If I Can Hear The Bass From One Of Those "Boom-Boom" Cars...

[arwalden]

... as it passes through my neighborhood--one street over--and if my living room windows are closed, and a/c running, and the TV is on--I wonder what it must sound like INSIDE the car?

Gah!



Is it some sort of mating call? Do chicks really dig guys who have loud automotive stereo systems?

[jakefrep]

1. It's sort of like a hybrid...

...the vibrations from the woofers help propel the car down the road.

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[progmom]

14. whoa

chill

[Kellanved]

18. whoa

Considering the quality of the average "pet peeve" thread in the lounge, this one is actually quite justified.
Do you think the driver of such a car is able to hear a honk, scream or bicycle bell?

Certainly no reason to post something like that.

[GirlinContempt]

20. You're a charmer

[Susang]

29. Damn

I always miss the nasty stuff. :-(

[arwalden]

33. I Missed It Too...

... oh well.

The idiotic stuff always gets deleted before I get a chance to enjoy the folly! (Sigh.)

[pagerbear]

3. You must live in my neighborhood.

.

[Common Sense Party]

4. The louder the stereo, the smaller the guy's tweeter.

Just saying.

[shawmut]

5. There was that song in the 80's by L'Trimm

Cars That Go Boom

How many kinds, where can we start?
yeah
I like the ones with the pretty eyes,
Well i like all kinds of guys.
Stop. What happened, how about the ones we especially like?
Which ones?
You know the ones with the cars that go..
I hear you..
Hit it!

It was me and the possy with Bunny (G)
We were cruising in the Jag or the Lambourgini,
When low and behold there appeared a mirage,
He was hooking up a car in his daddy's garage.
We stopped short, did a double take,
He was looking so fly, I thought I wasn't awake.
He was obviously hooking up bass, I asume,
But then he turned a little button and the car went boom.

We like the cars, the cars that go boom,
We're Tigre and Bunny and we like the boom.
We like the cars, the cars that go boom.
We're Tigre and Bunny and we like the boom.

We like them short, and we like them tall,
We like them one, and we like them all.
They're always adding speakers when they find the room,
Coz they know we like the guys with the cars that go boom.
And see my boyfriend really knows where it's at,
He's got 50 inch woofers all along the back.
He makes a comment on going to my room,
I'd rather stay out with his car that goes boom.

We like the cars, the cars that go boom,
We're Tigre and Bunny and we like the boom.
We like the cars, the cars that go boom.
We're Tigre and Bunny and we like the boom.

Now if your car ain't got it, go out and get it,
We like the boom and don't you forget it.
So turn down the treble, and flaunt your bass,
So your car can be heard almost any place.
Coz when you're in the street you can't go far,
Without hearing the boom pouring out your car.
So if your speaker's weak, then please turn it off,
Coz we like the cars that sound so tough.

We like the cars, the cars that go boom,
We're Tigre and Bunny and we like the boom.
We like the cars, the cars that go boom.
We're Tigre and Bunny and we like the boom.

Everybody just beep your horn
Everybody just beep your horn at us,
Now clap!
Hit it!
Beep, beep beep beep beep!
Come on everybody!
Hey, hey hey hey hey!
Beep, beep beep beep beep!

[jobycom]

6. If it's too loud, you're too old.

[Heidi]

7. Thank you for that concise, yet sweeping, indictment of everyone

with ears. :P

[jobycom]

19. You are welcome, old woman!

:rolf:

[Heidi]

28. Joby, I've been saving something, _just for you_.

[jobycom]

39. That's too darn cute!

:rofl:

[TommyO]

16. No, if it's too loud you kill your hearing

it has nothing to do with age.

[jobycom]

21. I killed my hearing in the 80s at a Cheap Trick concert, and loved it!

Has everything to do with age. If the damage to the body ain't worth the fun, you're too old!

That, and since I can't hear anymore, I have to turn it up!

[B3Nut]

22. Bass frequencies aren't nearly as damaging to hearing

as midrange and treble frequencies. Low bass only becomes a danger when the sound pressure (which some of these cars are indeed capable) becomes strong enough to physically rupture the eardrum. The usual means of hearing loss, damage to the cilia hairs in the cochlea, doesn't occur from bass frequencies.

It's still highly annoying, and I have yet to hear one of these "boom" systems that can play real music with any kind of fidelity. I had a nice hi-fi in my old '90 Thunderbird with two 12" subwoofers in the trunk and 5.25" MB Quart coaxials in the doors, but it wasn't set up for "boom" racket, it was set up for audiophile listening. It sounded magnificent...I used to crank Mannheim Steamroller Christmas on it during the holidays. :D Classical organ sounded immense on it too...I felt like I was driving down the street in a cathedral!

Todd in Beerbratistan

[ldf]

41. if it is NOT too loud

you're already deaf.

[jobycom]

46. Aw, you old fogeys!

I'll never grow that old! :rofl:

[Indy_Dem_Defender]

8. booming systems

are so dated and have been for 10 years, so the idiots that have them that do it because the appearance they think makes them cool, Badasses, tough or a rebel need to get a clue. They really became popular about the time Vanilla Ice was on top of the world so when ever I hear it I associate it with Vanilla Ice and laugh at the idiot behind the wheel.

