Its toyosport or toyosport's mr grammer nazi. No you saying to someone that he car keeps breaking down cos he put on crappy parts when his orginal exhaust broke. I dont mind if i do buy crappy stuff as I always get it cheap. You say about people turning their zeds into sheds and hanging out with corsas? Just saying stones and glasshouses, and IMO no need for the bad langauge as yes it does wind people up as its being read it comes across as aggressive or being patronising.
No offence, but you did.
Perhaps you're right. Not everyone will appreciate the running cost of most cars, not just a zed.
However, I honestly don't think that not 'maintaining' my exhaust is why the join between the two sections corroded.
I would say it was more likely to do with being 6 or 7 years old, the British weather, road salts and it being made from steel. Oh, and I've only owned this zed a few weeks. If the previous owner had cleaned his exhaust more often then I might not be having to deal with this now. Now I come to think of it he did say he was selling it because he couldn't afford to maintain it any more...
...I take back what I said, maybe you were on to something!
These thing happen to all cars, I've owned enough (race cars and others) to know this. If I had a Metro or a Masarrati I would still say my mantra 'stupid cars'!
I agree that some things are cheap for a reason but I would also call any man a fool who believed just because a product cost him more than another, that automatically makes it better. From what I read about these toyosport exhausts they're good value for money but can require some modification. If you're up for that then a saving of 50% seems like a good idea to me.