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A bit of an aside on this. The last 30 years or so have been amazing for cutting down engine noise levels. In trying to squeeze out ever last drop of efficiency
by DaoVeles 2y ago
A bit of an aside on this. The last 30 years or so have been amazing for cutting down engine noise levels. In trying to squeeze out ever last drop of efficiency they have also reduced the noise levels.
Nowadays the only times I really notice them is either when idling or something from before the 90's is driving past.
- the__alchemist 2y agoOn residential vehicles. Commercial vehicles are still a nuisance.
- 01HNNWZ0MV43FF 2y agoThe other day I noticed a queue of suspiciously quiet gas cars. One or two had start-stop systems. (Hybrids of course all implement start-stop, and after 20 years of wild success are still underrated)
- ChainOfFools 2y agoThis is the point that makes all of the miserable noise pollution from modified cars so much more grating, knowing that whatever is making excess noise means potentially useful (in a performance sense) power is escaping as sound somewhere in their drivetrain, so insofar as their objective is to make their vehicles loud for the sake of loud, these people are achieving the opposite of what they're trying to signal they're achieving.
- d3ad1ysp0rk 2y agoEfficiency and power are not equivalent. All you need to do is look at the most powerful (hp per liter) cars and the exhaust systems they use for proof.
- ChainOfFools 2y agoThe people were talking about are slapping shitty cat deleted straight pipe exhausts on what are typically engineered to be economy or family cars, or small displacement motorcycle engines. People who don't see the offensively selfish stupidity in tripling or quadrupling the noise output of their mode of transportation just to get an extra 10% power, if that. They're not running million dollar F1 cars around closed environments dedicated to the purpose.