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Well, that was a bit weird...
trailingspouse
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in Motoring
Late last night I happened to be passing my car (Jaguar XF 3.0 diesel. Twin exhausts - this is the important bit!!)
I noticed something odd about one of the exhausts - and realised that someone has stuffed an onion into it. An actual onion. And quite a big one at that.
I retrieved it, and checked both exhausts with a torch to make sure there were no other random veggies. I also had a quick look at the cars up and down the street in case there was a serial onioner on the loose.
But now I'm wondering - if I hadn't noticed, and had driven the car, what would have been the outcome. Would there have been any damage of any sort? Would it have been worse if I'd just had a single exhaust?
I noticed something odd about one of the exhausts - and realised that someone has stuffed an onion into it. An actual onion. And quite a big one at that.
I retrieved it, and checked both exhausts with a torch to make sure there were no other random veggies. I also had a quick look at the cars up and down the street in case there was a serial onioner on the loose.
But now I'm wondering - if I hadn't noticed, and had driven the car, what would have been the outcome. Would there have been any damage of any sort? Would it have been worse if I'd just had a single exhaust?
No longer a spouse, or trailing, but MSE won't allow me to change my username...
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The exhaust tails might be separate, but they certainly won't be completely separate and isolated between each bank of the engine - they'll be joined to balance the gas flow. So blocking one tail will just halve the available maximum flow. And you won't be getting anywhere near that being an issue.0
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Someone's been watching Beverly Hills Cop ?0
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It used to be potatoes when I was a child.0
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Maybe it was put there to stop a leek?
No more puns from me. That's shallot.0 -
You think you've exhausted all the puns?0
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I think so, emission complete.FormulaDriven wrote: »You think you've exhausted all the puns?0 -
The possibilities are manifold.0
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Could have left the OP in a right pickle.0
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He could be just gherkin us around?0
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Oh stop it, all of you. Bhaji-ing in like that...No longer a spouse, or trailing, but MSE won't allow me to change my username...0
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