started car this morning and noticed something wierd, it barely started and idle was lower than usual, started to drive and there was a strange noise coming from pass side above 2k rpms, and exhaust (OBX) was much quieter, anyway, i look in the tail pipe n find a ****** potato in there!!! there was only a few mm on each side for exhaust to get out.

is there possibility of any damage as a result? too much backpressure or exhaust not being able to get out of the engine??

 

you'll probably be fine, though that is funny/and lame at the same time.

Somebody must have been watching "Beverly Hills Cop" or something

 

It can lead to problems if it was run for a while, especially CO into the cabin but since you only ran it for a few minutes (right?) it should be fine. No lights or codes right?

I hate vandals.

 

ye it was just for about 5 minutes and didnt push the car, i couldnt be more pissed!!!!!!!!!!!! really hope didnt fukk up the engine.

 

If you haven't already been noticing problems, i.e. oil in places it shouldn't be (signs of a blown head gasket), white smoke, or any other obvious engine problems you're probably fine...hell you may even have an exhaust leak somewhere up the line that relieved the pressure so it didn't do anything bad to the car! How ironic, right?

But yeah, if you haven't noticed anything yet you shouldn't worry. Secondly, if you find whoever did it...put a foot in their ***!

 

hopefully you're all good. was the potato cooked? i bet it was tasty.

 

Wasn't that a banana in the tailpipe? At any rate, he waould have baked that sucker had he driven long enough.

 

I think someone was acting out the potato launcher joke.

 

All it causes is a hell of a lot of backpressure!

Do you know who did it?

 

I bet you it was a neighbor. Pissed off that the exhaust was so loud. Look real close at every one who lives near you.

 

you must of pissed somebody off pretty bad to have a potato in your muffler

 

if you only went for a short distance just listen for puttering under the car to make sure you didnt blow any of the exhaust gaskets out. Other than that SoSlo covered it.

 

possibly, i was thinking that, but there has been lots of vandalism on my block, neighbor got his convertable top cut up, and another guy got 4 flats! fukin kids with nothing to do, if id know who did it n caught him u know where that potato is gonna go!!!!

 

I'd be pissed if my neighbor had an OBX (or other loud) exhaust too, especially if he fired up his car at 5am every morning 45 minutes before my alarm goes off.

Oh wait, that already happens.

And it does **** me off.

except it's a Ford Probe with a fart can.

to what others have said about it being a neighbor. I may have to use this same idea myself. (seriously, no, I would never disrespect someone's car like that though, even if it is a ricer)...

 

just remember that maybe ..whoever did it, was probably in need to have so baked potatos and found your car...

 

If you think that it is a neighbor, hookup a security camera. You can return it after you are finished if the cost will keep you from doing it. Then cause a little noise up and down your street. Then sit back and wait for the Fu** to get his 15 minutes of fame.

NEVER MESS WITH A MANS RIDE.

 

just get an exhaust thats not big enough for a potato.

 

 

LOL, you can still sqeeze a potato in there, with PVC potato cannons, you "trim" the potato into the pipe. I don't see why you can't stick 2 spuds in a cattman or similar.

 

On my 89 Max I had a dual outlet muffler. Someone that I worked with put a pear in one of the outlets... so my car ran fine through the other tip. The pear was so far in that we couldn't get it out. So I had my friend cover up the free tip with his hand, while I revved the engine, it shot out about 30 feet and sounded exactly like a spud gun with the deep PHUMP sound.

 

"Will, I did what you told me. Scratch his car with a potato and throw the keys in the tailpipe." Anyone remember that episode?

 

so.... was it mashed or au gratten?

 

Holy crap! You were lucky then! 4 flats!!! mothas!!!

 

Yeah, look *real* close...someone who handled a potatoe may still have dirt on his hands!!!

 

you're lucky they didn't put in TWO...one after another...then you definitely woulda had a difficult time taking out the one that's deeper in (this has happened to a friend of mine). i know someone else who had a potato in his tailpipe and he didn't even notice it until he drove off and it shot into the front bumper of the car behind him lol

 

Your car was probably hungry overnite () cos you've not been feeding it wat it requires. Anyway, i don't think there should be any aftermath, but be cautious ( nothing is impossible).

 

But the potato was in the cars tailpipe... wouldn't that be like you shoving a potato in your A$$.

 

dude yall are hilarious mann u made my day

 

Married with Children FTW

 

You can't own anything nice anymore. I talk about "stupid kids" all the time, but it's not like I'm that old myself (21). I just can't remember any time in my life when I thought it was ok to slash convertible tops, pop tires, or clog exhaust pipes.

I'm sorry if this offends any of the more "sensitive" board members, but I think that the irresponsible little brats who do this crap should receive a punishment that fits the crime.

They like to put potatoes up your exhaust? You should use a broomstick to shove two potatoes up each kid's ***, followed by a good squirt of that "Great Stuff" foam insulation that comes from a spray can. Then force a triple dose of Ex-Lax down each one's throat. Then hang them upside down and beat them like piñatas. When you're through, just walk away.

 

a little brutal there spiromax

 

I agree with him though... it's crap.

 

now u have a smoked potato!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Hotttttt potato***

 

haha i was just thinking the same thing!

 

HAHA...too funny. I've had my car egged a few times and if I ever catch those kids, I'd do something along those lines. Anyone know if egg damages the paint?

 

Yes it can. I got really pissed one night when my car got egged in Philly. I was on my way to the library after work to study for an exam for my night class. I got almost the whole way to school when a kid threw an egg at my car and hit my driver's door. There was a whole group of them in front of a convenience store. I looked right at the kid, and made eye contact with him, but what could I do? There were ten of them, one of me, and I was in a neighborhood where I probably wasn't welcome. I drove all the way back home and washed the car thoroughly with hot water and soap.

 

No matter what muffler you put on, even if it's Greddy Evo or maybe an 5" exhaust, those suckus will find the way to stick a watermelon instead of potato.
That is pretty bad though.

 

wow, thats funny

 

Maybe the guy wanted you to peel his potato and toss his salad? J/K Hey it could've been worse! Pop corn kernels or hot dogs ( with the bun ). Whatever the case, that must suck to have an object, especially food, jammed up your tailpipe! Good luck and hope you find that rat bastard, and if you do , you should have a buddy of yours hold the guy's mouth around your tailpipe while you step on the gas for about 5 minutes straight! That seems like a fair punishment! Right?