I wish I could change the sound on mine. When we reverse it sounds like a Temu TARDIS.
this post was submitted on 29 Jun 2026
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Mine has selections but no option to use my own.
This is why you need an open source car OS
Since the sounds are to meet regulatory requirements, I doubt you'll see ability to use arbitrary noises, at least for the exterior noise.
Good point, the sounds car companies use probably have to be approved by regulators.
I initially thought that too since there are a lot of fun sci-fi sounds that would work. Ufortunately, some people would probably ruin the fun by using that feature to disable the sound instead.
Which is why it can't happen for a safety mandated feature.
I’d argue the sound should be standardized across all models. It needs to be immediately recognizable to nearby pedestrians.
Yes, because that is actually the purpose of those sounds. Not to sound "cool" but to warn pedestrians the otherwise nearly silent car may be moving.
I want one to make the normal sound, but whenever you put it in park it moves to the Party Rock Anthem. Only the first little bit until they yell "Party Rock!" And then gets quiet.
Since there's a long intro, it's at about 1:38 the song starts, ignore the drums.
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You can load sounds of different model trains into the decoders that go in them to make them drive and light up and make sound. The sounds follow what a real locomotive does, too, like the chuffs, turbocharger, or what have you.
Imagine loading a steam locomotive sound into a car
I love this idea. It would also be a lot of fun to load in niche locomotive sounds and see the secret train nerds light up when they hear a DC-10 or whatever
As someone who lives in a city and is constantly exposed to car noise: No.
Like, people have no idea how loud cars are. When I turn the volume of my ear buds to 100%, it hurts my ears. It's so loud it's uncomfortable. But when I'm riding my bike along the street to the city center, I can barely hear my podcasts, even at 100%
But when I'm riding my bike along the street to the city center, I can barely hear my podcasts, even at 100%.
Get something with noise cancelling.
Just imagine what it was like 50 years ago. How did people live in such insane noise polution conditions. Getting rid of noise should be one good enough reason for ev switch
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When I can get my car to sound like this:
Clean up that link, everything after the question mark is for tracking.
Done.
I disconnected the noise maker in my car. I want it to be silent. That's one of the selling points.
If you're in the US federal law requires EVs to emit sounds while going under about 20 mph so pedestrians and cyclists can hear them approach. If you ever hit anybody who steps into the street because they couldn't hear you, you'll be in deep doggie doodoo.
If I hit somebody that steps into the street then it's my fault no matter what. Doesn't matter whether they could hear me. Besides, most people wear earbuds when walking around town.
Guess how that plays out insurance wise. Whatever liability coverage you think you have, forget it if you willfully disabled legally mandated safety features. Even if it's a motor vehicle accident where the noise wouldn't have realistically made a difference, even if the other party is at fault in practical terms, if they find out your car safety features were tampered with you could be on the hook without help of insurance.
Not true, young padawan. I personally hit a jaywalker one time and didn't even get a traffic citation. She was crossing against the light, at night, in a pounding rain, and apparently hadn't bothered to look. I wasn't quite able to stop in time. Witnesses confirmed my story and contradicted hers (that she was in the crosswalk with the light in her favor). If somebody disables their own hearing it's on them, but if they claimed not to hear you and your car was in fact not making any sound because you disabled it (in violation of federal law) it would be on you.
If I hit somebody that steps into the street then it's my fault no matter what.
This is not at all true. If someone steps out in front of you with little or no time for you to react, they're just as much at fault. It will be much easier to argue that you're to blame, when you've intentionally disabled the saftey device that would have alerted them to your presence though.
Even if it was true however: Just because it would be your fault doesn't mean you should increase the chances of it happening.
Besides, most people wear earbuds when walking around town.
This is entirely your own false perception. Many if not most people don't wear headphones near traffic, or at least only wear one, so that they can still hear their suroundings.
Regardless; Some people choosing to blockout sounds is no excuse for you putting everyone else in danger.
You should fix this, or you should be cited for willful public endangerment and the vehicle towed+impounded.
What the fuck?
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This is a you think you want this but you don't moment. If this is allowed you will constantly hear ads or people saying check out my channel at annoying.TV as they use driverless cars to circle your block.
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None of the American made "muscle cars" that have been made in the last decade and a half sound like that. The engine noise is basically a speaker that makes them much noisier than they actually are. EVs could sound like a Mustang or Charger.
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