All their normie cars are utter shit aesthetically and mechanically. At least the sports cars they make are decent. From a quick perusal of their respective forums, people seem pretty happy with the C7 vette and current gen Camaro and its LT1 and LT4 v8s.
There's a reason he calls it the dumbest car channel on all of youtube.
I think his idea is that EVs can use regenerative braking, so brakes get less use since the motor itself is providing a braking force to some degree. You kinda have to adapt your deceleration habits, apparently, but if done properly you can avoid using the physical brakes quite a bit, or so I've heard.
Having little to no market share whatsoever, going fast on those things next to other larger vehicles in traffic sounds like a deathtrap, considering the lack of noise to warn others that there's a motorcycle passing by.
I wonder if for the noise reason we'll have mandated engine noise made by speakers on evs, at least while in urban areas.
As above, it probably won't even be that basic. You could have a dynamic simulation of the engine you want to hear out of your vehicle, even if it doesn't make any sense like a v8 on a dirtbike.
I believe the trend started with the VW Golf GTI and Jetta GLIs from the 2011 model year. Others followed suit.
I can understand it on an electric/hybrid, why was a regular compact car doing this in 2011 before the ev meme really started gaining traction? Both of those models are ICEs?
They had pretty quiet, high-pitched engines and VW wanted them to sound more grunty and bangy, like a sports car. They also started putting active sound simulation inside the car for the same reason, piped through the sound system, because apparently people want to pretend that they're driving a rumbly V8.
Is there any way to turn this autistic shit off in these vehicles without unwiring the speakers yourself?
Because deep down inside, a lot of people get insecure about their little weed whacker sounding engines.
The GTI and GLI are the respective sport trims of the Golf and Jetta. Before the Golf R, the GTI was the fastest Golf you could buy and that of course led to mainly younger guys and gay metrosexuals to purchase them. To make it sportier, I'm guessing VAG decided to that fake sound nonsense. The EA888 mk1 CCZB engine is the first of the EA888 family I believe and VAG used 2 counterweights on the crankshaft so overall it's super smooth for a 4 banger. It's also turboed so exhaust notes are muted resulting in a generally quieter car. Compared to a Mustang SN197 V8 of the same year, the sporty GTI in stock form was as quiet as an EV. So yeah the fake engine cabin sounds ironically compensate for the good engineering.
It depends on the car. In some cars there's an option in the infotainment to turn the feature off. Others you may have to remove a fuse or dig into the electrical diagrams.
LOL he drives a hybrid. Actually, pretty cool, it's like a diesel electric locomotive.
