Yeah, it's the second time that happened too... last time it was the end muffler. Cant lie though, even though it was ridiculously loud i cant say i didnt enjoy it... had to record a few videos of it, for memories sake...
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Now its crudely welded together and still blowing underneath the middle console (the handbrake handle becomes slightly toasty on long drives), but at least the police hopefully wont stop me for it. Its just temporary until i find a way to resolve my upgraded exhaust issue...
Yeah, it took me a while as well until i realised my cat situation, but i'm glad i did before planning ahead too far. I'd have loved to try and do some improvements performance-wise, but with the ECU being non-chippable due to the economy stuff being hard-coded in it, there isnt really alot to do. But at least they do the efficiency thing pretty good, without hypermiling but still driving a little conservative i managed to hit a max of 42.8 mpg.