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Its the exhaust system cooling down, hot metal expands when hot and contracts when cooling down. Most cars do it, you never noticed? Nothing to worry about
Because the hot exaust is hitting cold metal and starts to heat up the exaust system. Same thing as when it cools its just trying to expand quicker then the metal will allow.