Mine (stock) pops so much my gf said it sounds like farts and is embarrassed to ride with me.
I never test drove the car, so my first time to drive it was when I was driving home. I had no idea it would pop and crackle like that, so it scared me a little thinking the back end of the car was falling apart.
My teenage son came home for the first time since leaving for the military, it was his first time to drive it as well, and when he left his face was sore from all the smiling and laughing!