Subaru Sound

[Baz2000]

The Subaru boxer engine has a very distinctive sound which I have always loved. I was chatting to mate of mine who absolutely hates the sound they make, saying they sound like something’s broken.

Love it or hate it?

[Pericoloso]

In a Welsh forest,mid 1990s love.
Outside McDonald's hate.

[kambites]

I think they sound awful but then I also dislike the (superficially similar) sound of a cross-plane V8. Personally I prefer smooth sounding engines.

Of course it's an open question whether "awful" is better or worse than "dull".

[HustleRussell]

More interesting than most inline fours but I’d prefer to listen to a 3 cylinder or 5 or more cylinders than most four pots.

[andym1603]

Always thought they sounded like they were running off a cylinder.

[PK0001]

Love the sound they make.

Summer days with windows open is one of life little pleasures.

In my WRX the sound is piped into the cabin through a tube.

Very low tech.

No electronic fakery through the speakers.

[AC43]

kambites said:

I think they sound awful but then I also dislike the (superficially similar) sound of a cross-plane V8. Personally I prefer smooth sounding engines.

Of course it's an open question whether "awful" is better or worse than "dull".

I like the sound a Scoob makes but agree on the cross-plane V8's. At normal revs I think they sound pretty cr*p.

[Ahbefive]

I love the sound of an impreza.

An e46 m3 engine sounds broken to me.

Edited by Ahbefive on Saturday 2nd June 16:03

[CrutyRammers]

Like, definitely.

[Alucidnation]

Thankfully they are becoming rarer so don't hear them much anymore.

Prefer a V8 myself.

[rossub]

andym1603 said:

Always thought they sounded like they were running off a cylinder.

They definitely don’t sound the same when they’re only running 3 cylinders - I know from personal experience

[Nickp82]

I have a few modded ones near me which I hear driving up and down regularly.
I still Love the sound though, I love the fact you can tell instantly it's an Impreza (ok it could be a Forester or whatever but probably not).

[Pica-Pica]

PK0001 said:

Love the sound they make.

Summer days with windows open is one of life little pleasures.

In my WRX the sound is piped into the cabin through a tube.

Very low tech.

No electronic fakery through the speakers.

Direct from the exhaust outlet?

[Hrimfaxi]

Love the boxer rumble

I'm on second Scooby. Current WRX has a Cobra centre section and Hayward & Scott backbox. Not too loud, but just a nice rumble!

[PK0001]

Pica-Pica said:

PK0001 said:

Love the sound they make.

Summer days with windows open is one of life little pleasures.

In my WRX the sound is piped into the cabin through a tube.

Very low tech.

No electronic fakery through the speakers.

Direct from the exhaust outlet?

I wish.

It's piped the right hand side of the engine bay near the turbo and into drivers footwell.

[anonymous-user]

Never liked the burble very much. Dad had a 1st gen Forester turbo and that sounded much nicer, without the silly manifold.

[Zad]

Some of it probably depends on if you can remember when VW Beetles and vans chugged their wheezy way around the roads with a very similar gerdug-gerdug gerdug-gerdug noise.

[alorotom]

Pica-Pica said:

Direct from the exhaust outlet?

Lmao ... it’s certainly a sure fire way to kill ones self of CO poisoning

[Toltec]

AC43 said:

kambites said:

I think they sound awful but then I also dislike the (superficially similar) sound of a cross-plane V8. Personally I prefer smooth sounding engines.

Of course it's an open question whether "awful" is better or worse than "dull".

I like the sound a Scoob makes but agree on the cross-plane V8's. At normal revs I think they sound pretty cr*p.

Heretics, burn them in DIESEL now.

[48k]

In the category of four pot exhaust noises it's right up there. In the category of any-pot exhaust noises it possibly scrapes in to the top 20.