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Old 01-16-2009, 02:46 AM   #13 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Christ View Post
Exhaust every few years? Since when? I've never seen a car that the exhaust system needed to be replaced every few years, in fact I've driven 30 year old cars that had the OEM pieces on them... explain?
Short trips - where the exhaust doesn't get toasty - leaves condensed moisture inside the exhaust system. Lot's of short trips rusts out the muffler & pipes from the inside out.
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