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Today I brought my Cougar into the local Tuffy shop to get neutered. The noise from my flowmaster muffler was too much for Lisa to handle on trips, and my approach to 30 years of age has been making me rethink the noise as well. That or Lisa has successfully hooked into my subconscious and is now controlling my thoughts. The owner of the Tuffy shop has been named "The Rainman of Exhausts" by Duane for good reason. He can whip up a solution to just about anything for $200. For my situation he had a muffler from a minivan ready to mount under my car, and he actually got it to fit successfully. At idle I don't even know my car is running, but anything under load it's almost louder than it was before the operation. I'm guessing it's jammed so tight into the exhaust chamber the vibrations are transmitting directly into the cabin area. Needless to say the operation failed, and I still have a loud Cougar. My next step is some kind of vibration dampening or a return to the restrictive stock exhaust. Since old folks over 30 shake their fist at any kind of noise, and don't need a fast car, it will probably be the stock exhaust. Unless of course Lisa implants another thought into my subconscious.