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An idling gas engine may be annoyingly loud, but that's the price you pay for having WAY less torque available at a standstill.

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[–] fah_Q@lemmy.ca 10 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Think of the most annoying sound you know. Whether it's country music, rap, lawnmower before 8am on sat, etc that is your "good noises" sound like.

[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 13 points 5 months ago (1 children)

There is a huge difference between a finely tuned V8 with an appropriate muffler versus a gas lawnmower, but to each there own.

Great username btw

[–] fah_Q@lemmy.ca 10 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Mr. Monkey subjectively your finely tuned v8 sounds like a 400lb basement dwelling gorilla someone has fed laxatives and recorded from the bottom of a well used coachella porta potty.

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I dunno, I’m “team electric is objectively better in every way” but I gotta agree, a fancy tuned racecar engine sounds like angry beast and that’s pretty sexy.

The jolt of max acceleration of an electric motor in complete silence is also extremely sexy, though.

[–] fah_Q@lemmy.ca -2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Lol ok I get it you're all Car-o-sexuals. It's cool but can you guys just keep it to your bedrooms and rest stops?

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 months ago

I don’t care much about cars overall but I do like angry beasts…

[–] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 0 points 5 months ago

In today's edition of lemmy: poetry.

[–] algorithmae@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Think of the nicest sound you know. A well-tuned instrument performing a delicate melody, a passionate singer performing their heart out, a cacophony of songbirds. That's what my good noises sound like when done right.

Obviously nobody wants to hear a fart can Honda Civic at 4am, but a fantastically engineered Italian V10 has its own melody that can't really be replicated otherwise. These examples will be missed, and the survivors will be sought after like a vintage violin.

[–] uid0gid0@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Between the fart can and the Lambo, which are you more likely to hear?

[–] fah_Q@lemmy.ca 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

So total fucking silence? I swear to God it's like the call to stroke each other off for you guys.

[–] Mango@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

You just gonna sit there and yuck the mainstream yum like your opinions are better than everyone else's?