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xkcd #2948: Electric vs Gas (xkcd.com)

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An idling gas engine may be annoyingly loud, but that's the price you pay for having WAY less torque available at a standstill.

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 4 months ago (36 children)

Gas engine makes good noises. Checkmate.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago (11 children)

Think of the most annoying sound you know. Whether it's country music, rap, lawnmower before 8am on sat, etc that is your "good noises" sound like.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Think of the nicest sound you know. A well-tuned instrument performing a delicate melody, a passionate singer performing their heart out, a cacophony of songbirds. That's what my good noises sound like when done right.

Obviously nobody wants to hear a fart can Honda Civic at 4am, but a fantastically engineered Italian V10 has its own melody that can't really be replicated otherwise. These examples will be missed, and the survivors will be sought after like a vintage violin.