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To be clear, I am speaking for pretty much all “car guys” to say we also hate popcorn tunes and stance too. These are both (inter-related) trends only popular

To be clear, I am speaking for pretty much all “car guys” to say we also hate popcorn tunes and stance too. These are both (inter-related) trends only popular with the very young and very low class promulgated via Tik Tok. No “car guy” is impressed by a busted up 20 year old BMW 318i with a popcorn tune, straight pipes, and rep wheels, but there’s a lot of barely 20-somethings who think it’s cool yet don’t know the first thing about how cars work.

uoaei 3y ago
I don't think they're talking about the tuners, but rather the good ol' boys and their trukks, rolling coal being an extreme example.
- tristor 3y ago
  I'm pretty sure they're talking about popcorn tunes (also called "crackle tunes") which intentionally makes your car backfire so it sounds like a poor man's version of rally anti-lag, but in the process destroys the catalytic converters, fuel efficiency, power output, and is generally obnoxious. Rolling coal isn't even a thing in Europe, and the folks I was responding to sound like they're in Europe. There's a bunch of various things "kids these days are doing" because of social media and their craving of attention, that are frankly completely stupid and objectively bad, but get them attention due to being obnoxious. Carolina squat, stance, and popcorn tunes all fall into this category. Stance kids in particular /know/ they're doing something objectively stupid and dangerous and respond by putting "locally hated" stickers on their car. There's a lot of kids, especially in the West, without good family life and too much exposure to social media who will do anything, no matter how obnoxious or objectively wrong, to get attention, even negative attention. This is just how it extends to cars. We all hope they grow out of it, because otherwise they're destined to be wastes of the oxygen they're breathing.
  - uoaei 3y ago
    I'm pretty sure they're talking about lots of things, primarily vehicles that "make your windows rattle". Popcorn tunes don't do that, the frequencies are too high and the impulses too quick. The description fits Harleys (as literally stated in their comment) as well as big rumbly trucks with knobbies and a straight-piped exhaust.
michaelteter 3y ago
Texas is full of "adult" men who want their trucks (and any type of vehicle made by Dodge) to be louder than stock. If their exhaust doesn't set off car alarms when they drive by, it's not loud enough.
- joquarky 3y ago
  I've also seen them (in Texas) intentionally "rolling coal" at a crosswalk full of high school students waiting to cross. What is wrong with people?

uoaei 3y ago

I don't think they're talking about the tuners, but rather the good ol' boys and their trukks, rolling coal being an extreme example.

tristor 3y ago
I'm pretty sure they're talking about popcorn tunes (also called "crackle tunes") which intentionally makes your car backfire so it sounds like a poor man's version of rally anti-lag, but in the process destroys the catalytic converters, fuel efficiency, power output, and is generally obnoxious. Rolling coal isn't even a thing in Europe, and the folks I was responding to sound like they're in Europe. There's a bunch of various things "kids these days are doing" because of social media and their craving of attention, that are frankly completely stupid and objectively bad, but get them attention due to being obnoxious. Carolina squat, stance, and popcorn tunes all fall into this category. Stance kids in particular /know/ they're doing something objectively stupid and dangerous and respond by putting "locally hated" stickers on their car. There's a lot of kids, especially in the West, without good family life and too much exposure to social media who will do anything, no matter how obnoxious or objectively wrong, to get attention, even negative attention. This is just how it extends to cars. We all hope they grow out of it, because otherwise they're destined to be wastes of the oxygen they're breathing.
- uoaei 3y ago
  I'm pretty sure they're talking about lots of things, primarily vehicles that "make your windows rattle". Popcorn tunes don't do that, the frequencies are too high and the impulses too quick. The description fits Harleys (as literally stated in their comment) as well as big rumbly trucks with knobbies and a straight-piped exhaust.

michaelteter 3y ago

Texas is full of "adult" men who want their trucks (and any type of vehicle made by Dodge) to be louder than stock. If their exhaust doesn't set off car alarms when they drive by, it's not loud enough.

joquarky 3y ago
I've also seen them (in Texas) intentionally "rolling coal" at a crosswalk full of high school students waiting to cross. What is wrong with people?