What's the deal with 'farting cars' and boy racers?

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Just this really, everyone to their own I get that. But, what is so great about driving around in a car that backfires repeatedly? There was one just driven down the road near us and it's hilarious as it sounds like very loud farting.
The driver only needs over sized boots, a mad wig and huge nose to be in the circus.
I guess the noise is to draw attention but it just comes across as 'look at me I'm a twat'.

Why the bloody hell should I? Noise pollution goes beyond sleep deprivation too, its effects on society probably have more impact than either air pollution or water pollution.

At the very least it gives the would-be girlfriend's father time to get the shotgun.

How very 1850s.

Yes the farty cars are annoying and around here the police do get involved (although not often enough) and stop them from racing around.
But a few things.

Around us their as many girls as boys that do it. and the cars are not constantly back firing if they did they would destroy the engines (what a shame) its the pop of the turbo kicking in. (normally with a bit of flame cos its cool init brah)

I'm an ex girl racer (Nissan 200SX S13), but I'm old, poor, have offspring & dogs & am more environmentally conscous these days.

I grew up in an extended family of petrolheads & love my classics, muscle cars & genuine performance vehicles, but am also autistic & noise sensitive, so I'm in agreement that loud exhausts are antisocial & unnecessary.

Like you say, THEY think they're super-cool, but everyone else just thinks "Oh, look at him, what a twat."

Big car, small dick.

I think some of you are paying way too much mind to other people's business. Someone has a loud car that makes them happy, fantastic! Life is all about little joys.

My neighbour has an M3 competition and it's loud. We hear him as he drives in and he drives out. He doesn't run it excessively. My daughter gets excited when she sees it - says she wants a car like that when she's older and knows she is going to have to work really hard to get it. He's a quiet neighbour and waves hello. What more do you want?! I'm far more aware of the little Herbert's in a Clio that sit waiting for a little Herbert that lives in the street shining their lights in my window and their shit music banging - but even they don't really bother me because they're just enjoying themselves and it's me being an old miserable person that's the problem.

Just the twenteysomthing male equivalent of injected lips and fake lashes. Only those who have them think they're cool. Everyone else thinks they're a twat.

That poor cat.

My car is injected and has a growly exhaust and I'm female 54... The fact that it's diesel and the exhaust has a hole in it is besides the point!!! 😁😁😁 Seriously though, if the growly, grumbly noise is from a Lamborghini or a Mustang, bring it on... But souped up, boy racer Corsas and VW's, not so much!

if the growly, grumbly noise is from a Lamborghini or a Mustang, bring it on...

Have to say the Lambo that went past our place yesterday, was a cracker. Would love to have a go in that (and more than likely scare myself to death).

@NewYearNewPyjamas dangerous & inconsiderate driving (& let's face it, most of those driving noisy hot hatches on public highways are indeed driving dangerously) is everyones' business.

For some people, peace & quiet in an increasingly noisy, smelly, overstimulating world is their little joy so what right have you to infringe on it?

Are people who can apparently only enjoy hobbies or interests that make noise so lacking in imagination that they can't possibly choose one of literally thousands of things that don't, or at least take steps to minimise their impact on others.

@justaboutdonenow the thread is about noise. Not about dangerous and inconsiderate driving. Of course that is everyone's problem but it's not really relevant and is done by people with all sorts of cars - I'd bet statistically it is done more by bogstandard cars then someone with an evo.

Peace and quiet is a joy, yes but someone driving past a few times a day isn't really affecting my quiet unless I let it bother me. Which i don't. If someone sat outside at 5am and revved their bike or car unnecessarily, I would say something to them. I wouldn't start a post on a parenting forum with others joking that they had a small penis. A very unoriginal and offensive derogatory comment.

It's a common hobby. It's not lacking in imagination. It's just not for you and it doesn't need to be. Someone starting their car and driving it away is a minimal impact.

Would you rather they played their drums loudly instead? That would be far more disruptive as the drums sit still. The car moves. Their hobby or joy doesn't need your approval.

@NewYearNewPyjamas excessive noise IS inconsiderate.

Having lived 3 doors down from someone who would start up & then proceed to sit on his driveway revving the fuck out of his 'hobby' for 10mins before roaring off up the road in it on a daily basis, yep, I absolutely do have a problem with it.

Actually, thinking about it more, it's probably a good thing as we can hear the incompetent drivers well in advance & GTFO of their way to leave them to hit a ditch/pothole/tree/wall instead of us.

To be fair, though, boy racers are in the minority when it comes to dangerous driving (mainly because they're a tiny minority of the drivers on the road). The real dangers are the commuters half asleep and drinking coffee while on calls on their way to and from work, the mums and dads dealing with a car full of screaming kids when they should have their eyes on the road and the speedo etc.

I've been in six accidents so far, none my fault, and those two groups account for all of them.

@ntmdino all you have to type in to google is "boy racer cars in fatal accidents uk" and you get pages and pages of recent incidents. These aren't just prangs, they kill civilians and other passengers every month.

They aren't the only ones tho. Have you been on the roads recently? They're filled with maniacs who drive cars of all shapes and sizes.

Using Bing or Google, that search doesn't bring up fatal accidents "every month", even in the first thirty results it brings up 12 in the last three years, four of which refer to the same incident.

I'm not suggesting those have been the only ones, but compare that to ~136,000 casualties per year on the roads, including ~1,700 fatalities - not even in the same order of magnitude.

C63 is very nice.

C63 at 50 grand, or any fancy Merc isn’t really boy racer territory though is it. Or maybe it is these days with rental purchases?

Technical question for those who
own expensive massive bhp cars with splutty turbos: is it possible to drive around without making a racket? Or is it just when you put your foot down?

One by us dies a load bang and a loud kind of Hisssssss

No boy (or girl) racer I. Had the cash for a C63 awhile back following a bit of god fortune, bought one, had a very enjoyable albeit expensive 2½ years with it, now drive a Volvo estate 🤣

Re the question about noise, the Merc had something described as a "performance exhaust" and there was a button to toggle it. Think it opened some valves somewhere or something to let more noise out. Mine was set to "off" 🫣

Surely you can simply “choose” to remain unconscious? /s

Most pop pop cars seem to be the 17 year old first car or 30plus males here.

The decent proper car head cars don’t tend to be going pop pop. They don’t need the attention from farting they get the attention from looks or sounding like a proper powerful car but again some are so so quiet.

Brandon in is pop pop takes his 15 year old gf to the McDonald’s carpark. Pop pop warns her his coming to sneak out 😂

As @Couldyounot says, it's totally possible if you have a well-designed valved exhaust.

However, most kids chavving their way round town with their crackle boxes can't afford those, so...it really depends on the exhaust they've got - which are usually cheap crap marketed as "performance exhausts", and most of the time they're nothing of the sort, they're just raspy and loud and are usually doing the very opposite of "performance".

I mean, if you've got a decent setup, then yes - my old ZS 180 has a lovely burble to it, until you put your foot down and get over ~3krpm. That's when the intake opens up and it growls fairly loudly. Point is, though, you can't really do that and stay under 30mph unless you're driving everywhere in second; even then, it only just touches it.

In the interests of honesty, that 3k+ growl is the main reason my fuel bills are probably a fair bit higher than they should be. I try to be sensible, but I'm a child at heart. Can't help it, I just love the vroom-vroom.