loud obviously = irresponsibly fast

[otolith]

I don't really see the point in making a car louder for the sake of it, but it would seem that some increase in volume is inevitable when altering exhaust and induction for a nicer sound.

[aka_kerrly]

I started a thread on similar lines a little while ago asking why it is so many people associated noise and speed and all I can think of is people think racing cars are loud so normal cars producing noise but be going fast.

[p4blo32]

Ozzie Osmond said:

Loud exhaust = inadequate driver.

A kind lady informed me of my inadequacy the other day whilst I trundled along at less than 5mph in traffic. Thank goodness she was there to let me know!

[paranoid airbag]

Asterix said:

I had a couple of women jogging in the road, when there was a perfectly good very wide pavement, who started telling me to slow down etc... as I was going over a speed bump in the Porsche.

Really fking stupid - I was doing less than 5mph - I wound down the window and told them to be responsible and to get off the road.

They went mental.

Good.

Morons.

and that helped, how? That's another two people who'll be voting for whatever council promises them the most speed cameras/humps at the next election.

[epom]

DrDeAtH said:

Murderer...

[g3org3y]

PanzerCommander said:

Loud pipes save lives!

[Mr2Mike]

jules_s said:

I had this a few years back

Coming out of a small village 30 zone I see a group of women pushing 2 prams on the road around the apex of a blind corner on an NSL lane.

I would suggest I afforded them more courtesy than I would a horse in the same situation...30mph max and gave them as wide a berth as possible

They went absolutely fking mental. Jumping up and down, hand waving, shouting, pointing at babies etc

That's "mummies" for you unfortunately. Like a woman but a million times more mental due to hormonally scrambled brains.

[GTIAlex]

I started my car up and it spat oil over some guys leg, he wasnt best pleased and even less so as i popped and banged out of the car park.
Thankfully he was wearing shorts

[jatinder]

sconzo said:

Just after watching this clip on Jalopnik.

It would appear not everyone appreciates a 12 cylinder Italian thoroughbred symphony:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvzvVMdtr6s&fea...

I think he is a PH member, the thread in Ferrari ect chat. Click

[Chris71]

This really annoys me.

I remember being flagged down by a pair of women in the village near where I lived when I had my first car. It was a Quantum kit car in fairly high state of tune with quite a noisy exhaust, but I was very cautious anywhere there were pedestrians or blind corners and I used to tiptoe through the village at about 15mph before making a spirited getaway as the road widened out past the NSL sign.

These women weren't having any of it. They were utterly convinced I was driving too fast through the village and that I was about to run over some or all of their offspring any day now. Even back then I prided myself on being safe on the road (as well as getting on with my neighbours) and it really, really wound me up.

To make matters worse, a friend of mine owned a standard (fully silenced Metro), but because she was a girl in a mass produced stbox she could steam through the village at literally twice the speed I ever drove at illiciting nothing more than the occasional friendly wave.

[Mastodon2]

jatinder said:

sconzo said:

Just after watching this clip on Jalopnik.

It would appear not everyone appreciates a 12 cylinder Italian thoroughbred symphony:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvzvVMdtr6s&fea...

I think he is a PH member, the thread in Ferrari ect chat. Click

What a couple of wkers - someone revving their engine in the middle of London is hardly the most anti-social thing in the world, that guy jumping about the place shouting "you scared us!" needs to get a grip - threatening to "break" the guys car, I'd have told him to get fked. Cameraman should have done a bit more though, and told those two cretins where to go.

[otolith]

Mastodon2 said:

What a couple of wkers - someone revving their engine in the middle of London is hardly the most anti-social thing in the world, that guy jumping about the place shouting "you scared us!" needs to get a grip - threatening to "break" the guys car, I'd have told him to get fked. Cameraman should have done a bit more though, and told those two cretins where to go.

Stab in the dark - those two don't like cars in the first place and someone revving a massive noisy supercar in front of them is like a red flag to a bull. Yoghurt knitters, I reckon.

[Animal101]

I found this one funny, love this car.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PtFA-MmxNw

[redgriff500]

Yep my Decatted TVR is a smidge loud and I've had a few numpties shout "slow down" at me in 30's when I'm in traffic going as slow as everyone else.

[iphonedyou]

mk2zetec said:

just driven down the lane to my house, a wide road with ample room for two cars to pass without slowing. no pavement though. just followed a disco3 down there at exactly the same speed - circa 50mph. the group of walkers didnt have a problem with mr disco but ive never seen such animated gestures directed at me. the difference? my 993 is a bit loud and obviously looks a lot faster than a disco! for a split second i thought of stopping to discuss this with but to be honest, whats the point!

Every time you rev a baby dies.

[jackh707]

Out in the Caterham the other day, bimbled through a village at the 30mph limit, and when I got to the NSL signs did the only thing that is right and put it in 2nd and planted it. Just as I did this a car coming the other way started flashing his lights and waving his arms, was doing 45mph max when I was along side him.

If people are not intelligent enough to distinguish between engine noise and speed they shouldn't be allowed to drive. And the car is fairly loud but gets through trackday 98db no problem, it's far from antisocial.

[Asterix]

paranoid airbag said:

Asterix said:

I had a couple of women jogging in the road, when there was a perfectly good very wide pavement, who started telling me to slow down etc... as I was going over a speed bump in the Porsche.

Really fking stupid - I was doing less than 5mph - I wound down the window and told them to be responsible and to get off the road.

They went mental.

Good.

Morons.

and that helped, how? That's another two people who'll be voting for whatever council promises them the most speed cameras/humps at the next election.

How did it help? It helps by showing them that their misguided views are wrong and they need to understand simple facts rather than what they perceive to be wrong just because of assumptions.

If everyone told then to 'do one' then perhaps there would be some balance.

Also - I'm in Dubai, we don't have councils and they've already speed bumped every residential road to excess so there no room left for any more - hence why I was only doing 5mph max.

I'm completely in the right and they're in the road when there is a perfectly good, and very wide, pavement - should I simply shut up because it offends them? Sorry pal - wrong bloke.

Edit to add - I'm in a stock Cayman S - it might have a bit more of a rumble than a 1.6 econobox but its very quiet at tickover - they're simply being unreasonable.

Edited by Asterix on Tuesday 12th June 14:13

[Paul Dishman]

jackh707 said:

Out in the Caterham the other day, bimbled through a village at the 30mph limit, and when I got to the NSL signs did the only thing that is right and put it in 2nd and planted it. Just as I did this a car coming the other way started flashing his lights and waving his arms, was doing 45mph max when I was along side him.

If people are not intelligent enough to distinguish between engine noise and speed they shouldn't be allowed to drive. And the car is fairly loud but gets through trackday 98db no problem, it's far from antisocial.

perhaps there was a speed trap round the next corner?

[Leins]

Jamesp24 said:

This really pisses me off,always get it in the CSL my neighbour was shaking his head when i came up the road the other day, i think it scared him when the flap opend in the airbox lol : ).

Same as this, only trundling around the local village (with sport off) and I either get thumbs up or a load of grief shouted at me. It's very difficult to avoid speed ramps to get out from where I live, so there's a bit of slowing down and speeding up involved so as not to wreck the front of it. When combined with a cold SMG set to a low shift level it's not exactly a recipe for smooth and very quiet progress

Out on the roads, as long as there's no dogs or horses about, I couldn't give a ...

[Major Fallout]

119db form my old racer at idle, from 1.5meters away at a 90deg angle.

I have set off car alarms just by driving past. If it gets really angry on overrun you can hear the pops from half a mile away. aper bag:


But my everyday car is near silent.