they concider it too loud
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swill_omnibus
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Registered: 12th Dec 07
Location: : S. wales Drives: Dodge Caliber
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Personal perception imo if they fail it or not. But yea it was a "scooby" though, they prob think the sound it makes is standard as ive never heard a standard one lmao
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lil_hobbo
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Registered: 1st Oct 07
Location: Collingham, Nottinghamshire
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worse thing about it all i work there!!..
we got a db meter lol it was 89db and the scooby was 100db:S
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Ryan
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Registered: 23rd Jun 08
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quote: Originally posted by lil_hobbo
worse thing about it all i work there!!..
we got a db meter lol it was 89db and the scooby was 100db:S
did you not say 'what the fuck mines 89db and the scoobys 100db'?
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Jakey
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Registered: 4th Jun 07
Location: Sandbach
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Fuck that My boss just used to walk round my car for 30seconds and print me off an MOT
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Chris F
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Registered: 26th Dec 05
Location: Newmarket Drives: Escort Van 1.8
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Mines has never had proplems on the exhuast!
Nd trust me it bloody loud
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Chris F
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Registered: 26th Dec 05
Location: Newmarket Drives: Escort Van 1.8
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quote: Originally posted by Jakey
Fuck that My boss just used to walk round my car for 30seconds and print me off an MOT
Fucking northerners
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lil_hobbo
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Registered: 1st Oct 07
Location: Collingham, Nottinghamshire
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i did then he thru my keys at me and sed take it sumwhere else hahaha.. but i got a standard exhaust coming tmoz.. so my exhaust is going up for sale as of tmoz
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swill_omnibus
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Registered: 12th Dec 07
Location: : S. wales Drives: Dodge Caliber
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Well if you got someone who'll pass it for you don't sell it, you have it how you want it m8 
It's not what you know it's who you know
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daymoon
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Location: Selby, North Yorkshire
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go to another place..
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Ryan
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quote: Originally posted by lil_hobbo
i did then he thru my keys at me and sed take it sumwhere else hahaha.. but i got a standard exhaust coming tmoz.. so my exhaust is going up for sale as of tmoz
shud have called him a cunt tbh, and then printed the certificate off whilst he was havin a brew
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richard_cooper
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Registered: 31st Jan 07
Location: Mansfield, Nottingamshire
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What a load of crap. They can fail it if the exhaust is broke but never heard anyone being failed on it being too loud.
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DJMartin07
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Registered: 1st Feb 07
Location: Bedford/
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I've never had a problem with mine and they recorded it in the garage at 91db, and they pass alot louder stuff than that, Jap imports.
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SportBoy
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Registered: 5th Oct 01
Location: Retford, Nottinghamshire
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89db is fvckall
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DJMartin07
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Registered: 1st Feb 07
Location: Bedford/
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89db is fuck all, my mate Zack, his Scooby is about 105db.
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lil_hobbo
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Registered: 1st Oct 07
Location: Collingham, Nottinghamshire
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89db wont bouncing on the limiter lol.. onli at bout 3-3.5k
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AndyCorsaSport
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Registered: 12th Feb 06
Location: Horsforth, West Yorkshire
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Thats shite, mines a full stainless from manifold back, no silencers, just cat, mine passed.
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Rob_Lee
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Registered: 9th Dec 05
Location: Folkestone Drives: Nova 1.6 16v
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a car can fail if its deemed the noise emiited is louder than that of the orignal car.
Trust me we have has some silly cars at work and failed them on that
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SportBoy
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Registered: 5th Oct 01
Location: Retford, Nottinghamshire
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can only fail for being loud if its deemed louder than that of the same type
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Lynny
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Registered: 3rd Jan 03
Location: oop north! Where people talk properly
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might be my ignorance, but if its standard and loud, its a pass, if its modded and loud, its a fail. I looked into this loads when buying the Trans am, thats silly loud, but its standard so its cool
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Steve X16XE
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Registered: 31st Dec 06
Location: Barnsley, South Yorkshire
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My Astra failed an MOT for..... drivers side door mirror glass broken
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