Every time you press down on the gas pedal and give some power to your vehicle, there are several small explosions occurring in the engine that will be transmitted through the exhaust systems to the outside world to allow for a quiet conversation with the outside world. Fuel ignites. Pistons move. Power is made. After all the heat and gas escapes, they will have to go somewhere else; it won’t end up in either your lungs or cabin.
When things get too noisy as they exit through the tailpipe of a vehicle many people do not think about where all the gases and heat go until they are embarrassed by how bad it sounds (i.e., when the car sounds like a shopping cart full of silverware). That is when the mysterious plumbing under the floor becomes very real.
But here is the thing. That long stretch of metal tubing is not just there to quiet things down. It is doing serious work, quietly and consistently, every single drive.
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