Oh dang! I drove an '89 Toyota Tercel with open exhaust once. I think it had a 1.6 four, and it sounded like an airplane. You must have deafened the town!
I remember putting headers on my 67 mustang back in the early 80's. Just had to go 3 blocks to the local muffler shop and got pulled over after one block. Cop made us push it the rest of the way . What a ball buster. Now it's one of those "remember when" stories.