I'm sure a lot of us here know that fake exhaust tips exist and that they're usually found on cars manufactured by VW, Audi, Mercedes and can range to Bugatti, Lamborghini, and Ferrari as well. It's a trend that I've noticed is on the rise and I can't seem to understand why. I personally dislike it. But some of my friends are confident that there are major benefits to fake exhaust tips that outweigh the poor aesthetics/cheap look. I've searched Google and I can't find any evidence proving them right so I decided to ask you guys what you thought of this trend. What do you guys think of fake exhaust tips? Am I missing something here from an engineering standpoint? What benefits do fake exhaust tips really have? Below is a summary of arguments my friends and I made about this topic.Arguments my friends made to defend fake exhaust tips. 1. Fake exhaust tips act as heat shields for the bumper. 2. They prevent soot and carbon buildup from making the bumper and exhaust tips dirty. 3. Car designers can improve aerodynamics on the back of the car with fake exhaust tips. 4. Fake exhaust tips can help the car sound better. (They compared exhaust tips to our lips to try to prove their point that some how fake exhausts can alter the sound.) 5. Supercar manufacturers like Bugatti and Lamborghini have fake exhaust tips so there might be a benefit if engineers design such high end cars with them. (Maybe those engineers know something we don't?)Arguments I made against fake exhaust tips. 1. Fake exhaust tips look bad and cheap in my opinion and aesthetics is very important if I'm about to buy a high-end car. 2. From what I know most cars don't have problems with heat near the exhaust tips and bumpers. (I have custom mufflers and tips on my car and my bumper has not melted nor does it ever get dirty from the exhaust tips. (There's about an inch or of clearance between my tips and my bumper.)) 3. If you look closely at the fake exhaust tips on the latest Mercedes, VWs, Audis, and even Lexus you'll see that inside there is actually a small exhaust pipe like the one you'd find on a stock Civic or Corolla. (They look like dark brown tiny pipes.) But these car makers just add a shiny exhaust tip into the bumper that doesn't even connect to the actual exhaust pipe. Example 1 Example 2 What benefit does this have over standard/real exhaust tips? 4. If soot, carbon buildup, and dirt coming from the exhausts is such a huge deal, I feel like the car needs a smog check.I've made a strawpoll asking whether car makers are justified for adding fake exhaust tips to their cars. http://ift.tt/2t7vzym strongly believe that fake exhaust tips have little to no benefit and whatever benefit they have don't outweigh the cheap look they give especially on high-end luxury cars. But I'd really like to know if my friends made valid points to defend this trend. Could supercar and luxury car makers be on to something here? What benefit is there in terms of engineering and design? I really don't mind being wrong here but I'm curious about why this trend exists and why my friends are hellbent on disagreeing with me on this. But I'm also curious to see what /r/cars has to say about fake exhaust tips so let's have a discussion about whether there is actually a benefit to this trend that I'm not able to see. via /r/cars http://ift.tt/2rOU6Es
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