OT: Loud Noisy Cars?

[Chin Diesel]

I have a catless downpipe on my 04' VW. Because I want to and because I have to, the car's computer is tuned in such a way that the excess turbo blowoff could damage your catalytic converter.. so I have a 'test' pipe on my car now and can swap in a high flow cat come inspection time.

Why do I like it? I enjoy the sound of my car's engine.. I like the low grumble when I'm slowing down for a light I car hear the power as well as feel it. But I'm also not one of those clowns who goes around revving through second gear just because I want people to see me. Not a fan of those folks either.

Every night right around 7:45 some as my baby drifts off to sleep some 17 year old in a heavily modified VW Golf tips through the neighborhood startling her.

Coincidence??

 

[JMick]

It still has the original 318 V8 but it's been rebuilt and had some upgrades added over the years. My brother's the real gear head, not a bolt on that car he hasn't touched over the years

if he wants to lose to a Honda let me know lol

 

[CTMike]

There’s a Maserati Quattroporte with the Ferrari sourced V8 that downshifts by my house every day (stop sign in either direction)... it sounds like pure mechanical sex, I look forward to it every day.

 

[Watchdog]

And the GT350's just sing at high RPM:
$900 1965 Shelby GT350 gets a track day workout | Flat Out - Ep 3

 

[Conndog]

Unfortunately I can tell you the logic doesn't work the other way around. I drive an electric car...

Me too, Kia Niro EV, absolutely love it

 

[Get a Job]

Me too, Kia Niro EV, absolutely love it

I'll never go back. I've had a VW e-Golf and now I have a Chevy Volt and Bolt.

 

[Slasher]

My Tesla is so breathtakingly silent and I love it. And now I can't stand noise from other cars at all.

 

[Get a Job]

My Tesla is so breathtakingly silent and I love it. And now I can't stand noise from other cars at all.

Agreed. The silence was weird for like 3 minutes, but once I got used to it, I never wanted to hear an engine again. I really hate when the gas motor kicks on in the Volt.

 

[Excalibur]

My car doesn't make a peep, and I can outrun you.

 

[Watchdog]

Agreed. The silence was weird for like 3 minutes, but once I got used to it, I never wanted to hear an engine again. I really hate when the gas motor kicks on in the Volt.

My car doesn't make a peep, and I can outrun you.

I'm too into the visceral pleasures associated with driving so I can't relate to silence, no matter how fast you can go. No offense, but you can have all the tech and torque in the world but it's not the same.

We go on two driving tours annually with Cobras and GT350's and there's just something indescribably pleasurable about 20-25 of the cars cruising nice two lane, twisty, highways in rural parts of New York, New England, Virginia, North Carolina, Missouri, Arkansas and, in two months, the hill country of Texas.
No show offs, no law breaking, just good fun roads, extended happy hours, great meals and lots of stories to be told and heard about why we all love the cars and love to drive them.

 

[temery]

They make 'em loud so they don't have to hear you yelling at kids to get off your lawn.

 

[Excalibur]

I'm too into the visceral pleasures associated with driving so I can't relate to silence, no matter how fast you can go. No offense, but you can have all the tech and torque in the world but it's not the same.

We go on two driving tours annually with Cobras and GT350's and there's just something indescribably pleasurable about 20-25 of the cars cruising nice two lane, twisty, highways in rural parts of New York, New England, Virginia, North Carolina, Missouri, Arkansas and, in two months, the hill country of Texas.
No show offs, no law breaking, just good fun roads, extended happy hours, great meals and lots of stories to be told and heard about why we all love the cars and love to drive them.

Like others have said, you don't miss the sound after about two days. The driving experience is first rate -- great handling, acceleration, responsiveness. More fun to drive than anything else I've been in.

 

[Chin Diesel]

I'm too into the visceral pleasures associated with driving so I can't relate to silence, no matter how fast you can go. No offense, but you can have all the tech and torque in the world but it's not the same.

We go on two driving tours annually with Cobras and GT350's and there's just something indescribably pleasurable about 20-25 of the cars cruising nice two lane, twisty, highways in rural parts of New York, New England, Virginia, North Carolina, Missouri, Arkansas and, in two months, the hill country of Texas.
No show offs, no law breaking, just good fun roads, extended happy hours, great meals and lots of stories to be told and heard about why we all love the cars and love to drive them.

There are studies out there suggesting electric cars will need to produce artificial noise to avoid car/pedestrian accidents. Even with automated electrics and accident avoidance software which "predicts" human movements, the lack of noise becomes a problem for humans who are conditioned to hear noise with automobile traffic.

You can even create staggered option pricing so your Prius can sound like a Ferrari.

Fake noise will be added to new electric cars starting today in the EU

A safety feature for pedestrians

www.theverge.com

Why Electric Cars Are Getting Louder

Electric vehicles are notoriously quiet. But new laws are pushing automakers to experiment with unusual noises.

www.discovermagazine.com

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

There are studies out there suggesting electric cars will need to produce artificial noise to avoid car/pedestrian accidents. Even with automated electrics and accident avoidance software which "predicts" human movements, the lack of noise becomes a problem for humans who are conditioned to hear noise with automobile traffic.

I've thought about this a lot. But in the meantime the simple pleasure of rolling up behind someone walking in the middle of the street, laying on the horn, and watching them jump twenty feet in the air will never get old.

 

[Slasher]

There are studies out there suggesting electric cars will need to produce artificial noise to avoid car/pedestrian accidents. Even with automated electrics and accident avoidance software which "predicts" human movements, the lack of noise becomes a problem for humans who are conditioned to hear noise with automobile traffic.

You can even create staggered option pricing so your Prius can sound like a Ferrari.

Fake noise will be added to new electric cars starting today in the EU

A safety feature for pedestrians

www.theverge.com

Why Electric Cars Are Getting Louder

Electric vehicles are notoriously quiet. But new laws are pushing automakers to experiment with unusual noises.

www.discovermagazine.com

This is already the law in the US. At low speeds (I think it's under 20 MPH) electric cars needs to emit some kind noise. Tesla is having fun with theirs:

 

[Get a Job]

This is already the law in the US. At low speeds (I think it's under 20 MPH) electric cars needs to emit some kind noise. Tesla is having fun with theirs:

Yeah, my Bolt and Volt both make artificial noise at low speed. I can't hear it from in the car, though, unless the windows are down and I'm in the garage.