85 Quattro update

[Anton Gaidos III <anton_gaidos_iii@firepower.com>]

All,
 I had my exhaust fixed this morning. I went with a straight pipe in
place of the premuffler (center muffler) and a Hooker brand rear
muffler. The car is not load at all and we were all surprised by that
considering we can look right through the muffler. It is very quiet. On
the down side I elected to simply have a 2 1/2 inch pipe out the rear so
it doesn't look as cool as it could. We also found that the pipe going
over the in-board CV had rubed a hole right through the pipe so the guy
welded that up too. I'll keep an eye open to be sure we don't have that
happen again.
Cost - $127.00. That was a good price for a stop gap measure. Thanks
MSV96@aol.com for the tip about Holiday Muffler!.
 Today is also a milestone for the car, it passed Ca. emissions with
flying colors. The car will be getting it's plates and tags today! I am
very pleased with this. It was kind of funny because I went to my local
Chevron station (with the amount of gas I buy from them it should of
been free!)  the guy there was scratching his head saying " I just don't
know where to look for stuff on this car". He was happy with the sniffer
test and called it good.
 That is two more things I can scratch off my list. Yeah!
Anton