nothing wrong with it :-(
It went to the garage and it cost me £61.10 for them to say that there's nothing wrong with it.
They didn't hear the roar from my exhaust, maybe because they didn't get it warm enough or maybe it doesn't happen all of the time. It takes around 5-6 miles for it to happen. When it's warm enough it sounds like a nova when I put my foot down :-). It's not as loud as some, but it's starting to get a bit too noisey now.
They seemed to think the 'pinking' was the cat heat shield, but when I collected I didn't hear much pinking myself. The 'pinking' seems to have got a lot better, but I'm thinking that it maybe the cat heat shield.
When I was at the other garage the mechanics said my car was misfiring slightly, but this garage said that it was normal for my car. Their electronic equipment didn't show any faults either. I personally don't think it is normal for a spitting noise comming out of the exhaust, is it?
The engine is also sounding really 'ropey' compared to when I got the car. It sounds about 5 years older, but the garage wouldn't be able to tell because they wouldn't know what a Seicento should sound like. I didn't tell them that it sounded ropey, because it's very hard to show them. This probably could also be related to the exhaust though.
What do you think? Dodgy exhuast baffles and loose cat heat shield? btw, my exhaust is only 6 months old!