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I can't wait to be a hipster ICE collector. Electric vehicles just feel and sound like shit. Auto racing is dead, for example, if we move to all electric. No m
by fein 9y ago
I can't wait to be a hipster ICE collector.
Electric vehicles just feel and sound like shit. Auto racing is dead, for example, if we move to all electric. No more rib rattling exhaust, the wonderful smell of 2 stroke exhaust burping out of a bike, and the general feeling of driving seven thousand contained explosions every minute.
Electric may be nice, but it's boring as hell.
- Lightbody 9y agoBefore a Model S, I owned a WRX. Both were a joy to drive. Like all cars, electric will have a mix of fun and boring. But I can promise you that instant torque and low center of gravity is not "boring" :)
- linkregister 9y agoI'm surprised you don't find it fun to be in an accelerating Tesla. Sure, spectators at an all-electric NASCAR would keep their hearing, but the rest of the excitement would be there: the close calls, the crashes, the thrill of racing. Horse racing is fun despite it not vibrating your seat.
- greglindahl 9y agoThere's already electric car racing, a couple of kinds, actually. Lots of ICE cars with turbos already pipe fake engine noise into the car cabin, all you need is loudspeakers and a stereo.
- fein 9y agoHave you actually watched formula e? The race is so quiet and uneventful that they have a dj playing shitty edm music.
- greglindahl 9y agoI am merely noting that it exists. If I want to see an event with electronic music that might involve carnage, I watch SpaceX launches.
- sergiosgc 9y agoFWIW, I'm having a lot more fun watching Formula-e than Formula 1. It's the awful sound of current F1 cars, coupled with the Indy-like equality of Formula-e cars. Lots of overtaking, very competitive, very dependent on the pilot. Formula-e is proving to be quite fun. I'll concede it's not F1, and I'll also concede that I'm a disgruntled ex-fan of F1.