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Originally Posted by Tcoat

They would come, take your version of the story, talk to the neighbor and get his, ask you to start the car, write you an altered exhaust ticket ($110), depending on what borough of Toronto you are in and what their bylaw is write you an excessive noise ticket ($300 to $500) and write you a fix it ticket. Not only would you end up getting a quieter exhaust you would pay loads of fines on top of that.
Loads of people will try to tell you that under 95db is "legal". It is not. The law says you can not alter it to change the sound end of story.
If you are ever down London way I have a brand new stock cat back you can have for free.
The dealer sold you a car equipped with an illegally altered exhaust system and falsified an emissions report since it can not possibly pass with a cat removed.

(1) No person shall operate a motor vehicle or motor assisted bicycle unless it is equipped with a muffler that is,

(a) operating;

(b) in good working order; and

(c) sufficient to prevent excessive or unusual sound and excessive or unusual smoke.

(1.1) No person shall operate a motor vehicle or motor assisted bicycle equipped with a muffler cut-out, straight exhaust, gutted muffler, hollywood muffler, by-pass or similar device

(1.2) No person shall modify a muffler to increase the sound output of a motor vehicle or motor assisted bicycle.

(1.3) No person shall install a muffler cut-out, straight exhaust, gutted muffler, hollywood muffler, by-pass or similar device on a motor vehicle or motor assisted bicycle

Do you think there's anything I can do in terms of reaching out to the dealership, having them pay for the OEM or some type of breach in contract or even end the financing term? Might be lawyer questions but.. anything you know about these things would be appreciated.

Thank you!