I do have some sympathy for this guy, sounds like the cop was being a dickhead.
However I caught this point in the article:
Many municipalities are cracking down on volume, which is justified to some extent, but then arguably goes too far when stock vehicles are being cited as nuisances
Yeah, about that… cars are almost all so obnoxiously loud at all times.
Why does something being “stock” excuse it from nuisance laws? Fucking 8 billion lumen headlights, ridiculous exhausts, completely unnecessarily large vehicles, and blasting stereos are the bane of my commute and work day. And people have them for no other reason than because.
And putting any sort of sound kit on an ev should be a crime. Fucking safety!? Really?
If it’s stock, the blame should be on the manufacturer. Instead of punishing the consumer, where’s the recall?
Agreed.
I get the logic that it’s not the fault of the person who bought the car, but cars like that should not be legal to sell.
I have adjustable exhaust vents. I set it to quiet start 20hrs out of the day. It will only turn on loudly between 1pm-5pm. Before and after are quiet starts. My neighbors appreciate it.
You’re shitting me. You artificially make your car louder than it has to be? Fucking dark triad marker right there. Not even joking.
https://www.psypost.org/psychopathy-and-sadism-drive-preference-for-loud-vehicles-study-suggests/
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/loud-car-study-psychology-1.7177688
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10699294/
Get a grip, psycho.
The car naturally rumbles. I set it to quiet start for most the day because I’m not a fan of loud obnoxious exhausts. Which this is not. It’s able to take the four pipes in the back and turn it into 2 only. You can when tracking the car. Set it to fully open. But if you drive around town like that. You will get ticketed and the car unregistered if it gets hit for checks by the police. When you change the settings the car warns you that it’s track use only. Which only use it on.
I don’t do burn outs because my tires are 400$ a pop. I ain’t rubbing any of that rubber off. And the car even has a burn out mode if I wanted to do it. Butttttttttt I don’t.
I’m on my eBike most of the time anyways.
god whenever im walking down the street and theres no cars for even just 5 seconds, the absolute silence is Amazing
Good lord. One of the main things about EVs that I like is how quiet they are. They could put a noise maker on them for safety reason no problem, but the one on the Charger is way too loud.
Reminds me of those stupid kits you can get online to make your plain old bike or ebike sound like a motocycle. So stupid.
Ts not just how quiet EVs are, but the combination of massive torque and silence makes acceleration seem effortless. My car will pull away from almost any other car I encounter, just taking it easy, while they wheeze and rattle and whine and struggle to get up to speed.
I recently had to drive a gasoline car and it was sad how much effort it seemed to be putting into some minor acceleration. I’m starting to think of these vehicles similarly to steam engines or steampunk creations. It’s fascinating how they achieved such complexity back then, all those gears and clanging metal parts, and they’re well suited for a museum
It can also produce a fake engine noise while moving
That is just so sad. It’s the equivalent of a 5yo kid putting this cardboard piece against the spikes so that when the wheel turns it makes this “flapflapflap” noise to look cool
It’s the “look, I can STILL be an obnoxious asshole!” mode
Jesus, they took business ideas from Kevin James
I think it would help if the American police would hire more on a “high IQ” base instead of “can shoot”.
