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[General] Deliberately loud vehicles should be illegal, impounded, and crushed into a cube at the owner's expense (dubvee.org)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by ptz@dubvee.org to c/unpopularopinion@lemmy.world

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Since the last 24 hours have had nothing but troll posts (and one that a user deleted; dunno what that one was), here's my latest gripe / reason I'm tired shaped into the form of an Unpopular Opinion. Hopefully this gets us back on track.

Nobody is impressed by you revving your engine at a stop light and cranking out 300 dB of noise from your fart cannon at 3 in the morning (or any time of day, for that matter). There is also no reason to peel out from the stop light when the next light is 2 blocks away and guaranteed to be red. e.g. We left the first red light at the same time. I drove normally, you like an asshole, and we both stopped at the next light all the same.

Driving an (intentionally) obnoxiously loud vehicle, especially driving it aggressively, should result in immediate revocation of license and the offending vehicle crushed into a cube. As much as I hate vague "disturbing the peace" laws, this seems like a good use for them (where noise ordinances don't exist).

I don't care about the extra 1-2 HP you get. Do tell me all the (street legal) things your pavement princess of a truck is going to do with that (I can see it has neither the tow package nor a speck of dirt on the tires). If you just like the sound and think I should get over it, allow me to come fart near you. If you don't like the smell, by your logic, that's on you: get over it.

Note: It may be a regional thing, but this is definitely an unpopular opinion in my (very redneck) area.

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[–] ptz@dubvee.org 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

So you don't need to have noise to get a horsepower increase. You just need to do it correctly and think about someone other than yourself.

Yep. But that's not what I see, or rather, hear in the wild. Especially the thinking about others part. lol

I don't hate the sound of a good engine, but I've never heard an aftermarket kit that sounds good to me. It's like....the car is either built with it or it isn't.

[–] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 11 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I thought the same thing until I drove my car and then I realized what a difference it can make. This is what I have on my car along with the matching intake and I can confirm it sounds really nice. But, again, it's designed for better performance and not just more noise.

Plus I know that it's going to be louder, so I anticipate that and try to drive more quietly. Because I'm not a selfish asshole.

[–] ptz@dubvee.org 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

You're one of the good ones. lol. You could teach the folks in my area.....lots.

And yeah, either they want the noise or think noise == power.

Plus, most people don't do the intake and just slap a cheap aftermarket kit on the back. So the exhaust can go out quicker, but it isn't taking in any more air, and just makes it sound terrible.

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world -1 points 7 months ago

I hate to tell you this, but anything on a little car makes it sound like a lawnmower. There's nothing throaty about it. But it makes me laugh, so I guess it has that going for it, which is nice.