Loss of the exhaust note…sex without noise.

[opnwide]

Thought I’d address a pink elephant in the room…the loss of the emotional exhaust note. Sex without noise. Get there fast with no audible emotion. Tesla owners care to opine?

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[Scoiatael]

Huh?

 

[IHScout]

Sex without noise

I think you just need to turn the volume up on your computer. Good luck!

 

[crashmtb]

The EVs I’ve driven all sounded like spaceships to me. There is not a total absence of noise.

 

[opnwide]

I think you just need to turn the volume up on your computer. Good luck!

You’re right. That fixed it! ?

 

[sub]

I miss the sound of a combustion engine's exhaust exactly as much I miss the smell a biological engine's exhaust. Get there fast with no olfactory emotion. Any horseless carriage owners care to opine?

 

[opnwide]

I will personally miss the grunt of the engine between 7000-8000 RPM shouting “Hell Yes” and the quiet nothing of the EV whispering, “Kudos, good job”.

 

[Monkey]

I’m on my second Tesla and I’ve driven a few others here and there…. The near silence is amazing. And when you really put your foot down, the motor has a nice sound like a jet turbine or similar that’s actually quite pleasant. I had an older model S once for a loaner and the family and I kinda laughed the whole day we had it because it had a rather loud motor, like a jet spooling up for take-off.

The Mach-E sounds like a dentist drill. Bleh. They initially pumped fake V8 Mustang sound into the cabin and it was so cheesy and lame that no one liked it. Then updated the software to make it optional, now it’s still there but default is off.

My 2018 Ford Expedition pumps fake V8 noise into the cabin, so do some cars by other automakers and it just plain sucks. EVs don’t need an exhaust note or additional sound effects. They’re great just with the minimal noise they make.

I know some people can’t get past the “I need to hear the big engine“ thing…. I love the sound of a naturally aspirated V8 myself, but the engineer in me just knows all that beautiful noise is actually the sound of inefficiency. I’ve had more fun driving my Teslas than most any other car I’ve ever owned and I have owned lots of cars over the years. After you get used to launching an EV, all the old ICE sports cars just seem kinda lame. Can’t wait to take my R1T off road with the windows down and not have to listen to engine noise or breathe gas fumes.

 

[opnwide]

I’m on my second Tesla and I’ve driven a few others here and there…. The near silence is amazing. And when you really put your foot down, the motor has a nice sound like a jet turbine or similar that’s actually quite pleasant. I had an older model S once for a loaner and the family and I kinda laughed the whole day we had it because it had a rather loud motor, like a jet spooling up for take-off.

The Mach-E sounds like a dentist drill. Bleh. They initially pumped fake V8 Mustang sound into the cabin and it was so cheesy and lame that no one liked it. Then updated the software to make it optional, now it’s still there but default is off.

My 2018 Ford Expedition pumps fake V8 noise into the cabin, so do some cars by other automakers and it just plain sucks. EVs don’t need an exhaust note or additional sound effects. They’re great just with the minimal noise they make.

I know some people can’t get past the “I need to hear the big engine“ thing…. I love the sound of a naturally aspirated V8 myself, but the engineer in me just knows all that beautiful noise is actually the sound of inefficiency. I’ve had more fun driving my Teslas than most any other car I’ve ever owned and I have owned lots of cars over the years. After you get used to launching an EV, all the old ICE sports cars just seem kinda lame. Can’t wait to take my R1T off road with the windows down and not have to listen to engine noise or b reathe gas fumes.

Appreciate that. I am actually a solo/non-corporate dentist myself, and I have the absolute best quality German hand pieces/“drills”, and appreciate high quality-and my patients appreciate quiet drills. My name is on my door. Multigenerational families in my practice understand it. I fully appreciate new technologies, but there is an emotional disconnect with the silence of EV’s. Will everyone get over it and adopt? Absolutely. Will I? Yep.
Doesn’t mean I won’t miss a few good
“Hell Yeses” instead of “kudos, good job”.

 

[Dark-Fx]

After driving an EV for years, all the noise that ICEs make seems just obnoxious and unnecessary. I say that as someone who put performance exhaust on previous vehicles.

 

[Gator42]

I’ve been waiting for the absence of exhaust noise for forty years- about the time I first rode in a golf cart.

‘Why aren’t there cars like this?’ I thought ?…

 

[OldGoat]

My wife had a Macan and I gotta tell you that nice low-end rumble as she was pulling out of the garage always put a smile on my face. The Audi etron she has now lacks that aspect of personality.

For me, however, cars are visceral experiences . The thing I hated most about getting the RIdgeline was losing standard transmission. The car I had before it (Golf R with upgrade short shifter) was a blast. Now some people hate manual transmissions....and I get it....it isn't a whole lot of fun in stop and go traffic. But I do miss those things. In the case of the R1...well I'm coming from a Ridgeline, which ain't exactly known for its exhaust note, so I won't miss it at all. At the end of the day, isn't everything about compromises, with both pluses and minuses. I am 100% confident that the pluses of the R1T over the Ridgeline will outweigh the minuses (by a lot).

 

[Temerarius]

Few things I enjoy more then eating a souped-up, grunting, crackling, Mustang off the line in my whisper quiet, 6 seat SUV... all that sound and fury... it's like a 5 year old throwing a fit in the check out.

Lots of noise, and still won't get what they want.

So, do I miss the noise? Not at all, because I know I can eat the other guys lunch without any peacocking needed.

 

[Speedrye]

My wife had a Macan and I gotta tell you that nice low-end rumble as she was pulling out of the garage always put a smile on my face. The Audi etron she has now lacks that aspect of personality.

For me, however, cars are visceral experiences . The thing I hated most about getting the RIdgeline was losing standard transmission. The car I had before it (Golf R with upgrade short shifter) was a blast. Now some people hate manual transmissions....and I get it....it isn't a whole lot of fun in stop and go traffic. But I do miss those things. In the case of the R1...well I'm coming from a Ridgeline, which ain't exactly known for its exhaust note, so I won't miss it at all. At the end of the day, isn't everything about compromises, with both pluses and minuses. I am 100% confident that the pluses of the R1T over the Ridgeline will outweigh the minuses (by a lot).

My daily sedan has a 6.2L V8 that sounds great, but I won't miss the sound that much. I will definitely miss the manual transmission though as I like "being one" with the vehicle (all of my vehicles are manual). I'm hoping electric vehicle manufacturers find a way to get active drivers more involved. I'm worried I'll be bored driving an EV as it's got the same level of driver involvement that my kid's Power Wheels has.

 

[TAZ]

I will personally miss the grunt of the engine between 7000-8000 RPM shouting “Hell Yes” and the quiet nothing of the EV whispering, “Kudos, good job”.

You should hear 9000 RPMs! Buy those cars now because they’re the last of them.

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