^^Yes, I agree with you on both of those items above, and also in wanting something 'different'.
I 'settled' on the Dekagrams because their weight, price, strength and looks are impossible to beat, even though I do still lust after the insanely priced, but 'different' (and heavier, but probably stronger yet) Braid Fullrace As.
Yes, many will say that the Braids
look like sooo many other wheels, but so few actually have them on these cars.
The Thermal system would be on my car now if it was around when I first wanted an aftermarket exhaust, and installed the CP-E Nexus system.
A feature I like about both the CP-E and Thermal is that one can change out the tips if they desire to change things up every so often, or if they just do not love the ones which come standard on the system.
And yes, this allows one to be different from the masses with the same system, at least concerning the part which can be readily seen without crawling under the car.
That cannot be done (at least not as easily, without major surgery) with all of those systems with two pipes welded onto the back box directly into the tips.
But yeah, this is a small 'aesthetic point' which most on here will not care about.