Found what the burning smell was...

[sonny]

Past few days have been smelling a burning smell in stop start traffic, I was thinking it was my heat reflective tape starting to burn up after having the Aux rad taken out.

Jacked the car up today and found this.

Its a plastic shopping bag that has stuck and melted itself to my exhaust pipe. Great!

[iR8V10]

Good news it's only that though eh!

[sonny]

Good news it's only that though eh!

Yes your right

[Steve_C]

Didn't realise the saloons had such small boots.....I can fit all my shopping in the boot of my Avant without resorting to alternative methods of transportation!

[RSKiwi]

Didn't realise the saloons had such small boots.....I can fit all my shopping in the boot of my Avant without resorting to alternative methods of transportation!

[ShouldveBeenAGerman]

Didn't realise the saloons had such small boots.....I can fit all my shopping in the boot of my Avant without resorting to alternative methods of transportation!

hehe good one

Hope that comes off easily sonny, wire brush perhaps.

[Jules]

Pain in the butt,but it could have been worse

[Macdaddy]

Didn't realise the saloons had such small boots.....I can fit all my shopping in the boot of my Avant without resorting to alternative methods of transportation!

LMAO!

simple fix tho fortunatly!

[edge]

Didn't realise the saloons had such small boots.....I can fit all my shopping in the boot of my Avant without resorting to alternative methods of transportation!

[JackS4]

I had this happen before. A few long drives (due to the exhaust temp) will get rid of the worst of it.

J

[kay]

I avoid driving over carrier bags for this very reason; don't care how silly it looks to the driver behind me as I swerve away as if I'm avoiding a dead person on rd lol.

[sonny]

I avoid driving over carrier bags for this very reason; don't care how silly it looks to the driver behind me as I swerve away as if I'm avoiding a dead person on rd lol.

I was on the M25, was committed to my lane, could not avoid. I did see the bag and observed rear view mirror, no sign of bag, I thought it was on the grill.

By the way it was a M&S bag, only shop in Waitrose

[Steve_C]

By the way it was a M&S bag

M&S bags are the worst kind. They have no friends and were abused when they were little bags. You only have to show them a bit of warmth and kindness and they stick to you like.....melted plastic.

[sonny]

Just popped over to AMD, got the plastic off, and a knocking noise fixed, turned out to be a lose anti roll bar bolt (3rd time its happened). When it rain it pours so they say...

[JZARS]

WTF - The mad thing is I have just been experiencing exactly the same event. Strange smell....couldnt quite place it thought it smelt waxy?!?! After several days of weird smell (that only showed up after driving hard!)only yesterday I had to have a look under and I had the SAME thing - but mine was a Tesco bag, and in exactly the same place. What are the chances of us both having that almost at the same time?!?!? or am I being a 'tard?