Does the Cat must be replaced?

My old Civic just got front tires replaced two months ago and battery replaced one month ago - now the exhaust pipe right after the cat was completely broken and cam off due to rust -- tried to 电焊 together once but could not last for a month. Contacted the owner of the repairing shop where my old Civic had tire replaced before, I was told that the Cat may have to be replaced so that a new pipe can be  电焊 together with the cat. The question is, the cat is still fuctioning well but got rusted bad at both ends, is it a must to be replaced, or is it a must in the exhaust system for the vehicle to run normally? P.S: the state I live now does not require annual inspection.  Just wan to keep the old car for maybe two to three more years as no budget for another new car yet.

Thanks for any suggestion/advice.

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• no annual inspection requied? nice! if true -加国五台山- ♂ (375 bytes) () 11/02/2014 postreply 06:16:09

• 对不起，说错了。 -加国五台山- ♂ (213 bytes) () 11/02/2014 postreply 07:01:26

• Thanks for the information. -blueisu- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/02/2014 postreply 08:52:48

• 买一个after market的通用猫50块左右,10-20块让他们电焊一下 -满地找牙- ♂ (513 bytes) () 11/02/2014 postreply 07:46:52

• Thanks. Will try to get one after-market CAT for the 15-y old Ci -blueisu- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/02/2014 postreply 08:54:14

• 如果在加州查一查，很多after-market CAT 不能用 -soccer88- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/02/2014 postreply 08:59:53

• Not in CA. Thanks for the advice. -blueisu- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/02/2014 postreply 09:18:54

• 幸福啊 -soccer88- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/02/2014 postreply 09:21:44

• Previously in NY - got to do annual inspection. -blueisu- ♀ (390 bytes) () 11/02/2014 postreply 09:31:36