favo
P3D+ owner
I'm looking forward to feeling the acceleration and not hearing it.
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Ever heard the sound of a three-phase inverter variable-frequency drive throwing hundreds of kW at an AC motor? Especially when it's accelerating ... best sound ever. Very quiet, rather unassuming, and crazy powerful.Like many of you I have reserved a TM3.I know this will probably not relate to many of you, but for the true gear heads like me, won't you miss the sound of an engine and exhaust? I know 99% of the time, you really don't want to be hearing those sorts of sounds but that 1% of the time when you want to open it up and hear the engine hitting the limiter, the turbo waste gate fluttering. I wish that an EV had that drama just once in a while. I think without those sounds the car has no soul or character. Maybe eventually you will get a in car app which will play those sounds through the speakers, not the same I know
That's an interesting leap I have not heard of before. BMW ---> Leaf. I'm curious why, if you don't mind me asking.Ev's are quiet, but they are not silent. There are still fun whirring noises, but the completely different delivery of the power will very quickly make you not give a poo about the sound the car is not making. I switched from a tuned BMW M3 to a Leaf and don't miss all the racket one bit.
One person's "exciting of the senses" is another person's "Look! An ahole!"
The silent thrust of the S is awe-inspiring, but, to most gearheads, there's a melodic quality to certain engine sounds. It's not about being loud, but the timbre that is unique to various marques. For instance, a Ferrari V12 has a distinct note, as does the Porsche flat 6.
And then there's the Porsche flat 12. Ah, the beautiful sound of the 917/30. Oh yeah, that one is loud, too.
OK. If a person blasts noise around them so loud you can hear them a block away, and they justify it by calling it "exciting their senses," what would you call them? A really nice guy? Or an ahole? I submit to you that odds are they aren't a nice guy.
That's why I call it a social warning. "The driver of this vehicle is a complete and utter ahole. Adjust your interactions accordingly."
I'd call them a person with a loud car?
I'd say calling everyone who likes a loud engine "a-holes" is painting with a pretty broad brush.
I bet you'd call them something else if they moved next to you.
I don't think he's saying that. But haven't we all been startled (and even jumped) by the loud roar of someone's engine to the extent that the term arsehole (or worse) runs through your mind? When I've been with people and it happens the reaction is almost instant and similar words come out of their mouth. It's usually an extremely loud Harley but also happens with other vehicles. That's totally different than the purring sound of a nicely tuned engine.