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I figured the lack of cats was the main reason for the loud decel gunshots when the Soul was on. With the HJS cats on now, wouldn't that be a good explanation for burble/pop replacing bangs?
The HJS cats are only compatible with the Kline, I am back to catless, so that wasn't the reason for the previous "gunshots".
I have had the Soul for a while... Previously it has a fantastic on-throttle sound, but incredibly loud decel pops (bangs really) that were just too much for me and I replaced it with a Kllne + HJS 100 cell cats and equal length Kline headers.
I've also swapped to a Cobb/Sam tune tune, and wanted to try the catless Soul again. It definitely has aggressive decel burble and an occasional pop, but nothing like the shotgun blasts I was previously getting. Not sure if it is the tune, or perhaps the headers smoothing things out, or maybe I just previously had an exhaust air leak?
I'll run this combo for a while and report back.
I also run catless titanium x-pipes on both the 996 Turbos and just love the titanium sound. I imagine inconel is similar.
I am a huge fan of this cat-less setup - not entirely sure why I didn't do it earlier.
... But I am glad to hear there are some CPAs out there who do NOT share this sentiment.
You might be surprised how many CPAs there are on this board, and how many others are car enthusiasts. It's not like we parked our interests at the door to the CPA examination room!
My original concern was a clients perception of the car, but ironically, like you pointed out, most would not the difference and the ones that do LOVE it. In fact, I have opened up about the ownership to a few key clients who I know share a similar passion and it has done nothing buy help build our relationship. I have invited a few out to cars and coffee which they sincerely appreciated since they did now know it was a thing. And most can also appreciate the work it takes to be able to afford a car like this which tends to inspire some confidence in them knowing their advisor is in fact working his *** off for them.
My concern was the perception of the CPAs I partner with who do not share the same belief that an expensive car is a worthwhile expense. I had to overcome some serious hurdles initially from the same CPAs to get to the position I am currently in at a relatively young age as they believed I was too young to successfully handle the client relationships. So the last thing I wanted to battle on top of this was the idea that I was just trying to be flashy or "show off" which is the furthest from the truth.
A joke I heard (please don't take offense) was that CPAs see the cost in everything and the value in nothing... But I am glad to hear there are some CPAs out there who do NOT share this sentiment.
As much as I pay my CPA for all my corporate returns I would be upset if he didnt drive at least a newer 911 lol
You might be surprised how many CPAs there are on this board, and how many others are car enthusiasts. It's not like we parked our interests at the door to the CPA examination room!
I realize it is a bit of an older stereotype that unfortunately the ones I partner with do nothing to overcome. Our broker dealers model is to align wealth management firms like mine with CPA firms, so I do get a fair bit of exposure to other CPAs across the country. And I do agree they are not all the short-sleeved button up with pencils their front shirt pocket, but more often than not I would get the sense from them that our hobby is seen as a frivolous expense (some truth to that I guess) so I just stopped bringing up the topic. Glad to hear there are those out there who don't fit this mold and more specifically some of them are on this board!
CPAs are a society that secretly runs the world...
Exactly why I decided to partner with them... I couldn't believe the number of times early in my career when I would engage with a new wealth management client on a proposed strategy and their response would be "let me run this by my CPA" which I understood if there was any type of tax implications at play. But more times than not this was not the case. CPAs, especially the good ones, have an insane amount of influence and impact on their clients and pretty much everyone needs one... Or a good tax attorney for down the road, but I would recommend not taking that approach.
04-21-2023, 02:32 AM
Sorry, sorry....
