The 96 Barchetta I bought a few weeks ago failed its first MOT but luckily only on the two things I was expecting - firstly a rear foglight needs sorting out, the actual unit (the holder?) is all rusted so needs changing and secondly, and more expensively, on exhaust emmissions. The last six inches of one of the twin pipes at the rear had fallen away so I'd pretty much factored into my money that I would get the exhaust changed sometime soon anyway. The garage which carried out the MOT wanted £320 for "front box, rear box twinpipe, fit kit, labour and VAT" but I remember reading on here sometime that DTR do stainless steel exhausts which are loads better and have a lifetime warranty so thought I might go for something like that.
Anyway I chatted with someone from DTR just now and have booked the car in next week to get the exhaust system sorted out. But I've just seen on the website that you can either get an exhaust with one big single oval pipe or one with 4 pipes for a bit extra. Which should I go for? Is one louder than the other? Is one supposed to be better performing? Cheers for having patience to explain to someone who isn't too familiar with cars, let alone Barchettas, what the options are!
Oh one other thing! Just looking at the MOT test results now. Under the idle tests it shows that they test for Engine Speed, CO, HC and something else that looks exactly like an upside-down y. What's this symbol stand for?
Anyway I chatted with someone from DTR just now and have booked the car in next week to get the exhaust system sorted out. But I've just seen on the website that you can either get an exhaust with one big single oval pipe or one with 4 pipes for a bit extra. Which should I go for? Is one louder than the other? Is one supposed to be better performing? Cheers for having patience to explain to someone who isn't too familiar with cars, let alone Barchettas, what the options are!
Oh one other thing! Just looking at the MOT test results now. Under the idle tests it shows that they test for Engine Speed, CO, HC and something else that looks exactly like an upside-down y. What's this symbol stand for?