Electric vs Gas
xkcd.com

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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.

  • fah_Q@lemmy.caEnglish
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    5 months ago

    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.

    • Mango@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      5 months ago

      You just gonna sit there and yuck the mainstream yum like your opinions are better than everyone else’s?

    • bobs_monkey@lemm.eeEnglish
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      5 months ago

      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

      • fah_Q@lemmy.caEnglish
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        5 months ago

        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.

        • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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          5 months ago

          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.

          • fah_Q@lemmy.caEnglish
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            5 months ago

            Lol ok I get it you’re all Car-o-sexuals. It’s cool but can you guys just keep it to your bedrooms and rest stops?

    • algorithmae@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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      5 months ago

      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.