[underpants]

9. I love when you can hear the trim rattling on their POS cars

Now mind you I drive a POS too but I don't crank up a stereo to draw attention to that fact.

[arwalden]

34. When The Rims Are More Valuable Than The Car ITSELF...

... there's something wrong. :rofl:

[mainegreen]

10. I know chicks who install these things.

It's not just guys!

[querelle]

11. Check it Out...........

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RbUKU1rCaE&search=blaupunkt

Q

[Bridget Burke]

12. So often, the speakers sound "blown"....

I don't know the technical term--but the sound is crappy. LOUD & crappy.

A friend of mine owned a Mercedes with GOOD loud speakers. When provoked, he would crank up the Beethoven or Wagner. "Ride of the Valkyries" was especially effective.

[TheMightyFavog]

13. What you need is one of these...

The M3 Carl Gustav recoiless antitank weapon

Guaranteed to make boom cars a splode or your money back!

[Wcross]

15. I hate those idiots.

I don't want to hear your music. There is no excuse for interfering with peoples quality of life in their own home. Your rights end at my property line.

[valerief]

38. That's how I feel about cologne. Hate the stinkin' toxic stuff. n/t

[NewWaveChick1981]

17. The city where I live passed an ordinance last year prohibiting

any nuisance noise you can hear over 30 ft. away. That includes loud parties, boom boom bass coming from cars, and anything else that people consider annoying. The exceptions are construction noises, sirens from emergency vehicles, and things of that nature. They can and do ticket the idiots who want to ruin their hearing with horribly loud bass... There's a $250 fine, and the idiots not only lose their hearing, they lose their money too. :rofl:

I cannot imagine what it sounds like inside the car. I've been to some very loud concerts, but I'm sure that's far worse...

[seemunkee]

23. I read it as bass

That would be one loud fish

[MissMillie]

25. GMTA

:hi:

[MissMillie]

24. Such noisy fish... even out of water!

:silly:

[noonwitch]

26. I hate that too-if my windows rattle when they drive by, it's too loud

If you set off everyone's car alarms as you pass, it's too loud.

I think that men who do that are trying to overcompensate for something that they think they are lacking. I don't think that they are trying to catch women when they do that, I think they are trying to impress their male friends with their stereos. "Mine's louder" is like "Mine's bigger" to them.

[alarimer]

27. My upstairs neighbor was running his stereo at 7am

loud enough for me to hear through the ceiling. Boy was I pissed. I'd call the cops but he IS a cop. Asshole.

[tinfoil tiaras]

30. This guy at my school used to have a brand new hummer

from which rap music played loud and clear whenever he drove it past. I was in class last year and I think I heard his music through the window. :rofl: I think he switched the hummer in for something else...maybe gas was getting too expensive..?

[CanuckAmok]

31. ...

"...The Beast is as strange a vehicle as you're likely to see. A remote control works the volume levels from the outside, where it's safe. The windshield is 3 inches thick, to prevent it from blowing out. Pneumatic pistons pull the doors shut with thousands of pounds of pressure, maintaining an airtight seal and stopping them from flying open. The body panels have been stiffened to keep them from crumpling under the force of the beat..."

http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/8.10/stereocar.html?pg=1&topic=&topic_set=

http://www.teamgates.org/audio/car-audio-competition.html

:eyes: :eyes: :eyes: :eyes: :eyes: :eyes:

[anarch]

32. my favorite thing is to hear one of those cars go by, with a 50,000,000

watt subwoofer or whatever, and first hear the booming, undefined bass notes from whatever they're blasting, and then hear a series of car alarms go off, as it sets them all off one after the other as it passes them.

But hey, I guess if I didn't somehow enjoy a fairly constant assault on the senses, I'd move out of the city.

[ldf]

42. nothing a good sling shot wouldn't cure

they would eventually figure out that some streets aren't worth driving down.

know what i mean, vern?

[bridgit]

35. i heard one the other day that was so loud that when the 'big bass'...

notes hit the rear bumper rattled x( i'd give that car 6mos before the engine motor mount nuts, bolts & washers drop onto the street :rofl: :thumbsup:

[MsKandice01]

36. When I was a teen, one of my boyfriends had a system like that..

When he turned it up, It felt like my whole body was vibrating. At the time, I thought it was cool because I was young and stupid. Now I just think it's an outdated cry for attention and when I see cars like that, I always think, "Dude, that is SO 1991."

[TimeChaser]

37. It hurts my head if they pass to close by

:(

[mac56]

40. I can't believe that there are chicks who really dig this.

So this is just dudes showing off for other dudes.

Not that there's anything wrong with that....!

Add on edit: they have big-ass expensive subwoofers and not a nickel's worth of car insurance. Reeeeeeeeeeally S-M-R-T.

[CanuckAmok]

43. While reading up on this....

Some of these "extreme audio" guys did "research" into finding frequencies that could trigger or enhance female orgasm. Apparently 33Hz does it
:eyes:

[UTUSN]

44. So, should WE/Dems/socially-conscious PAY for THEIR broken eardrums

with Medicaid?

[Whoa_Nelly]

45. They need to collect Woofers For War!

Blast those suckers everywhere there's insurgency...That'll get'em out in the streets :sarcasm: