Loud Exhaust Systems And The Kids Who Insist On Having Them Well, it's another Summer of kids with their loud stereos and the newest thing to plague the city streets: Tricked out loud exhaust systems. Ok, how dumb is this new fad? Kids shelling out 500$ to trip out their four cylinder car to sound like a chronic case of gas. Meanwhile, I drive my V-6 with a Flowmaster Exhaust System and always get one of these brilliant rocket scientists who think their little four cylinder can actually go faster because of this new muffler they've fastened on their car. Hey Junior, are you serious? You not only think it sounds good, but you think it makes you go fast? My Flowmaster adds about 5 MPG and gives the 6 a deep throaty low growl that can be felt throughout the car. I can't understand the motivation behind this new fad. I had a 16 Valve Honda CRX years ago. It got a hole in the muffler, and I patched it because not only did it sound horrible, but I couldn't hear my stereo. That must be the reason for the headlight dimming 2000 Watt Stereo. To hear it over the engine.