Under 20 I want choo-choo train noise, 20-50 would be tie fighter noise, over 50 flight of the valkyries.
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I wish I could change the sound on mine. When we reverse it sounds like a Temu TARDIS.
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 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.
Mine has selections but no option to use my own.
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.
This is why you need an open source car OS
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.
THIS NINJA
IS SNEAKING
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.
Mambo de Chocobo lets go
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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