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[MazdaMan069]

Originally Posted by SixSick6

Why are you telling me your life story? You should be gathering parts and getting ready to have your exhaust fixed. I don't care how often you visit your girlfriend or where you bought your car. Driving it in the current condition is stupid and will kill you. Log off and go fix it.

You mentioned her coming to see me so I told you that she does. You asked for that. You had a full explanation coming. Nothing satisfies you. You just keep pushing people like it's your job.

The parts are ready. Tomorrow i'll be heading over there to fix it. (Maybe even tonight.)

I didn't realize how dangerous it was. It's just one of those things I dind't think about. I'll get it fixed and thank you for the info and concern. If you want to keep going on about it, go for it. That's all you.

[cuJe5ter]

not to fuel a fire or anything...but my exhaust DID fall off after the cat completely. the hangers must have broken off at some point before it, because once the pipe snapped the whole thing fell off and was hanging by a single rusted hanger where the muffler is.

yes, not having a flex pipe would have added to it cuz my other car didnt have a flex pipe either and i'm pretty positive that the vibrations are what caused the problem (aside from rust) in the first place.

ur right. money can be a bitch. sometimes it takes alot of work to get something done, whether it has to be done or u want it to be done. but u get to it when u get to it. simple as that. my suspension could probably cause me to die if something were to happen...but i can't afford to fix it yet. thats just how the cards fall.

[defiler]

I used to have the exhaust ending under the shifter too for about 2 months (Was only supposed to be temporary, but we all know how that goes )

I fixed it after I took a 2hour drive, and I thought I was just sleepy from not sleeping, but I was sick as hell also... so yeah, it can [fizzle] you up...

[SixSick6]

There are two hangers by the cat, two in the rear before the 90 and 4 going to the back by the muffler. All of those are thick 1/4 pieces. It doesn't matter if the pipe breaks, the exhaust still has to be physically taken off. If the pipe breaks you can simply slide another section over it and hold it temporarily with exhaust wrap which works great in a pinch. This whole thing could have been temporarily fixed long ago for less than $10.

As far as this being my job, it's far from it. If I had a dollar for every piece of good advice I've given I'd be a rich man and you know it. I just see bad information on the regular and give my opinion. Believe me, I've wondered why I bother for many years now. I'm pretty much done with this site.

[defiler]

If the pipe breaks you can simply slide another section over it and hold it temporarily with exhaust wrap which works great in a pinch.

Or hook a new peice of pipe up with a set of exhaust clamps (Hell, even some cheap flexpipe, which COMES with the clamps). 10bux and you got the break fixed up good.

[SixSick6]

Yeah same thing and is on the same endcap. I'd bet many cheeseburgers have been eaten, many movies have been rented, many bottles of Snapple have been drank while getting filling up at the gas station to go see a GF thats lives 100 miles away instead of fixing what actually needs to be done.

Bottom line is that this can KILL YOU and making excuses for not fixing it is just as dumb as taking it off in the first place. Even something that leaks would be better than something that isn't there.

http://www.mx6.com/forums/1g-mx6-oth...connected.html (Running with downpipe disconnected?)

[MazdaMan069]

I could do that, but where it broke, there is a hanger welded onto the pipe, so i'd have to move the hanger or extend the pipe first. But i'm fixing it this weekend so theres no point of temp fixing it.

Damian, you do give good advice and I respect you for that. But you can't sit there and say that something dind't happen while you're 2k miles away and I was driving while it happened. I promise you that it rusted off. It didn't fall completely off the car. It may have sounded like I said that now that I think about it. But what happened was the part where it broke....it fell to the ground and was scraping. So I had to pull over and pull the whole thing off.

Sorry to start such a war here. It's dangerous and i'll get it fixed.

[SixSick6]

I don't care what you promise, keep driving it for all I care. It's just a bad idea any way that you look at it and needs to be pointed out so others don't follow the same stupidity.

Had it happened to me, I would have had it fixed immediately but thats the difference between being 21 and 30. Come to think of it, I didn't even do things like that at 21 either. How could you not know that this was/is dangerous? C'mon man this is Jr High Science Fair stuff.

Stop with the excuses, admit that the reasons you didn't get it fixed were excuses, and get it fixed.

[MazdaMan069]

Originally Posted by SixSick6

Yeah same thing and is on the same endcap. I'd bet many cheeseburgers have been eaten, many movies have been rented, many bottles of Snapple have been drank while getting filling up at the gas station to go see a GF thats lives 100 miles away instead of fixing what actually needs to be done.

Bottom line is that this can KILL YOU and making excuses for not fixing it is just as dumb as taking it off in the first place. Even something that leaks would be better than something that isn't there.

http://www.mx6.com/forums/1g-mx6-oth...connected.html (Running with downpipe disconnected?)

Dude are you not listening?

I dind't take it off for fun or anything of the sort. The pipe broke in half. It was dragging on the ground. Rather than starting a fire or breaking more [shizzle], I pulled it off. I saved it so I could put it back on when I was available to do so.

As for the cheeseburgers, snapple, etc.

I don't make any stops along the way. Only sometimes if I have to pee. But I don't buy anything along the way.

You give good advice, but get over yourself. It fell to the ground as in "not connected anymore". No use. Fin. Sparks, dragging, etc. Get it? Jesus.

I realize it's dangerous as hell and i'll take care of it. Would you like me to take video of the process so you believe that I put it on? Of course then you might accuse me of photo chopping or putting it on someone elses car, etc.

*Edit* Yeah, I knew it was dangerous but I didn't care. I didn't stop to think about it. For not getting it done at a shop is becuase of money. For not getting together with my friend and getting it back on is because i'm lazy. Laziness is an excuse. I'll give you that. But i'm done discussing this becuase it's going nowhere fast.

[defiler]

I could do that, but where it broke, there is a hanger welded onto the pipe, so i'd have to move the hanger or extend the pipe first. But i'm fixing it this weekend so theres no point of temp fixing it.

Or do what I did. Where that section is, fab up a quick hanger with a clothes hanger or something (I used copper wire tied up).

Cheap 1 dollar hanger that works for the time being.

[SixSick6]

Exactly. There are plenty of things you could have done that you simply didn't do.

Excuses are like A-Holes, everybody has one.

[Zach]

Originally Posted by SixSick6

When did this exhaust fall off....yesterday? No. It's been that while for quite some time no? Get a girlfriend who will drive to see you, a job that is closer, and will give you more hours if you're going to blame all of that on the reason you have nothing for exhaust past the downpipe.

Exhausts don't FALL OFF, they're TAKEN OFF. There are plenty of hangers underneath that will stop an exhaust from coming off completely. Hell, even a leaking rusty exhaust would be better than what you have now. It has nothing to do with being a "baller" and everything to do with being "SMART".

Get your exhaust fixed.

a bend and some clamps to make it exit out of the site will cost you ~$20 from VatoZone.

[Fastest95PGT]

My 1g stock catback broke off the cat flange (on the exhaust side). It hit the ground regardless of what hangers might have been in play.

[defiler]

Weird. My old LX did the same thing, but it didnt hit the ground

[Fastest95PGT]

I was smart enough not to drive it again till my new one came in.. which when I was under it adjusting the e-brake noticed it was pretty well rusted already just 40k and 2.5 years later. Oh well, I'll probably patch it as it starts to leak (weld style) if it's not too bad and just buy another of the same once it's bad enough.