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The Rise of Fake Engine Roar
08-09-2012 01:38 AM
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Especially lol'd at:
Volkwagen's GTI used to have a noise pipe, but when the latest version appeared in 2011, the pipe was replaced with the Soundaktor. This system uses a hockey-puck-size speaker mounted on the firewall to generate extra noise. VW didn't exactly advertise the feature, and when word got out, the forums lit up.
"The Soundaktor is only there to lie to me," fumed one GTI owner on vwvortex.com when he found out his car has the system
http://autos.yahoo.com/news/the-rise...gine-roar.html
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08-09-2012 01:41 AM
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08-09-2012 01:45 AM
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Dude, even the M5 is doing it...lol
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13746_7...-using-stereo/
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08-09-2012 01:47 AM
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Welcome to the year 2011, please enjoy your stay Originally Posted by speedtek40
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08-09-2012 01:57 AM
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Sound pipes I can get on board with; people want to bash them for their theatrical-type purpose, but these days when cars are so well insulated and road-quiet, I can totally dig the concept of a direct sound tube to the powah makah to satisfy that boyish joy of hearing your powerplant in action under circumstances when you want all that shallow indulgence in the fruits of excess. But a speaker to "replicate" the noise is just cheap. It's the difference between a dedicated girlfriend who wants to show you what she can do to you because she digs you and a cheap whore who will do whatever for a bill or a rock.
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08-09-2012 07:34 AM
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...okay. Henceforth, speakers = prostitutes. Originally Posted by Snake Hips
"What's that loud, boring sound you'll hear when I stop talking?"
"It's an albino humping worm!"
"Why do they call it that?"
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08-09-2012 07:51 AM
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Holy isht.... I did this in 1997 with a microphone in the airbox piped into my stereo for Lulz. Originally Posted by speedtek40
Like everything I think of that's totally dumb, I should'a patented it.I'm just here for the sanctimonious circle jerk.
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08-09-2012 08:28 AM
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