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Old 03-04-2017, 09:37 PM   #29
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Default Re: Two Friends Killed After Sitting In Modded Ford Fiesta ST

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Originally Posted by malazn mafia View Post
Have driven my car for years with a definite exhaust leak, can smell unburnt gases in the cabin if car is on boost or under heavy load. Haven't passed out or passed away from the fumes yet? Are some more tolerant to CO than others ?
And you haven't fixed it...why...?

You're not "more tolerant"...you're just very very very lucky. And remember that other, smaller people in your car (if you have kids or carry kids) will be even less "tolerant" to it because of body size.
Recall the horrifying news stories from many years back of people who thought thier kids were just asleep in the back of their people mover (when people movers like the Tarago, etc, were popular) and got to the end of their road trip to find their kids either dead or needing hospitalization with brain damage from exhaust sneaking in through bad rear hatch seals...

Fix your exhaust...please...there's just zero excuse...

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Originally Posted by XR Martin View Post
Does the Fiesta ST have one of those sound tubes that route exhaust noise into the cabin?
Maybe that caused it when combined with the exhaust leak?
I remember the first time I saw a tech article on a car fitted with those "sound tubes"...I think a Ferrari...and my immediate thought was "What sort of stupid idea is that?? Can't you see the possibility of exhaust fumes entering when things start to wear a bit??"
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