Loud Mufflers (Oxymoron)
 

Why do so many teenage senior citizens have to have loud mufflers on their cars? My neighbor wakes me up at 6:05 every morning. It seems that whenever I am enjoying a meal outdoors someone has to drive by and almost break my eardrums. It would be just as easy for them to hang a sign on their rear bumper saying “I am a jerk”

Oh no. We aren't neighbors are we?

There was a thread about 3 weeks ago, about this subject. It didn't specifically start out about the "teenage senior citizens" who think have a loud vehicle is cool ... but I made sure it got to that point :bigbow:

I asked what the attraction was and why anyone would think it's "cool" to have an automobile or motorcycle, loud enough to annoy most anyone. They all ran for the hills and didn't offer any justification.

Boys being boys .... 50+ years after actually being a "boy".

This is about motorcycles, but same theory. https://youtu.be/ipDmsxQVxIM

Hey Harley’s get free pass when nerds started owning them. The excuse is have here them coming. If rice rocket only hear them going.:oops:

Only 2 kinds of people own Harley-Davidsons.

1%'ers and wannabe posers. That coming from someone who's owned 6 of them.

They do nothing well. Chrome, glitter and noise.

At least I was always upfront about it.

It has nothing to do with being cool. Personally, I think it is done deliberately to annoy other people. I put them in the same category as those who play loud music in their car with the windows open, bring dogs everywhere they go, bring children into stores who do nothing but scream and annoy everyone in the store, and those who hang wind chimes in their yard to spread noise to their neighbor's property. If you complain about it, they act as if you are the problem.

I've only encountered 1 person with a loud vehicle here, too bad he lives a few houses down and he has both a Harley and one of the 'hot rod' golf carts. I have to admit I don't know him but I have built an opinion of the kind of person he is. I think passing judgement on someone without giving them a fair chance is just plain wrong, in this case I'm ok admitting that I've done something wrong.

Most of the loud vehicles I here are landscape and contractor trucks. Harley's do get a pass as they sound great and a few muscle cars with loud exhausts can be tolerated.

And backpack blowers with muffler guts removed.

:bigbow: I find nothing wrong with mellow glass pack mufflers on a flathead 8 cylinder Ford. Can't get any more American than that.:coolsmiley:

When I was about 18, in the early 70s, I had a friend who was cool. He was like Fonzie-cool.
I had on old Chevy sedan, maybe an Impala, but not a hot-rod. The muffler fell off, as they do. I told my friend I was going to put on a glass pack, or maybe a Thrush. He told me, No way, just use a regular muffler, you will be sorry if you use a glass pack. He was cool, so I did what he said. As time went by, I appreciated that quieter, standard muffler.

Another reason to embrace EVs is less noise pollution.

Performance exhaust available for Mustang EV

http://https://www.borla.com/product...-system-253100

So sad how thirsty for attention some people are. “LOOK AT ME LOOK AT ME”
If it’s a head shaking in disgust and plugged ears you’re looking for, that’s a win from me.