Meanwhile I’m getting pulled over multiple times for my loud exhaust because my muffler fell off and I don’t have the money to fix it.
Then the cop pulling me over has to stop talking as a motorcycle drives by so loud he can’t even hear himself.
Compared to straight pipe, you would have a short pipe. Being so much closer to the engine, you’d get more noise. Even straight pipe dampens the noise a bit.
That’s because the law wasn’t made because rich assholes, but because broken exhausts, wether by design or by negligence, are a god damn nuisance.
And yet the people who’s cars are loud by design are largely ignored because fuck the poor.
“Hey I see your muffler is broken”
“Yeah I don’t have the money to fix it”
“Well now you’ll have even less money, here’s your $150 ticket”
Or you can just choose to not use car.
Ah, yes, in my rural area that would mean walking or biking 200+ miles per day just for work and even if I was capable of that it doesn’t solve the problem of not being able to bring my tools so I can work which weigh hundreds if not a thousand pounds.
And there aren’t buses around here, not that it would solve the problem of getting my tools around. I’m all for saving the environment and establishing smaller, walkable cities but it doesn’t negate the need for automobiles - yet.
Is this a bit or do you seriously underestimate how much of non-walkable cities depend on cars?
A broken muffler sounds A LOT worse than a purposely thought out muffler delete
Yes yes, we’re all aware that something that inconveniences you for all of 5 seconds is worse than someone living at an income low enough to not allow them to fix a non essential part of their only source of transportation.
In Germany its usually the fast cars that get pulled over for being too loud, my exhaust pipe on my old car was completely rusted through and I drove through a police check where they pull everyone over.
They didnt say anything regarding the exhaust.
I replaced it before the next inspection, because I would have never passed with it rusted through.
at least in Germany there is an inspection…
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Where do you live that there isn’t?
Many states in the US don’t have an inspection. I live in one of those states. I once observed someone driving down a highway with four donut spares on their car.
Maybe don’t drive if you can’t keep your vehicle road worthy.
Yes you’re right fuck poor people how dare they have bills to pay.
Oh and btw my muffler only broke because I was delivering pizzas on shitty side streets. So maybe the problem is cities should maybe fix their roads?
Well. Here poor people need to have legal cars. Not my fault you built your society around vehicles.
I didn’t build fuck all.
I was born into this shit.
You can just go fuck yourself
At least do your part and vote for the right side. Fucking cretin
Take your privileged ass somewhere the fuck else.
Was Lemmy always like this, or did it become this way after the mass reddit exodus?
Honestly, they are right. Sucks to suck, but if your breaks were failing, or your tires were bald / showing wire, you shouldn’t drive the car untill you fix it. Even if you don’t have the money to do so. You endanger the people around you
Oh and btw my muffler only broke because I was delivering pizzas on shitty side streets.
Is car owned by you or by company? If first, bill your delivery company. If last, it’s company’s headache.
EDIT: Downvotes? FYI in some countries with strong labour laws if employer requires something and does not provide it, then if employee spends money on it, said money should be compensated by employer.
If the road can’t handle you at your worst then it doesn’t deserve you at your best.
Agreed.
Just put a vuvuzela in the exhaust pipe.
Just remove all the exhaust manifold and let the gases just exit the engine without any noise filtering.
After about a couple of hours of driving, the owner will probably come back and ask for louder pipes.
Even car guys will hate you.
but hey buddy, your mustang/challenger/Corvette is loud
Yeah, it’s loud because it’s a fucking sportscar, being loud is entirely in character and useful for the driver to hear out gear shifts on a twisty road.
In a truck? Just makes you look like a clown.
“to hear out gear shifts”
Buddy, if the engine noise inside the cabin and the emphasis on the tachometer isn’t enough for you then maybe you should give up on twisty roads and sport cars.
A loud exhaust makes driving more fun. I will not compromise.
No, I didn’t say obnoxiously loud, but sports cars deserve to be loud
No, they don’t deserve to be loud, people deserve quietness, cars are objects, they don’t deserve shit.
And I say that as the owner of a twin charged vehicle and three motorcycles including a liter bike.
