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Originally Posted by e60.deluxe
i got a ticket for a 100% bone stock exhaust in a 92 325i. the 92's have deep throaty exhausts stock for some reason when 93+ didnt.
this was a few years back, i told the cop, look at that, its 12 years old, black and rusty, youve got to believe me thats its stock.
Fing A wasted 2 days in court getting it off.
since then i have been scared to do any mods like intake or exhaust that would make it louder even if it is leagal
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Bro, sorry to hear that happened to you. I too had something kind of similar happen although I did not go to court.
The first cars with catalytic converters came out in 1975. I bought a Chevy Monza in 1975 which was an absolute dog. It had a small 2 barrel carb and it bucked like a bronco at 30-35 mph. I couldn't get rid of that car fast enough.
I then bought a 1976 Super Scirocco. VW was one of the first companies to go with fuel injection. Because of the inherent improvments that fuel injection brings, the car came without a cat, and was certified by the EPA as a smog legal car. The next year, VW had to go with a cat on the car. So, for one year, they sold Rabbits and Sciroccos without the cat.
Minnesota used to have emissions' testing. When I went to get tested, the tester was all over me because of the lack of a cat. He noted that the 1975 Scirocco had a cat [which was because it used a carb] and the 1977 Scirocco needed a cat. So, he wanted to know why my 1976 Scirocco didn't have a cat.
Fortunately, I kept all the info on my car in the glove box. I pulled out a special bulletin that was attached to the owner's manual and showed him that the car came from the factory w/o a cat. He was speechless and ended up passing me. Nothing worse than the smog nazis making our lives much more complicated.