[Donunder]

Kent if that isn't the most single-minded piece of sheer determination and obstinacy to force a project through the myriad obstacles put in your way by a bureaucracy hellbent on thwarting your plans and hopes ... well then I haven't seen one.

Congratulations -- my hat's off to you!

When are the various State governments going to realise that our cars make up such an infinitessimal fraction of a percent of vehicles on the road as to be virtually statistically irrelevant? What harm would have been done to allow you to mount simple side pipes with cats and mufflers? Our American cousins will be reading about what you've had to endure and shaking their heads in disbelief.

It's never easy being a pioneer but at least now your hard-won approval has paved the way for others to follow. I can almost see a withered public servant replete in his sleeve protectors and eyeshade sitting at his sloping desk under the light of a paraffin lamp, grudgingly and reluctantly signing off on your exhaust system with his scratchy quill pen, whilst silently mourning the passing of the horse and buggy era.