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An idling gas engine may be annoyingly loud, but that's the price you pay for having WAY less torque available at a standstill.

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[–] 10 points 2 years ago (11 children)

Think of the most annoying sound you know. Whether it's country music, rap, lawnmower before 8am on sat, etc that is your "good noises" sound like.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    There is a huge difference between a finely tuned V8 with an appropriate muffler versus a gas lawnmower, but to each there own.

    Great username btw

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Mr. Monkey subjectively your finely tuned v8 sounds like a 400lb basement dwelling gorilla someone has fed laxatives and recorded from the bottom of a well used coachella porta potty.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I dunno, I’m “team electric is objectively better in every way” but I gotta agree, a fancy tuned racecar engine sounds like angry beast and that’s pretty sexy.

    The jolt of max acceleration of an electric motor in complete silence is also extremely sexy, though.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Think of the nicest sound you know. A well-tuned instrument performing a delicate melody, a passionate singer performing their heart out, a cacophony of songbirds. That's what my good noises sound like when done right.

    Obviously nobody wants to hear a fart can Honda Civic at 4am, but a fantastically engineered Italian V10 has its own melody that can't really be replicated otherwise. These examples will be missed, and the survivors will be sought after like a vintage violin.

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