Car stereos blaring out!

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Let’s face it, noisy expensive gas guzzling cars may be popular with some but are bad for the environment and are unlikely to exist in their current form in the future. It selfish of anyone to assume that others want to hear their music or their noisy engines. There is something about people being in the bubble of their own car which make them immune to others, hence the fury at any attempts to restrict them . Why do we need powerful cars capable of reaching 160 mph when our speed limit is 70? Answer - we don’t need them but the car lobby is more powerful than the pedestrian lobby so they take precedence.

Thank you MissA.

If you had read the full thread, Nannan2, you would have seen why I mentioned which car I drive. And I drive it because I like it as much today as when I bought it 17 years ago. I’m not special and have never claimed to be. And I have not labelled all young people as half wits, nor would I - that would be ridiculous. It is however true that the vast majority of young people could not afford to buy and insure this model of car. I bought my first P (better not say the word as it seems so inflammatory) when I was in my 50s. You don’t know what my car cost and I’m not about to tell you. Obviously I should not have any outward trappings of a long and successful career in the law. My car and house are the only trappings I display. Perhaps you like expensive jewellery and holidays - I don’t.

I guess I’m on here for the same reason as you - the kindness and scintillating debate.

Tsk tsk GSM- I meant older drivers in general not just you but if you've assumed that as well?.... no i'm not as old as you just 60 and i do appreciate a whole range of music- but not at expense of others wether in or out of house or a car. (Also i look much younger due to good family genes)But thats nothing to do with it at all.A lot of richer folk are very 'entitled' i find.

People do it on here often, in far more "in your face" ways than GSM.
She is not at all boastful.

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I'm "car-blind" too, MissA

If someone goes past and waves I don't have a clue who they are because I just don't recognise cars.

Mine's a rather old Toyota, low mileage, one lady owner, well, two actually although the first one was a bloke, serviced, maintained, new tyres, MOT, any offers? I fancy a Porsche.

😁 I’m so glad you’re back, your posts always make me smile!

A car is a car, is a car, to me.
Posh or otherwise.

I wouldn't know a Porsche from a Pinto.

As long as someone gets in it and it takes them where they need to go, who cares?

It's fairly obvious that people who earn well will have more expensive clothes/houses/cars/habits.

It defeats the object to have a well paid career and drive a heap of s***.

I am not hard of hearing and I only play loud music on the open road, where the vast majority of my driving is done. I am always fully focused on my driving and not distracted by music. I might be 73 but I do object to someone probably not of dissimilar age calling me an ‘oldie’. To my mind those showing their age are the ones making the negative comments.

Why cant folk realise (whatever their age!) That you can still hear the music from the outside of the car even when they have doors & windows shut!!! We arent deaf you know!- maybe thats the problem? Maybe a lot of the oldies on here are saying they play music loud when in the car,maybe they are HARD OF HEARING??-Well we on the outside (mostly) are not! What is wrong with you? Just inconsiderate.They blame a lot on young 'uns but my 25 year old has been driving since 19- and only ever puts music on at a reasonable level! They maybe should ban music(LOUD music at least) in cars as it must be so distracting like that when youre driving along & singing maybe and enjoying it- how can you put full focus on the roads?!

I’m an aging rock chick too, when I’m sure it’s not disturbing anyone, I crank up the volume!

I just comfort myself with the thought that they will be deaf before too long!

MissAdventure

I think it's the word "porsche" that annoys people more than anything else.
Why, I've no idea.

Not all Porsches are Posh Porsches!
Some look quite ordinary.

I am with you GSM. We have always had soft-top sports cars.

On the open road, no one around, music playing, wind in your hair, " utterbliss"

Feeling all the endorphins without getting sweaty in the gym.

I would love to be able to live in Monaco. If anyone outside can hear sound emitting from inside your vehicle it's off to the police sration with you. Can't understand why people risk their hearing having music bouncing off the surfaces of a car. DH who was deaf said all those born in the 00s will be deaf by their 50s with all the noise they subject their hearing to. May be why so many talk so loudly on phones these days.

I think it's the word "porsche" that annoys people more than anything else.
Why, I've no idea.

I don’t have a loud engine to annoy anyone. I have it because it pleases me - and as I have said above, it is only noisy when I accelerate on an open road, not when idling, crawling through traffic or going at a steady speed through a speed limit. You are exceedingly unlikely to be annoyed by it in real life, just on the pages of this thread.

I'm sure we can all live with being briefly annoyed.

If it's a fast car, the annoyance is less than a minute, then they're gone.

Germanshepherdsmum

The point is that it increases the noise for those who, like me, like a loud engine. I drive a Porsche which is loud, but with the sports exhaust much louder. I don’t think it would be your thing Wheniwasyourage, but it’s very much mine.

Why on earth would you want a loud engine to annoy the rest of us!? Selfish!

I must admit to loving my music LOUD! But I always aim to be considerate of others who might not share my taste in music or volume. On moving to my flat, where I obviously have neighbours, some younger than myself and with children, I invested in a couple of pairs of really good cordless headphones/earbuds to stream my music. It does mean I sometimes miss mobile calls though! In the car, it’s no problem; I don’t drive and the daughter who gives me the most lifts likes music loud, but not earsplitting and certainly in appropriate places at appropriate times. All it takes is a bit of consideration for us all to get along together in this world. Unfortunately it’s in short supply with some people.

I saw a funeral procession a while back, with reggae music blaring, flowers here, there, and everywhere, and all the guests blaring their horns, singing, and really celebrating the life of the deceased.

It was glorious.

Any loud music is annoying and inconsiderate, whether a car stereo or from someone's house or flat.

Every car in a wedding procession or on their way home from a football match tooting their horns is annoying too.

It should be illegal to use a stereo before the beginning or after the end of normal working hours on weekdays, and totally forbidden, along with lawn-mowers, strimmers, hedge-clippers after midday at weekends.

You go GSM!
All who appreciate a good car loud music and the open road. My preference is that I have no company just me in the car.

Some sound systems kick in when the ignition is turned on.