Fixed the leak yesterday. I went and got another repair kit, only this time I didn't try to wrap the soggy toilet paper stuff around the pipe, I just kept it folded up, stuck it over the hole, held it in place with the aluminum tape, and used a piece of roof flashing over that with a couple of hose clamps to hold it all on. I drove around for about an hour yesterday (with the top down enjoying the weather and nice quiet exhaust) and it held fine. I already ordered a downpipe from O'Reilly's. I was surprised they even could get it, they never have anything I need for the Jeep. I'll get it at cost through my company, at around $40.
I got a "Fix-it Ticket" this week because of the loud exhaust. I came up on an accident and pulled off on a side road to turn around. As I was getting ready to pull back on the road, there was a State Trooper waving at me and yelling something about 100 feet away. I just figured he was telling me to go the other way, and drove on. A few minutes later, he was behind me with the top lights on and pulled me over. I can't believe he left an active accident scene with a head-on collision to write me a ticket for loud exhaust!
I mean, yeah, I could understand if he was patrolling, but he was actually standing there directing traffic and left his post to chase me down. I've had one Fix-it Ticket before back when I was in high school for bald tires, but that was actually in a safety check lane on the highway, so I can see why they actually wrote it out, but the few other times I've been stopped for something like that (burnt out head or tail lights, bald tires, etc.), they've just given me a verbal warning and let me go. Oh, well, I've got a permanent fix coming, so the ticket won't be a big deal.