Cars We Drive!

[jcman311]

Cut outs on a Volvo?

 

[flipstah]

AAhh the good ole Fast and Furious days

VHS players4 lyf

 

[Jmm722]

you have a T5/T6 or T8? I thought only T8 has turbo+super charger

T5 is turbo
T6 is twincharged
T8 is hybrid

 

[jcman311]

T1000 is the terminator.

 

[TheFoo]

Really 100dB that would be annoying...

That’s at max volume.

What’s the last time you took your car to redline?! Me: hasn’t ever...

Redline is where life finds meaning.

I haven't really heard a turbo car that I go "this is good" especially compare to NA or super charger

AMG turbo V8 is pretty good. Not as good as prior 6.2L NA engine though.

 

[TheFoo]

That's true, but at least I can figure out why people find 100dB street cars obnoxious.

Let me parse this for you.

Porsche is predominantly famous for its sports cars. Sports cars are loud. That’s why it’s ironic for customers at a Porsche dealership to complain about loud sports cars.

That has nothing to do with whether there are good reasons to buy a Porsche SUV.

 

[OtterMeanGreen]

VHS players4 lyf

I was looking into buying another one just in case mine wears out and I was floored with how expensive they are on eBay. Even the cheap brands are approaching 4 bills. Luckily I still have a practically brand new Mitsubishi player and it's nice knowing I can sell it if I ever need extra funds. Right now it's worth about $500 in its condition which is just crazy I think. No Fast & Furious though, but I do have a pristine copy of Gone in 60 Seconds.

 

[Dino944]

Porsche is predominantly famous for its sports cars. Sports cars are loud. That’s why it’s ironic for customers at a Porsche dealership to complain about loud sports cars.

But they weren't famous for loud cars...they were famous for sports car that you could daily drive. Porsches being very loud, is something of the last 10-15 years. If you drive an air cooled 911 or 930, or a 928 or 944 Turbo S, none of those were particularly loud cars. People daily drove those Porsches. The air cooled 911s have a distinctive engine sound...but they were not incredibly loud. And back then it wasn't purely about being loud, it was about the sounds the cars made. Ferraris and Lamborghinis were loud, but not 100 db, and it was more the sound track they provide. I know plenty of guys with nice sports cars, plenty are loud, but I don't know any that daily drive really loud cars...they all daily something else.

 

[OtterMeanGreen]

But they weren't famous for loud cars...they were famous for sports car that you could daily drive. Porsches being very loud, is something of the last 10-15 years. If you drive an air cooled 911 or 930, or a 928 or 944 Turbo S, none of those were particularly loud cars. People daily drove those Porsches. The air cooled 911s have a distinctive engine sound...but they were not incredibly loud. And back then it wasn't purely about being loud, it was about the sounds the cars made. Ferraris and Lamborghinis were loud, but not 100 db, and it was more the sound track they provide. I know plenty of guys with nice sports cars, plenty are loud, but I don't know any that daily drive really loud cars...they all daily something else.

Still one of my favorite Porsche driving videos and the sound is perfect, any louder and it would be too much for me.

 

[OtterMeanGreen]

This is coming from someone who once wanted one of the loudest aftermarket exhausts on the market; the Tomei Expreme Ti. However emotions change when one has time to reflect and I am choosing this in its place. Hoping to place my order real soon, been talking to dealers recently.

Magnaflow

 

[bawlin]

Still one of my favorite Porsche driving videos and the sound is perfect, any louder and it would be too much for me.

That rasp makes the hairs on my neck stand up. So perfect.

 

[TheFoo]

But they weren't famous for loud cars...they were famous for sports car that you could daily drive. Porsches being very loud, is something of the last 10-15 years. If you drive an air cooled 911 or 930, or a 928 or 944 Turbo S, none of those were particularly loud cars. People daily drove those Porsches. The air cooled 911s have a distinctive engine sound...but they were not incredibly loud. And back then it wasn't purely about being loud, it was about the sounds the cars made. Ferraris and Lamborghinis were loud, but not 100 db, and it was more the sound track they provide. I know plenty of guys with nice sports cars, plenty are loud, but I don't know any that daily drive really loud cars...they all daily something else.

I think this is overly reductive on several fronts.

Yes, Porsche is known for daily-drivable sports cars. However, they are still loud compared to non-sports cars—say, a family sedan or an SUV.

Further, the air-cooled cars make all sorts of raspy, raucous noises that are muted in the water-cooled ones. Which is “louder”? Which is more livable day to day? Debatable.

Also, it depends on exactly which air-cooled Porsche you’re talking about. A 2.7 RS is pretty damned loud! And it is much less usable as a daily driver than a modern Porsche GT car. Generally, the motorsport models—regardless of era—are louder and less filtered.

Finally, don’t mistake my euphemistic tone with literally saying loud is better for the sake of being loud. Obviously, it’s the mechanical quality of the sound that matters. Volume amplifies the good and bad. On that note, I disagree that vintage necessarily sounds better than modern. No vintage, air-cooled engine spins to 9,000 rpm.

Regardless of era, the turbo cars don’t sound particularly interesting.

 

[OtterMeanGreen]

Speaking of Air Cooled Porsche

Discover An Air-Cooled Porsche Paradise Hidden On A Tropical Island

AircooledPH has quite the P-car collection stashed away in the Philippines.

petrolicious.com

 

[patrick_b]

There are exactly three SUVs that are alright: G-wagen, Wrangler, and the new Bronco (omg).

Phew...our family made the cut with a Foo approved SUV (and it's not the G-wagen).

Moog super honk

I really enjoyed that. Good car washing/detailing music.

 

[Jmm722]

I’m pretty sure there’s an inverse relationship between exhaust volume and penis size. The louder the car the smaller the penis.

Which is why I need to go electric....I’ll see myself out.