In a message dated 02/03/01 01:52:03 GMT Standard Time, jphwhite@ns.sympatico.ca writes: << Ps Never thought of turning the radio up to shut out the noise. Did it work? >> A very bad head cold can work wonders too!!!!! I drove back from Cambridge and didn't realise the exhaust was blowing. I just thought it was 'a bit noisy' so I took it to my garage the next day and the mechanic roared his head off. He said he reckoned my family would have heard me leave Cambridge (about 25 miles away!!!) Yet another time when I felt an idiot....lol Maggie