Stinky Sti on 680 South.
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Stinky Sti on 680 South.
I was driving down 680 South yesterday at 6:15 when a blue STi gets on the freeway from Washington, He got on it hard and he was in front of me be about 1/4 mile. I saw lots of gas and fumes spraying from his exhaust and it was the worst smell I've ever smelt. Get your car tuned because that car stunk badly! My wife was asleep woke up and said Roll down the windows. You be killing the people behind you. Just a little FYI.
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Even tuned catless cars will stink a bit when you get on the throttle. That's the problem with catless; if you can smell it so can the CHP. 
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Originally Posted by sroperformance
does not cat make that big of a difference?
yeah its very noticeable. my cars catless and shooting flames every time i let off the throttle, but besides that i had a friend driving behind me and he said that he can totally smell the fumes coming from my exhaust. and yes my car is tuned as well.
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Originally Posted by sroperformance
I was driving down 680 South yesterday at 6:15 when a blue STi gets on the freeway from Washington, He got on it hard and he was in front of me be about 1/4 mile. I saw lots of gas and fumes spraying from his exhaust and it was the worst smell I've ever smelt. Get your car tuned because that car stunk badly! My wife was asleep woke up and said Roll down the windows. You be killing the people behind you. Just a little FYI.
1. pass him, if you can, and then you wont have to worry about the smell
2. change the in cabin air filter
My car smells of gas fumes since I have gone catless, but it doesnt bother me so its all good.
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Originally Posted by 06WRX4ME
1. pass him, if you can, and then you wont have to worry about the smell
2. change the in cabin air filter
My car smells of gas fumes since I have gone catless, but it doesnt bother me so its all good.
2. change the in cabin air filter
My car smells of gas fumes since I have gone catless, but it doesnt bother me so its all good.
yeah....drive around in my 50 plus year old car for a while and the smells that come from my subaru and others are not noticeable what so ever.
**** man... besides the catless smell I've got a small leak from the fuel tank and if I drive w/ my windows up for ~30 minutes I start to feel high.
Gotta get that fixed before it kills me...
Gotta get that fixed before it kills me...
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This is why 1 cat, which may take away 5hp(?) is worth it. It's kinda like saying mr CHP pleae pull me over.
IIRC, the cabin filter is a factory option, so many WRXs don't even have one.
Originally Posted by 06WRX4ME
2. change the in cabin air filter
Originally Posted by OneManArmy
yeah....drive around in my 50 plus year old car for a while and the smells that come from my subaru and others are not noticeable what so ever.