the thing that pisses me off is how if you have an antique (25 yrs or older in mass i believe, and for most other states), the your car is emissions exempt. WTF, those are the cars that pollute the most. Honestly how many new cars are going to fail emissions? Maybe like 1 or 2 with a defective cat, and they'll still be cleaner than any "antique" car, which, usually consists of mustang fastbacks which are spewing black smoke out the ass. Kinda pisses me off although it is good if you're into cars. Kinda makes me wanna fix up my dad's corvette that he left me heh.
oh well, at least it's only every 2 years for me, and let me tell you how slow my car feels stock

stock airbox, stock manifold, cat, mid pipe, and then it's bolted up to the 3" muffler heh. oh well, the revised setup will be sweet...