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Originally Posted by Speed2th
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One of the rear crash test criteria is that a car should only sustain $XXX (I don't remember the actual dollar value) in a 10mph crash. The bumper skin is designed to absorb most of the force/damage at that low speed and protect the operating parts of the car. Exhaust that protrudes out too far beyond the skin can take the brunt of the force before it is absorbed by the bumper skin. If the exhaust takes the full force it is far more than just some bent tips you are looking at. The force can be transmitted all the way forward and wipe out the exhaust, header, block, wiring and other critical components.
It was this simple 10mph front crash rule that kept the Evos out of Canada up until the X because the old intercooler set up would not survive even a low speed crash and the repairs were above the value threshold.
Oh and yes people could get burned and sue I suppose.