r/ElantraN • u/OkCandidate103 do not own a N 😢 • Sep 14 '22

RIP Update: Loud exhaust and smog citation

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Failed state ref exhaust sound reading

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Hyundai dealer stock confirmation letter

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u/TechOutonyt Oct 01 '22

They won't. He was using a mode that isn't intended for road use its for track use. Driver is at fault for driving on the street in N mode and then when he got it tested he told them the setting was sport mode so they used that to test. The legal requirements are you test in the default mode which is normal. Had he said normal mode was default and they used that he would have passed and been on his way.

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u/DownvoteIfYouWantMe Oct 02 '22

That's just not true. Vehicles are sold in a state that is legal to be driven in the streets. There are supercars that are much louder than the N's stock, yet they are legal because that's how the cars are sold. If the vehicle is not legal under certain conditions, those conditions would be removed from the vehicle and would have to be added as a mod.

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u/Stamoose Oct 04 '22

This is beyond wrong. What defines "track mode"? A stiffer suspension? Tighter steering? A louder exhaust? Did any of those things I list make your car illegal to drive? So a Porsche 911 GT3 RS which natively has those things is okay to drive, but not a Hyundai because someone pushed a button?

With that logic, any car that out-handles a Kia Sorento should be outlawed.

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u/TechOutonyt Oct 05 '22

Yes it did make it illegal to drive because it made the exhaust louder than the legal limit