Loud vehicles, why?

[Murloc]

The people who live behind us blast music from 8am until midnight everyday.... They even park their car in the backyard and blast it like they are cool. I can't wait to sell the house and move.

no noise ordnance or law to protect your right to rest at night?

Enjoy his freedom.

 

[AdamK47]

That does not help as much as you would think.

MotionMan

Do you also have one of those white apple logos on your Prius?

 

[MotionMan]

Do you also have one of those white apple logos on your Prius?

No. I have a 49ers frame on my Lexus.

MotionMan

 

[RearAdmiral]

I like to head up to the Delaware Water Gap for peace and quiet, and unfortunately, so does every Harley owner in northern New Jersey, or so it seems. You can hear them echoing and rattling off the hills all day long. I'm pretty sure there is an inverse relationship between the decibels emitted by the bikes' exhaust, and penis size.

DWG is my house. I like to yell at people who are sitting on the river beach as I'm driving along the other side of the river.

 

[vshah]

that's like an alarm clock! you supposed to be up cookin' breakfast or somethin'

 

[bradly1101]

But where do I put my arm then?

OMG! Not the arm people!
;-)

 

[bradly1101]

I caught up reading this thread. We're all experiencing different forms of completely unnecessary noise pollution.

I hate to sound like an old foagie, but when I was growing up people mostly did not do any of this. Car audio systems? Biker gangs?!

The loudest thing I heard was the engine of a VW bug.

 

[BurnItDwn]

They want us to vandalize their shit obviously.

 

[Vic Vega]

They want us to vandalize their shit obviously.

I laughed.

I'm not a fan of really loud vehicles.

My daily driver has a nice exhaust from the factory and it's just right - any louder and I would be annoyed riding in it.

 

[who?]

They like being noticed so people don't pull out in front of them.

 

[BUTCH1]

I caught up reading this thread. We're all experiencing different forms of completely unnecessary noise pollution.

I hate to sound like an old foagie, but when I was growing up people mostly did not do any of this. Car audio systems? Biker gangs?!

The loudest thing I heard was the engine of a VW bug.

Technology changed, I had a pair of Tenna "Mind blower" 6X9 amplified speakers in my '66 Cutlass, probably the loudest available at that time.

Today's equipment is ridiculously over the top, 2 12" subwoofers in a car? that would be more than enough for any home setup let alone an automobile cabin, it's purely to "show out" to any living object just how loud and obnoxious you can be

 

[JulesMaximus]

What I don't get are the loud motorcycles often the rider wears earplugs.

We wear earplugs because of wind noise rushing past the helmet... not because of exhaust noise. It is a well known fact that not wearing hearing protection while riding a motorcycle, even one that is stock with a relatively quiet factory exhaust, can cause hearing loss.

 

[xanis]

Every loud vehicle I've seen seems to be one of the following:

Motorcycle
Riced-out Honda Civic/VW Golf
Pickup with huge tires and lift kit