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I bought a 2010 SEL in early March. I'm a little disappointed with the exhaust note, as it sounds rather like a little Fiesta rather than a beefy V6. The in-cabin engine noise is fine, I just want a deeper sounding exhaust. I've been looking at AutoAnything.com for some different exhaust systems, but when I crawled under the back of the car to measure, I noticed that the 2010 is significantly different from the only exhaust systems I've seen photos of (cat-backs mostly). The muffler itself is about midway down the underside of the car, and the 3" exhaust piping is fairly straight until it Y's into what looks like 2 smaller mufflers. I know almost nothing about exhaust systems, so I'm curious to know if anyone can tell me the purpose of those 2 pieces. Will removing these or changing them out improve the sound of my girly-sounding car? I would think they're 2nd mufflers but I don't know for sure (not needed?) Thanks for your input! Pictures of what I'm talking about: Picture 1: This is the muffler (I think) in the middle of the car: Picture 2: This is the Y joint splitting the exhaust pipe into the 2 additional mufflers (?) Picture 3: This is the best picture I could get of the entire thing.

I'm not positive, but I don't think any stations around here sell anything better than 15% ethanol. I don't know a single one that sells gas with zero ethanol in it...I might have to look into that since I'm getting about 15-16 MPG in city driving, and I baby it. This is still a tremendous improvement over my old Dakota's 11 MPG though.

Does your state have a lemon law? It basically just protects the buyer from a commitment to a bad vehicle. I had to sign a paper saying I had received my state's lemon law book at the dealer before I took possession.