Buddahbelly

I know the dealership will do good work, but I will pay for it... Not planning to do much off roading, but I did take it through the Tahoe storms this weekend with no issues! :D One thing I noticed - My car seemed to give off more exhaust then other similar vehicles (expiditions etc...) - I'm wondering if I'm going to have a smog issue. The carfax indicated clean smogs all along - and I haven't seen any posts about smog issues. One thing i'd like to do soon is replace or add a nice chrome muffler pipe... not for performance.... it's the one thing that looks cheap or 'older' to me - know of any?

I just bought a 97 LX450... very happy with it so far, but I can see that I will need to stay on top of the maintenance. Does anybody know of any good mechanics in the SF east bay area? The vehicle drives great, but I'd like to fix my shaky idle issue, and replace the rotors and pads with something more capable (cross drilled etc...) - any reccommendations?? thanks!