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Modded motorcycles are super common around my region (Brazilian midwest), despite said "EXTRA LOUD" mod being illegal and the bikes being in impounded if they're caught.
Another thing that is even worse are sound cars (shit like in the image below). No idea how often they're a problem in other countries, but here, it's always fucking idiots parading their window-shaking bass in the middle of the night, or creating "parties" in front of liquor stores or friends' houses during the fucking week. These, unlike those bike mods, are not illegal.
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I think California actually has vehicle noise laws for this lol.
tbh the obnoxiously loud cars are people who hacked off their muffler. Even the decats and pop+bang tunes aren't as loud as an uninterrupted stream of sound from the engine.
I used to think loud trucks were cool, and then I turned 8.
IMO behavior like this is a symptom of a larger problem.
Oh, it definitely is IMO as well. At this point, I'd settle for just treating the symptoms. lol
Addendum: Rolling Coal should be an immediate bitch slap and some jail time being force fed Vegan meals while blasted with Enya.
Don’t threaten me with a good time!
Enya.
Settle down, Satan.
Harsh but fair!
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Agree. I can only hope it gets less common as electric vehicles become more common. Although, I could also see them adding aftermarket noisemakers just to be obnoxious.
That's already happening. Saw a couple at some car shows.
Some electric cars do have noisemakers (for safety). I could see those being modded to sound obnoxious, though. lol
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I hate them, too.
And the ones that sound like an asthmatic box fan about to die are just hilarious. Heard a mustang like that today.
Car alarms needs to be added to this list as they're completely ineffective and obnoxious.
Well being obnoxious is the entire point of it but if they're annoying you then they're doing their job. If they're annoying your neighbors then they're doing their job. They are for getting attention of people in the area by annoying them or their curiosity.
It's pretty old news that they just get ignored as a result... https://www.theguardian.com/money/shortcuts/2016/may/17/are-car-alarms-a-complete-waste-of-time-security-insurance
I never look at the car with the alarm going off but I hear it.
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Yeah, that's accurate. But there's also the fatigue of it where it happens so often. People get conditioned to treating it as an annoyance to ignore rather than something to investigate.
So true. Though, in my experience, it's less the alarms being overly sensitive and more panic button on the remote getting pressed in pockets/purses. I always imagine some grandma frantically rummaging through her purse trying to find the fob and figure out which button shuts it up. lol
God I hate the panic button on my fob (Toyota Corolla, 2005). I've never had any use for it, and accidentally press it a few times a month.
No problems with that. Just don't forget to put the drivers license into the trash compactor, too.
I have a car with an aftermarket exhaust and intake. When I test drove it I had the windows down and made sure it wasn't loud. And it isn't, as long as I don't open the throttle up a lot and keep it under 3,500 rpm. My parents were concerned about it until I fired it up and my dad said "Oh, it just sounds like my old MG."
So you don't need to have noise to get a horsepower increase. You just need to do it correctly and think about someone other than yourself.
So you don't need to have noise to get a horsepower increase. You just need to do it correctly and think about someone other than yourself.
Yep. But that's not what I see, or rather, hear in the wild. Especially the thinking about others part. lol
I don't hate the sound of a good engine, but I've never heard an aftermarket kit that sounds good to me. It's like....the car is either built with it or it isn't.
I thought the same thing until I drove my car and then I realized what a difference it can make. This is what I have on my car along with the matching intake and I can confirm it sounds really nice. But, again, it's designed for better performance and not just more noise.
Plus I know that it's going to be louder, so I anticipate that and try to drive more quietly. Because I'm not a selfish asshole.
I hate to tell you this, but anything on a little car makes it sound like a lawnmower. There's nothing throaty about it. But it makes me laugh, so I guess it has that going for it, which is nice.
You're one of the good ones. lol. You could teach the folks in my area.....lots.
And yeah, either they want the noise or think noise == power.
Plus, most people don't do the intake and just slap a cheap aftermarket kit on the back. So the exhaust can go out quicker, but it isn't taking in any more air, and just makes it sound terrible.
I like cars and bikes, so I don’t mind some extra noise, but there’s definitely a limit. I’d also say that in any crowded area like a big city neighborhood I’d rather not see any cars, but if they have to be there they should be as quiet as possible.
Sorry, but Tha whistles go WOOO
[They show it off]
Flies out, nearly side swipes into parked cars, runs a stop sign (on camera), and ~~screeches~~ whistles down the street.
Man...I'm without words for this one 🤦♂️ (unless [email protected] is a word? )
I live just off a road that has illegal street racers 3-5 times a week from 11 pm to 2 am. Hard agree.
You must live south of Seattle because this is my exact experience lol.
Just take their license. People being obnoxious is annoying but no need to waste the car
Fair enough, but where's the fun in that? The vehicle needs to be at least restored to "factory defaults" at the owner's expense.
I get that you like revenge, but that's just wasteful. If you really want revenge, make them also pay for making it street legal again. Or heck, impound the car and auction it
Then someone else can be an obnoxious jerk with it. At least make them pay to restore it to factory and then auction it off.
Another obnoxious jerk to pay the fine, more cash for road maintainance and such
Yes, this
plz reduce, reuse, and recycle
I would also accept rough sphere and pancake as shapes the car could be crushed into.