[Jeff Higgins]

Yeah, the car is quite loud. You have all heard sport mufflers on early cars and know what they sound like. I love the sound at speed. My car is not, however, ever "at speed" in the neighborhood. I live on a dead end road. There are lots of little kids that still play in the street; mine did when they were little. All of us idle through the 'hood at 5-10 mph or less and make sure our visiting guests do the same. Even my kid, and his buddies that are now also old enough to drive, respect that unspoken neighborhood rule. We all do. So the 911 never gets much off idle in first gear. The couple of Dodge 2500 diesels in the neighborhood are far louder at idle and putting through, rattling like a coffee can full of marbles.

Like I said, I don't think it's the exhaust noise. The complaints started long before I put the sport muffler on the car, back when it had the stock single out. I tried the motorcycle baffles in the sport muffler. I even ran the single out again for awhile. No difference; it was still "too loud". The difference in noise levels at idle and "neighborhood cruise" speed is almost unnoticable to my wife and other neighbors, most of whom I've asked. And they are all honest enough and good enough friends to where they won't sugar coat it for me and just tell me they don't notice.

I'm starting to think old George is like the guy in the Toyota commercial. The one with the little red car parked under the trees, just sitting there. The dog comes running around the corner barking and runs right into the side of it. The old man comes by and yells at it "slow down, this is a neighborhood!"