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  • A Alister Morton

    Same reason some car owners have loud exhausts that pop and bang on the overrun, and are competing with the doomf-doomf-doomf of their ridiculously loud and distorting in car entertainment. I guess. The latest car craze that I don't get is wheels that lean in at the top at a stupid angle.

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    Alister Morton wrote:

    wheels that lean in at the top at a stupid angle.

    That's not the owners' fault. The car is simply worn out after a long, hard day on the road. :)

    Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.

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    • B BernardIE5317

      Do they drive past you whilst coding. Are they a common feature in your neck of the woods so as to be a frequent nuisance whilst commuting to favorite coffee shop. I have been fortunate to reside in locales some distance from main roads w/ result small number of traffic. However I am intimately acquainted w/ loud noise. At a prior such residence a quiet condominium w/ exception of insane neighbors on one occasion the grass trimming / cutting was performed w/ a powered hand held device emitting such volume I was unable to hear my own thoughts and had the impression w/o exaggeration a 1,000lb gorilla was in my room. How the operator maintained his hearing I can not imagine. Thankfully as stated it was a one time event. As for insane neighbors I can only hope they reside in the most insane parts of hell.

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      Richard Andrew x64
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      In a word, yes. My building is situated right on a main road, in fact the only road that leads in and out of my town. I hear everything, police sirens, firetruck sirens, loud cars and loud motorcycles.

      The difficult we do right away... ...the impossible takes slightly longer.

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      • Richard Andrew x64R Richard Andrew x64

        I tend to think that it's a lot like an infant with a noisemaker toy.

        The difficult we do right away... ...the impossible takes slightly longer.

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        dandy72
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        Well, if you just paid a lot of money for a toy, wouldn't you want to show it off to as many people as possible?

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        • Richard Andrew x64R Richard Andrew x64

          Why do some people think it's cool to have their motorcycle make unbelievably obnoxiously loud noise?

          The difficult we do right away... ...the impossible takes slightly longer.

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          I live out in the country, just outside a small town with plenty of those rednecks. Long stretch, rather even, repaved not that long ago, hardly any cop to be seen - so some people view it as a drag strip. It's not just bikers, but the kids with their rice-burners as well. It's one thing to hear these during the day, but when it's 2am you just wish them to crash and burn.

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            Well, if you just paid a lot of money for a toy, wouldn't you want to show it off to as many people as possible?

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            Richard Andrew x64
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            Yes, but I wouldn't want to annoy the hell out of them with it!

            The difficult we do right away... ...the impossible takes slightly longer.

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            • A Alister Morton

              Same reason some car owners have loud exhausts that pop and bang on the overrun, and are competing with the doomf-doomf-doomf of their ridiculously loud and distorting in car entertainment. I guess. The latest car craze that I don't get is wheels that lean in at the top at a stupid angle.

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              That's called "stanced", and is only really doable on cars with IFS and/or IRS suspensions (mostly foreign cars). Not only does it look stupid, but it's highly dangerous since the tire's contact patch is limited to the area where the tires belts meet the sidewall. I get a kick out of it when a car that's done this way is too low to get into a driveway, but the owner doesn't realize it until he's scraped off the front and/or rear bumper fascias and side skirts.

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              • Richard Andrew x64R Richard Andrew x64

                Why do some people think it's cool to have their motorcycle make unbelievably obnoxiously loud noise?

                The difficult we do right away... ...the impossible takes slightly longer.

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                What kind of bikes? Jap Crap? Harley's? I suspect you would be equally dismayed by my hot rods. I run open cutouts on the Mustang.

                ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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                You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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                When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013

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                • realJSOPR realJSOP

                  What kind of bikes? Jap Crap? Harley's? I suspect you would be equally dismayed by my hot rods. I run open cutouts on the Mustang.

                  ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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                  You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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                  When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013

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                  Richard Andrew x64
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                  Yes, tell us. What drives you to make so much noise that people wish you would just go away?

                  The difficult we do right away... ...the impossible takes slightly longer.

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                  • Richard Andrew x64R Richard Andrew x64

                    Yes, tell us. What drives you to make so much noise that people wish you would just go away?

                    The difficult we do right away... ...the impossible takes slightly longer.

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                    People have a different view of things in Texas... I don't have to make noise for people to want me to go away.

                    ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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                    You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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                    When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013

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                    • realJSOPR realJSOP

                      That's called "stanced", and is only really doable on cars with IFS and/or IRS suspensions (mostly foreign cars). Not only does it look stupid, but it's highly dangerous since the tire's contact patch is limited to the area where the tires belts meet the sidewall. I get a kick out of it when a car that's done this way is too low to get into a driveway, but the owner doesn't realize it until he's scraped off the front and/or rear bumper fascias and side skirts.

                      ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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                      You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
                      -----
                      When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013

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                      Alister Morton
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                      Almost Darwin in action.

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