Letter from EPA

[PO15KA]

Bag of nails at 5:55am

kurwa! i am tempted

[kabel]

I received a letter from the EPA today ,apparantly a police office has reported my Astra as too noisy, I now need to get my Astra tested, what a waist of good police resourses, especially with all the drama going on in Melbourne at the moment!
Looks like the Magnaflow might have to go! Damn!!

So how do Harley`s comply then ?

[hazrd]

haha thats a very valid point!

[Jerram]

haha thats a very valid point!

I think it's different for motorbikes. I seem to recall earlier this year they were considering changing the laws for bikes and people had a whinge because their main argument was loud bikes are good for safety (you can hear them coming)

[SIMid]

people had a whinge because their main argument was loud bikes are good for safety (you can hear them coming)

So cars should be loud to warn pedestrians then (especially ones on the phone or using their Ipods)?

Wouldn't it be easier to throw on another hotdog? I did when I had my Cali to quieten her down a little.

[KingOfAstras]

EPPPPAAAA EEEEEEEEPPPPAAAAAA

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So how do Harley`s comply then ?

most of the time they don't, they are defective. You should be counting your lucky stars that you don't live in WA. They HATE people with loud cars/bikes. I think that most Harley's don't have many mods over there because the coppers are way to strict.

NSW isn't that bad but it's still crap, I recall with my lancer it was reaching approx 130 dB on a good day (Tested by a cheapo dB reader)

I think the law back then, might be the same as now but you get fined X amount for being over the dB level and then additional money for ever 10dB over. I don't recall if there were points involved, but it's very stupid. Especially when I worked around the corner from the EPA testing area.

There was a story a few years back, where they tested this persons car next to a mountain face with the rebounding noise from the rock it amplified the exhaust noise resulting them in having a defective car.

LOL @ EPAAAA EEEPPPAA

Good luck!

[lithium]

So how do Harley`s comply then ?

Harleys with modified exhausts don't - they get defected too
a stock Harley isn't that loud

[xplosv57]

My mate and i got EPA'd once a few years back, they do a test at idle and at 3500rpm, and the tester have to be a certain distance away from the vehicle, new cars are from memory 89dB and older cars 95dB (i failed miserably at 128dB.....)

[Majobie]

My mate and i got EPA'd once a few years back, they do a test at idle and at 3500rpm, and the tester have to be a certain distance away from the vehicle, new cars are from memory 89dB and older cars 95dB (i failed miserably at 128dB.....)

Xplosv57, do you recall what the distance was that the tester did it from? also when you failed, what happens, do you get fined :blush: or told to go away and fix her up? I just bought a DB tester from tricky dickies and I'm getting 102db near the pipe at idle!