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comment by kleinbl00

It's different, though - messing with the engine note via resonant exhaust goes back a hundred years and reflects engineering practice. That little porsche trick of piping the intake noise into the cabin is a little on the shady side but anyone buying a porsche can be expected to like it. Piping the engine note through speakers? That's just fakery. Besides, if you're gonna do that, why make it sound like a boring old V8? If you're piping an engine synthesizer into my cabin, I want my car to sound like a fuckin' tie fighter.





Dendrophobe  ·  3834 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Better yet, make the engine noise an app. I'd like a soundscape variant that indicates all of my car's activities - acceleration, deceleration, gears, turn signals, headlights, wiper fluid, battery level, gas level, police radar, etc. Sort of like an automotive version of choir.io (warning: autoplaying sound).

kingmudsy  ·  3833 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I never realized until just now how badly I want to hear the, "Wokkawokka" of pacman as I drive.

Dendrophobe  ·  3833 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Dammit, now I do too.

thenewgreen  ·  3832 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I want my car to make the sound of an evil and sinister laugh that gets louder and more insane sounding the more I rev it up. You could even record custom sounds. I wonder how long it would take before they were outlawed?

randomuser  ·  3832 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I am aware, I think on the mustangs they were actually tuning your exhaust, whereas the new focus is just synthesized sounds via your speakers.