• PassingThrough@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    You jest, but sometimes I wonder if there would be a huge market for smoke and engine noise simulators. Given those are the two biggest things emanating from the parking lot car show, followed by sound systems, I do wonder…

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        3 months ago

        I think this is the future of electric sport cars. Especially if they make better, realistic engine sounds and allow you to pick which one you want. Like a v12 ferrari sound on your hyundai(or fiat).

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      3 months ago

      engine noise simulators…

      …with vibration and manual transmission simulators.

      I usually derp around in my Honda Fit (gas) at 40-50mpg. My wife and I decided our next A-B car will likely be a hybrid. We’re not certain as that decision is about 100k miles away.

      But, when I want to have fun with my car there’s no modern substitute for a gas V8 with good air & exhaust.

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          3 months ago

          Get your hands on a gas with a CVT (continuously variable transmission). It’s the lack of gear shifts that feels pretty slick.

          If it’s environmentally responsible thrills you want then you may be better served by a gas motorcycle. My cheap, shitty 650 easily keeps up with the quad motor Teslas. It cost me $2.5k.

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              3 months ago

              My first bachelor’s is in ME - Auto. But, no degrees are necessary to understand F=MA. They started teaching it in high school in the 90s.

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                You’re being very condescending for someone that doesn’t seem to understand a crappy electric will deliver more low speed torque than most V8’s.

                It’s not the CVT and smooth shifting, nor the power to mass. Nor is it introducing a completely different vehicle type because the commenter had identified the issue with your comment.

                Even an entry level electric will pin people to the seat the moment the accelerator goes down, and it’ll keep them there until they’re no longer accelerating. To get that with a V8, you have to have good tires, a good powertrain, and a capable driver.

                I’m not denying the possibility for a V8 to be “better” than an electric, but it’s much more expensive and skill dependent to get that from a V8.

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            I’m not sure I’d call running a 650 engine as a form of entertainment environmentally friendly. Certainly moreso than buying a new car, electric or ICE, purely for entertainment, but you can’t handwave away the current or previous environmental impact the vehicle had prior to the $2.5k you paid for it.

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              As soon as there’s practical alternatives I’ll take responsibility for the tiny bit of emissions I produce with my 1.6L and 0.65L.

              Show me an electric car as reliable, repairable, and inexpensive as my $5k car or $2.5k bike. Or, buy me the environmentally responsible vehicle of your choice so I can sell it and buy myself another gas vehicle, and two more for those that need them and can’t afford them.

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                My bad, I’m not into cars. I thought this was cubic inches, not centimeters. The energy requirements and emissions are definitely going to be lower for most bikes vs. most cars. I’m glad you’re having fun in a fairly responsible way.

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                  We Americans now use metric for engine displacement. If I were to guess why then the engineers insisted.

                  If the design is old enough it’ll sometimes be referred to by it’s cubic inch displacement. But, even then the terms seem to have been replaced. For example, a Chevy 350 is now more commonly referred to as a Chevy small block.

                  650 cubic inches is about 10L. For reference, here’s a ridiculous picture of a Chevy small block (~6.0L) on a motorcycle, called a “boss hog”.

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      3 months ago

      I’m now imagining monster truck shows of the future completely silent; Truckosaurus gently nibbling on things.

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      I think there is a company that are makes electric motors that can behave like several ICE motors. I forgot the name though.

      EDIT: Found it

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      Already are consumer cars with engine noise simulators on the road now.

      Smoke simulators are still really niche, but I can see the same mentality behind truck nuts making this popular with a certain regressive crowd.

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        Wasn’t there news a few years ago about a regular, ICE BMW with a speaker to add engine noise because the engine in it was too quiet?

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    If it doesn’t kill me while sitting alone in it in a garage with it running … is it even count as a car ?