Quote Originally Posted by FIGUY View Post
This is going to be my daily driver, so I would rather keep it smelling nice and not have to deal with emissions issues on an annual basis come inspection time. My weekend toys are exempt from emissions and are all straight piped though
Unless something has changed in the 8Y, there's no post mid-pipe emissions sensors. Many ROW cars don't have this secondary cat and you can buy the Audi OEM mid-pipe to delete them. Also, many aftermarket exhausts are going to eliminate it as well.