Talk Morgan Forums Morgan Sports Cars Morgan Three Wheeler & Super 3 Spanish M3W - 2013 unit - with db problem

Hello everyone!

I'm back from the dealer's garage and was surprised to see three 3-Wheelers there!

Very unusual, as there are no more than 10-11 in total in the whole of Spain.

One was a Superdry Edition, looking brand new, and in fact it was with only 100km on the clock.

The other one is the one I show you in the pictures, and they have an issue with it. It's a 2013 unit, clearly purchased by someone here in Spain a couple of years ago as second hand (because of the plates). And while this happy owner was enjoying a driving day, he was stopped by our Guardia Civil (in charge of traffic when you're out of a city / village). He got a nice expensive ticket because the car was "too loud": 105 db to be precise instead of the 98 db that the MOT card says.

This new second owner was shocked and took the car to the garage trying to see why this is happening. And the garage is also a Little lost as the car seems standard.

But when I look at the car and see the pictures, to me the exhaust is NOT the original one. First because it's curved to the end following the shape of the boot, and second because it looks quite thin and the plate with the "Morgan ID" seems to be welded so I suspect it was taken off the original pipe and welded on that one.

However, I'm obviously not a specialist on 2013 units, but some here please give me your opinion looking at the pictures. Is this the original standard exhaust or a different one that may be causing the high db level?