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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/16511967

Someone got woken up on Sunday morning 🤣

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[–] aaaaace@lemmy.blahaj.zone 42 points 7 months ago (2 children)

The louder the vehicle, the dumber the driver.

[–] cordlesslamp@lemmy.today 28 points 7 months ago (5 children)

I'm driving an EV and I would like to prove you wrong.

I was making tea in a teapot, when I poured in the boiled water and closed the lid, the hot air inside expanding and making the tea overflowing through the spout. In a panic, I quickly used my finger to plug the spout in an attempt to stop the overflowing, and thus burned my finger.

My best friend of 20 years was sitting there and witnessed the whole thing. It has been years since and he's still bringing it up occasionally.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

Did you drive the teapot?

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[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

the future's gonna be fun, watching these idiots lose their entire identity - vroom vroom - to the inescapable fact that they're killing themselves and our environment with their bullshit.

the temper tantrums are going to be hilarious, and more than a few will die to hold on to their noisemaking smog machines, because to them, that's freedom.

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[–] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 7 months ago

I have one of these assholes next door. It could be 4 in the morning and said shit, revving in the driveway for ten+ minutes before riding off. Then you still have to wait for them to get a hold away before you get any peace. These same shit stains are always blasting classic rock through their tiny motorcycle speakers loud enough to hear over the already deafening exhaust.

But he's not even the worst offender on my street. There are three homes, each with more vehicles than driveway that have diesel trucks and wannabe race cars. For whatever reason these idiots all leave their shit idling for up to an hour at a time. It is not unusual for multiple vehicles to just be running at any given time day or night while my personal possessions vibrate uncontrollably. There may also be music blasting from one or more of these vehicles. The noise is the worst part but depending on the wind I also get exhaust fumes entering my bedroom when I'm just trying to exist.

If you guessed that this is in Florida you'd be right. Can't wait to escape this hellhole.

[–] banshee@lemmy.world 22 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Just wait until you get these idiots:

Palatka lean

[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

He added the extra suspension on the wrong end.

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[–] rsuri@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Where I am harleys aren't so much of an issue as extremely loud uber eats scooters. Everywhere should just ban gas mopeds. The downside is it'll come off as a tax on underpaid uber eats drivers, but if the same rules apply to everyone it should end up going to the Uber Corporation and the people who use it instead of the drivers. As it is basically all of us are subsidizing uber eats with our ears.

[–] spacesatan@lemm.ee 19 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I wish I could find a city that actually enforced noise ordinances against loud vehicles. Every city I've lived in has been way too fucking loud for me to handle, so now I have to drive everywhere because the alternative is live in a city and be driven insane by noise pollution.

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 7 points 7 months ago

I'd like it if they would enforce noise ordinances at all.

[–] Infynis@midwest.social -2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (3 children)

Any time I hear a loud bike or car, I just assume the owner is really poor, and can't afford anything that isn't falling apart. It's really sad, honestly. I hope, one day, they get a good deal on something that doesn't so obviously showcase the things they're insecure about 😉

[–] toddestan@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Around here, people pay a lot of money to make their cars/trucks/bikes sound loud and shitty. Yeah, you do occasionally see a clapped out beater being loud too, but they are the rare exception now.

[–] yonder@sh.itjust.works 4 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Your comment is a bit hard to follow, but in my experience, the expensive cars are much louder than the one falling apart.

[–] vithigar@lemmy.ca 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

A bad exhaust can be extremely loud, but while it negatively impacts comfort, noise level, and emissions it doesn't impact the drivability or safety of the vehicle. So people who struggle to cover the costs of vehicle maintenance will often neglect it.

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[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago

Especially with an EV. They’ll say the noise == power, and I’ll be amused as my EV silently and effortlessly leaves them behind.

To me the silence is a big part of it, not just all the low end torque. The silence makes it seem effortless

While I do appreciate the engineering required, the hundreds of moving parts, the exotic alloys and precision machining to have all the parts clattering and clanking to move a car forward ….. in the same way I appreciate the engineering of steam engines. Lesly’s get this legacy engineering in the museums and steampunk festivals where it belongs

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