DUMB Question? Perhaps not

You lucky dog...you can still hear at 70-odd years!

 

I read the other day that Ferrari EVs will come with a soundtrack. The mind boggles.

 

Seriously? I had not heard they were stooping to that sort of fakery. If they're going to make an EV, just make an honest EV.

I'll overlook something like the useless front grilles on cars like the 355, TR, etc., as a styling throwback, but a fake soundtrack played from a silent Ferrari somehow takes it to a whole new level. It just misrepresents what the car is.

 

huh?

 

I don’t have to worry about it, I’ll never buy one.

I love solving problems

 

That's what I read. BTW, BMW already does this.

 

As does Porsche with the Taycan.

 

And the line between reality and illusion continues to blur everywhere. Interesting time to be alive.

 

Lol...regarding the very much tongue in cheek, "hearing past age 70" comment I made...about the only thing I can hear without help anymore is my Ferraris. And as long as I can hear them, I'm good to go! Farm equipment and drilling rigs shafted my hearing long ago. Of course most folks in their seventies and far beyond can hear very well...and I am envious. Cheers!

 

I suspect the enjoyment of an exhaust note is something future generations won’t care about. If you haven’t grown up with it…


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A sad, sad world we now live in.

 

I had no idea. I knew Fiat did with the Abarth 500E but that’s the only one I’d heard of.

 

The concept has been around for a while. For example, the sounds at an ATM are not necessary. It is just to make the customer feel that there is some sort of activity.

 

That's what my wife says about me every time I open my mouth.

 

Yep, as long as the money keeps coming out of it they are OK

 

Some kind of sound is needed at low speeds for pedestrian and other vehicle safety.

 

Do Ferraris do low speeds?


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This is my solution:

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Does that work, no ??


But seriously. Ferrari is, like everything else, going down the wrong path. But they have a factory to run, people to pay and shareholders to appease. They just can’t stop building Ferraris because the world is changing. Sad for many of us, but tis’ true.

Why cars with great sounds will have value in the future!! (Me hopes) [emoji2956]


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fake bmw engine noise you can’t turn off is why I do not own an M4. The last great M3 was E46. The E92 was barely acceptable. Then the fake noise came. I can take fake boobs but I draw the line at fake engine noise.

 

Tesla Fixer?
Meaning?

 

Nope, no fake boobs either (exception for real medical reasons)….just not for me.

You just know what the next step in fake noise “technology” will be right? Tuneable fake noise…..feel like F1 sound today, or do you go with 250 GTO?

 

True. I'm thinking iPhone camera "shutter" sounds.

...but Ferraris that make fake "vroom vroom" noises...hard for a buyer to be more poser than that, I think. I dunno; they need to make some noise, for safety as noted earlier. Can't have a 3500lb street level missile moving at speed, silently except for tire road noise. But still.

They'll probably have phone apps linked to the car so you can adjust your engine noise volume, exhaust type (OEM is free, or you can add a Capristo or Tubi for a $9.99/month subscription, payable through the app store), click here for pop and burble on overrun, and you can adjust the slider in the settings menu to vary the intensity.

For sure I'm glad I got into cars when I did.

edit: lol @Shark01 I was thinking the same thing.

 

I'm thinking the only way to do this right is to have real electric motor sound, so things sound science fiction like, while also not fake. Think Tron Cycle.

Some people will never accept it, and that's fine. I find the younger you are, the more time you’ve spent on video games, and the accompanying sonic signatures.