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Cruising down the M4 towards South Wales on Friday night all was well, the fore-warning of hold ups displayed on motorway signs apparently a left over from an earlier rush hour well behind us, Jade was snoozing and the radio was low, all was cozy; in an instant the engine noise changed form a well tuned purr to a Grunty Roar! I pulled over on the hard-shoulder to investigate, a weld had broken on the new exhaust and the pipe was just dangling below a nice big hole in the engine block. So with another 110 miles to go I proceeded gingerly at a reduced speed of 70mph and increased volume of 120dB. I was worried the lack of back pressure from the detached exhaust system may upset the mechanics of the engine at such a prolonged and sustained speed but we made it, although 25 minutes later than planned and attracting more odd looks from motorists and drunk pedestrians than were necessary.\n
\nI have found an autoparts place in Cardiff that has my exhaust in stock! (Gasp!!!) Though slightly expensive I expect to get a refund from the Unipart center in Hastings where I originally bought the one that woke up the entire population of Caerphilly at 2 o’clock on Saturday morning. I can’t pick it up till Monday morning so I will have to ring work and explain..ooops!!! Initiative will come into play to get the job done, I need to get the car up on ramps that at present don’t exist, luckily I carry my own tools with me for such occasions but I know the nuts on the engine block are an odd size and I don’t have a socket to fit, hmmm. I expect to be back on the South Coast by the evening as I need to take my guitar round Chains and teach him a few learning techniques, may show him some stuff on the guitar too \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"