1000% One of the things that makes me LOVE my 35d the most is NO sooty, black & disgusting exhaust. I am such a diesel snob now! When some early 80's Mercedes 300D or some old Volvo diesel wagon is in front of me...and I can literally see the greasy diesel droplets hitting my windscreen, it pisses me off. I honk at them, pass them, hold my nose and make a face at them. Seriously, those cars should not be allowed on the road...and I owned a 1983 300D and 1992 300D. I loved them, but they were so sooty and gross!!!