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

[welcometothnuthouse]

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'.

Evo exhaust can be quietened with a baffle, but gets louder when the foot goes down with or without it.

My Cupra is moderately loud in comfort mode and loud in Cupra mode (it opens the exhaust flaps).

Both sound amazing in tunnels. :)

Similarly daft wee lassies 😍 who think they are cool 😎 if they get to ride along with them.

@welcometothnuthouse basically street racing culture and the fast and furious films making it seem cool

i do agree with the tunnel sounds

I genuinely like to know what the driver of the car gets from it being noisy

DOPAMINE. (I have ADHD.)

Don't get me started on exhaust smells. 🤤

DOPAMINE

There are other methods of getting this that don’t involve the attention and disturbance of dozens of other people.

I don’t encounter that many people at 2am on the motorway. 🤔

Neighbour one side has a Porsche 911 and on the other a Harley Davidson. Not been any issues in 20 years of living here. 🤷🏻‍♀️

I don’t smoke or drink, do drugs or eat meat. There is only cheese, gym and driving that give me the dopamine.

It’s actually the guy at the top if the street that drives like an idiot that’s likely to kill someone in his EV.

But I find noise so annoying, I would pay to have a quiet car so don't get way you want one that sounds like its eaten too many parsnips.

Because people don’t all like the same things?

I don’t encounter that many people at 2am on the motorway

Yes but the person who lives a hundred metres from the motorway might encounter you, or rather your noise, as they wake in the middle of the night when the racers hit the motorway. That’s what I have here next to the m3. Obvs depends on how loud the car is, but that’s the flip side in reality.

Because people don’t all like the same things?

Yes, but a person sat on a bus or train with their music blaring out full volume on their phone could use the same argument. It’s pretty much the same thing I think.

I don’t have to pass many houses to get to the motorway. Closest neighbours have loud vehicles too. And there’s always triple glazing.

Ah I see. The motorways don’t pass built up areas at all and I need triple glazing because of your hobby. I get it.

Definitely an idiot tracker. Or an immature 'man'.

There’s the neighbour whose baby cried all night when everyone had their windows open at night. The dog that barks when he’s let out at 5am. The drummer who practices all weekend. The RAF fly A400s low here and they sound like an earthquake most days. Not to mention the various emergency simulations that take place with police helicopters. We’re 2 miles from a major hospital so the air ambulance is over the house multiple times a week.

My cars pale into the background amongst all that!

I’m sure there are things that would fuck me off if I lived near you too.

I’m sure there are things that would fuck me off if I lived near you too

There probably aren’t, although my front hedge needs cutting…

Your front hedge isn't loud enough. Boring

Your front hedge isn't loud enough. Boring

You haven’t seen how badly it needs cutting

@OneMoreTime23 Im only half serious.

Only an absolute bellend drives around in a car making that noise.
Like others have said, it just makes me think they are announcing what a tiny penis they have.

That's true, and I also think the same about fireworks. But there's something called consideration for others. The fact that you fail to understand that says a lot about you.

One wonders how the people living close to Disneyland Paris (who have fireworks every night) cope.

@PeggyPoggleshaw I don't fail to see that, and I don't personally drive a loud car, set off fireworks outside of occasions, lack general consideration for others. BUT having said that, these things do not bother me, and I think on a planet with 7+ billion people, you just need to put up with it and live really.

By complaining on Mumsnet it would seem. Or their local Facebook groups