Noisy cars
I dunno if it's a guy thing or what, but there seems to be this unspoken rule where loud = more powerful = manlier car. (I've yet to look over at a noticeably loud car and see a female driver, or encounter a girl who likes noisy cars, but that may be because there are comparatively few girls who are into cars.) I'm just assuming the relationship between noise-power-macho though, boys please correct me if I'm wrong. Maybe the power relation isn't actually in there, and boys just like drawing attention with noise.
In any case, some loud cars make me eeeeeeeeeee and some invoke the stfu, but I've always had trouble describing the difference between the quality of sound. I've always compared them as growling vs farting cars, but even that isn't quite specific enough for others to differentiate. Was just reading an auto article, and I think I've found something better, but not sure if it's clear enough to be "layman's terms," or something that non-enthusiasts would understand: "the growl came from under the hood, not the exhaust." It's a more distinctive description, but without sufficient experience, I'd think it's still hard for the average person to tell whether the noise that car 2 lanes over is making is coming from under the hood or the exhaust.
The technical terms have too much jargon to explain, but quality of sound is too subjective to describe accurately in general terms. raaaaaaaaaasdfjkl;!!!11
In any case, some loud cars make me eeeeeeeeeee and some invoke the stfu, but I've always had trouble describing the difference between the quality of sound. I've always compared them as growling vs farting cars, but even that isn't quite specific enough for others to differentiate. Was just reading an auto article, and I think I've found something better, but not sure if it's clear enough to be "layman's terms," or something that non-enthusiasts would understand: "the growl came from under the hood, not the exhaust." It's a more distinctive description, but without sufficient experience, I'd think it's still hard for the average person to tell whether the noise that car 2 lanes over is making is coming from under the hood or the exhaust.
The technical terms have too much jargon to explain, but quality of sound is too subjective to describe accurately in general terms. raaaaaaaaaasdfjkl;!!!11