Car stereos blaring out!

Oh dear, i/we are culprits. Admittedly we don't sit outside our home with it blaring, but Yes, i/we do like to occasionally turn up the volume.

We have eclectic tastes, so for example i may be blaring a bit of east coast rap, 80's pop, late 70/80's punk/ska, classical or ramping up Runrig as we sail past the Welcome to Scotland sign.

The only thing I do dislike are the back firing exhausts, because they freak out my dog.

We can't turn it up at home, due to us 'living over the shop' so being in the Campervan is when we can let lose and enjoy the music. Love a roadtrip with our favourite music.

I have no wish to be 'down wiv the kids man' as i am now in my 50's and that would be ridiculous. However hip hop/rap is a genre i still enjoy, having enjoyed it since my younger days and i am not going to stop listening to it now.

PS. No, we would never have it blaring on a campsite

vegansrock

Whenever we see a Porsche round here it’s usually a drug dealer or footballer - usually young and blingy. So it’s wrong to say only the oldies have enough money to drive one. One of my neighbours has an electric one fortunately not noisy.

😂😂
My neighbour has one as a last ditch attempt at trying to look young 🤣.
GSM as I stated ‘if it exceeds 72 db’ it will fail an MOT obviously yours isn’t as loud as you think it is but just because it hasn’t failed doesn’t mean it shouldn’t have. We all know the MOT rules are not strictly adhered to in every case.

The very respectable middle-aged couple next to us - two professional incomes, three school aged children have an electriclly powered Porsche.

I find the comments on Porsche drivers on this thread deliberately seemed to be aimed at one regular member of GN and I consider it to be offensive and also indicative of a sort of envious resentment of anyone who might have a bigger income than them. Not a pretty sight.

Kalu

The thud, thud of heavy base from some cars is so intrusive, especially when parked near our house. How do they hear sirens or horns?

Also, so many tradesmen when working outdoors with this, not what I would call music, even worse……please do share your music, I hate it!

It's the thud, thud, thud, isn't it, as they drive through town or stop at traffic lights, stuck in a traffic jam, with windows wide open, "music" blaring

"Look at me, I'm someone special".
No you're not 😂

Now, would I rather hear something loud or an electric vehicle which moves silently?

Could be silent but deadly 🤔

vegansrock

Whenever we see a Porsche round here it’s usually a drug dealer or footballer - usually young and blingy. So it’s wrong to say only the oldies have enough money to drive one. One of my neighbours has an electric one fortunately not noisy.

I think only the silver surfers among us can afford to insure one!

PS you don’t get drug dealers, footballers or WAGS around where I live!

We always have our music loud when we go out and generally singing too not at 730 though, recycled teenagers and loving it

What's wrong with a woman aged 50 liking music, however if it's blaring she should be more thoughtful.

I don’t think it’s anything to do with trying to be young. We just love music and from the sixties right through to present

I once had that late at night. Midnight. I went out into the street in my dressing gown and asked very politely if they could turn it down a bit. It was a young guy with a girl beside him. They were obviously focusing on each other. They were very polite and turned it down. I think it was the dressing gowned old lady that did the trick. Go out in your dressing gown and ask.

When I could drive I would have my Heavy Rock music very loud but kept the windows closed. My DS does the same when we are in his car as we both like the same music it is ok for us but my DDiL hates her music loud so we suffer when in her car! It is really each to their own isnt it! Just so long as we do not open the windows & share our music with the world!

Oh dear, I love the music on loud when I am driving. I only turn it down when I have somebody else in the car with me. My husband winces whenever he starts my car because he is hit with a wall of sound and I try to remember to turn it down after I have been driving but I am hopeless!

I can't drive in silence and have to have music. I often play it loudish but am aware of my surroundings when doing so. If I love a particular piece of music I just have to hear it loud but with the windows closed!

I know exactly how loud my car is Elless. Our last house was down a long straight country road, no other houses, where I could safely put my foot down - which is of course when the noise really kicks in. My husband knew when I was approaching home. It’s a standard specification exhaust for my model of car, factory fitted, not an ‘extra’ or a jazzed up modification. So it meets regulations, even when in ‘sports exhaust’ mode. I believe some here think that my car is as noisy when idling or crawling through town as when I can kick down on the open road. It isn’t.

My only neighbour plays music outdoors in the summer, it's very loud and sounds as if it's the same tune being played over and over again. As she's very nice in many ways I don't like to complain but definitely not ideal on a lovely summer's day.

Prolonged exposure to loud noise leads to encroaching deafness. Good luck as you age you ones who play your music loudly as you drive.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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'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.

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.