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Ford Tempo Fanatic
07:55 PM

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Yamaha makes pianos? I thought it was all about the SHO.
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Mobius
06:33 PM

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The more I know about this car, the less outrageous its price tag becomes. Still not the prettiest or the fastest or the most luxurious or the most desirable, its little foibles (all in a good way) and that sound (THAT SOUND!!!) is starting to win me over.

Now, I just need to find that money somewhere.
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Pessimippopotamus
06:04 PM

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Yeah. That's why Japanese cars are soulless.

I can't ever imagine Bizzarrini trying to break down engine notes into numbers and algorithms.

And I don't like how it sounds. But it is how I would imagine how a high revving Yamaha engine to sound.
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Turboner
05:58 PM

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I hate it when I get something stuck in my dragon eye...

BTW sounds great, although I normally remove the accousting dampening "tanks" and other unnecessary items from my intakes. I like to hear those pulses in concert with the exhaust.
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Steve_in_NC
05:53 PM

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I got your dragon eye right here!
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Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
05:39 PM

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So, they added an extra pipe into the car, because the air intake noise was too wheezy on its own?
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elev
05:50 PM

@Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: I remember Top Gear mentioning that the M3 has a similar feature
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Otto Suksumake
05:52 PM

@Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: Yeah sounds like it.

Ferraris dont need that...
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jark
05:59 PM

@elev: GTIs and Mustangs have tubes to let engine noise in the cabin also
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pauljones
06:16 PM

@Otto Suksumake: Actually, they do. Ferrari recognizes that sound is one of the most important aspects of their cars, and they spend as much time tuning the exhaust note as they do tuning other major elements of the car.

I don't know if it's true or not, but I remember reading a blurb in Motor Trend where it was said that Ferrari frequently sacrifices some degree of engine efficiency just to get the right sound. Again, I don't know how true that is, but I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if it was true.
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Tanshanomi
06:17 PM

@jark: So, sound deadening insulation, then you pipe in the noise? I can't help but think of something to do with Monty Python, crates, and trenches.
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Otto Suksumake
07:08 PM

@pauljones: Right i'm sure they tune for sound. But they don't pipe it in...

Might as well play a throttle-angle influenced V12 soundtrack over the speakers. Would be cheaper than pipes.

#tips
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beercheck
07:21 PM

@Tanshanomi: Heh! Attaboy!
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tmp00
04:42 PM

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I want it to sound like the flying saucers on "UFO"
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GreenN_Gold
04:13 PM

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Ambient Metallica. Problem solved.
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skitter
07:11 PM

@GreenN_Gold: Ambient Metallica would be a great name for a rock band.

Wait....
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Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
03:15 PM

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I want mine to scream like Sam Kinison...
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Kaiser-Machead
03:19 PM

@Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: lol best horn ever. I was thinking a chorus of Bobcat Goldthwait and Gilbert Gottfried.
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Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
03:27 PM

@Kaiser-Machead: I think those horns would give #RoofCoffeCup some serious competition....
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Alfisted
03:06 PM

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I'll take one in duck call, please.
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OMG! Ponies!
02:51 PM

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My car already has this feature. As soon as I see a pedestrian, I push the button.

This lowers the driver's side window, whereupon I yell, "GET THE FUCK OUTTA THE STREET, JACKASS!" as I speed by.

Works every time.
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Kaiser-Machead
03:20 PM

@OMG! Ponies!: And you can't get fined if there's a no honking sign.
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brandegee
02:41 PM

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We so need a 10 best automotive chyrons.
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Mobius
02:20 PM

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I am hoping this feature could be implemented on more vehicles, especially those whose default horns are as loud as the end of the whole goddamned world.

Yes, I'm looking at you, trucks. I leap in staggered shock every time one of your bloody airhorns blast into the stratosphere and scare birds and elks and lions and tigers and elephants and cats.

Like, seriously, do you need to?

Oh, wait, you do, because it's all you've got. Sure, it's just about preferable to being run over by you, but I'd much rather you get a chirper or a musical horn (try James May's policecar horn) and not scare the s*** out of me.
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FrankGrimes
02:19 PM

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A stink alert would be better and contribute to a quieter serene environment. I propose a system by which Calvin Klein's Obsession would be atomized into the air alerting pedestrians to the presence of your electric silent mobile. This would also benefit the deaf and the soon to be deaf (those with headphones on).

Now for the acronym to make it legit OFAL
Olactory Forwarning Automobile Logic
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FTGDWolverineEdition'09
02:03 PM

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Lame. What they really need is the Jalopnik Taiwanese national anthem option. I would def tick that box, if I ever drove a Volt.
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