CorsaBNor
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Registered: 5th Apr 02
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i want to warn you all about what might happen if the joint between front and rear exhaust parts will rust and come off.
your rear exhaust is only fastened at the far rear with two rubber things, and when it falls of, will make your car do a pole vault. it will actually lift the rear wheels of your car..
it happened to me once, but luckily i was in a car jam, so it only lifted the car gently. managed to reverse into a side street, so i was dragging the pipe instead.
after this happened, i always check this before every summer season. if this happens at high speed, the car might roll over. i have seen this happen in denmark.
beware and check under at your exhaust before going on longer trips...
this is Corsa B exhaust
[Edited on 21-11-2009 by CorsaBNor]
[Edited on 21-11-2009 by CorsaBNor]
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davieslim
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Registered: 15th Sep 08
Location: Glasgow City
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lol thats extreme, ill need to watch out for this
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sharpy28
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Registered: 1st Nov 08
Location: Ashton-Under-Lyne (Manchester)
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i saw this happen an a saxo a few weeks ago
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FAZ
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*JonnyG*
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Registered: 2nd Jun 08
Location: Lincolnshire
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no pics?
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like it!!
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Registered: 23rd Dec 08
Location: Cheshire
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holly shit i better go check rite now!
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Nic Barnes
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absolutely mental. and i thought it would juist sit on the rear beam. wow.
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boz_gsi
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he means the back box falling from where it joins the middle pipe but back box staying on the rubbers. well least i think hemeans that lol
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alan-g-w
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I can see if spinning round on the rubbers and sticking out the back of the bumper before it vaults the back of the car 2 feet in the air.
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Nic Barnes
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ive no idea where mine is joined at. i dont think it will happen though.
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Simon_16v
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Registered: 14th Aug 06
Location: Yorkshire
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Good job on my Corsa its stainless steel
[Edited on 21-11-2009 by Simon_16v]
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jonnysri
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Registered: 16th Jun 05
Location: Leeds (Ilkley)
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good job i dont drive a corsa
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CorsaBNor
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Registered: 5th Apr 02
Location: Norway
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the joint is behind the rear suspension beam. then when it falls down, it barely miss that beam. and yes the back box stays on and the pipe lifts the car..
i will look for the pic of the rolled over corsa. i took a pic in denmark...
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am4nf
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Registered: 27th Jul 08
Location: South Ayrshire Drives: Corsa Sport
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same sort of thing happened to me with a shity punto I had, backbox came off and acted as an emergency brake
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ShEp
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Registered: 9th Aug 05
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bollocks, it'll rip the mounts off
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CorsaBNor
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Registered: 5th Apr 02
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nope. perhaps the mounts will fall off, but i wouldnt bet entirely on that. as this has happened to me, i just wanted to warn you. next time you lift the car up for an oil change or something, just check for rust on that place.
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Twitch
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Registered: 3rd Nov 09
Location: Flitwick, Bedfordshire
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Happened to my corsa december last year scared the shite outta me but was only going through town at 30mph but still was enough to think it was the end of the world
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Crana
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Registered: 20th Jan 09
Location: Newcastle
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Mine fell off at the front and just scraped and made loads of noise lol no lifting
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FlaFFy_91
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Registered: 30th Sep 08
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Didnt they do this on mythbusters a while ago?? Not with a corsa but with something else??
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allza
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Registered: 14th Jun 04
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Yeah i saw it on a mythbusters type program. They did it with propshaft into a hole. Im sure it didn't work.
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