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my mates got a 320d as his daily , drives long distances seems pretty happy with it... crazy good fuel economy too haha.  gets like 1000km per tank of diesel no matter how hard he drives it.     so couldn't shake the feeling off after all. lost 2 relatives last year and my dog to cancer, bit of a s*** show so maybe midlife crisis time,  if there one thing i learned is that life too short to let your dreams sit too long 'waiting' for right moment, and when time comes, it's the things you didn't do that you really regret rather than being proud of all the time spent being workaholic/stockpiling $$. eyeing up 987 cayman S and 911 carrerra 4s.. possibly 2s. need to find some in AKL to take for test drives to figure out what sorta options i need to keep on my radar and which to ignore. i know the tiptronics while not PDK in my budget are still better at shifting than i am with manual but need to try it out see how it feels , if 'manumatic' boring then rule out the autos and wait for nice manual example to show up.   open to expressions of interest on the GRB if there is anyone genuinely interested can have a chat. no rush though as probably take me a while to settle on the next stage of my 'old man phase'.     heres something super practical that you can't do in a 911, big ass cabinet in the boot. the bunnings guy was insiting there is no way can get it in to car, in his years of experience never seen it happen. "nice exhaust but you missing the most important thing, a towbar" . nek minit quite easy fit, though my not beeing tallest person in the world would have had something to do with it.. had to move front seats up fair bit and driving was slightly awkward especially shifting gears through the traffic but lucky just 5mins drive back home.  finally got bunch of nice shelves , workbench/tool cabinet and worked through tidy up of garage. now i can easily park car in, have space to walk around etc... and workbench can be used in new spot without having to remove car from garage. yay for finally sorting the clean up after procrastinating for like 5 years 😆  

Have you gone for a good drive with it yet? My old one on the legacy sounded similar to that at first until the mufflers kinda settled in.   Worth chucking some rags in the tips and see if you can hear it leaking elsewhere. 

It does sound like increased vibration of some metallic ticking. Sounds like its coming from the middle between the y pipe and start of the catback. checked the bolts are tight, and nothing feels like its loose or can move.

What happens if you blip the throttle? Does that noise change note? First thought is an exhaust leak somewhere

I just installed an invidia r400 today, but now theres a strange ticking noise, not sure if its me and I didnt notice it befor or an actual new issue. Pretty sure the gaskets were put in their correct locations, i tried to wobble the exhaust and dont see anything or feel anything loose. Any insight would be appreciated. Wobbled each individual exhaust tip, they dont move or make any sound at all.       Thanks.