Like loud exhausts? You could be a psychopath.

[PranK]

At least, according to this study.

 

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a60983144/study-loud-exhaust-psychotic/

 

[r32-25t]

Guess there’s a lot of psychos and sadist here then, better not have a meet or might turn into a riot with group sexual humiliation thrown in for good measure 

[TurboTapin]

I just wrote to the author... What a tool. She also has a 2.5/5 rating on rate my professor. 

Julie Aitken Schermer - DAN Management - Western University (uwo.ca)

 

Edited June 6, 2024 by TurboTapin

[hardsteppa]

No "could" about it.

[GTSBoy]

Actually, it is probably pretty legit. I mean, it's still woke feminazi bullshit academia, but you would have to agree that it is very likely that there would be a correlation between wanting a loud exhaust and scoring at the unpleasant end of the scales for dark triad personality traits. The fact that they found it didn't correlate with narcissism and only with psychopathy and sadism definitely shows that the loud exhaust thing is more of a "f**k you" than a "look at me", and I reckon that rings pretty close to most of the dickheads who take it to the extreme.

Remember, this is correlation with tendency to be closer to one end of a personality trait scale than the other end. Of course someone who is at the literal opposite end of the psychopathy scale is going to be so considerate of others that they wouldn't even think about wanting to upset anyone with a loud exhaust.

So the finding isn't that "you are a psychopath". Just that you score more towards that end of the scale than someone who doesn't like loud exhausts (on average, not necessarily even for specific individuals).

[ERO54N]

what about people that have loud exhausts on automatics?

[PranK]

On 11/06/2024 at 9:25 PM, ERO54N said:

what about people that have loud exhausts on automatics?

Definitely a psychopath. 

[niZmO_Man]

as a former P-plater, never again.

after groowing up past 25 years old, i recommend to always get 2 fat mufflers.

nice note > loudness. f**k the loud kids.

[The Bogan]

🤪 guess I'm an old psychotic then, pleased to meet you 

 

[PranK]

Do we need to add a question to the rego form?

[Dose Pipe Sutututu]

On 14/06/2024 at 4:03 AM, niZmO_Man said:

nice note > loudness. f**k the loud kids.

Agree!

I still believe I have the quietest 400kW+ R33 in Australia.

[djvoodoo]

Obviously the author has an agenda.

Guarantee if they did the same study with the same 500 students (who are prob 18-25 in age), but the question was framed "Do you like loud music" or "Do you think loud music is cool"

They would get exactly the same results!

But i gotta admit, quality mufflers over straight pipe or fart cannon ftw.

 

 

[The Bogan]

1 hour ago, djvoodoo said:

Obviously the author has an agenda.

Guarantee if they did the same study with the same 500 students (who are prob 18-25 in age), but the question was framed "Do you like loud music" or "Do you think loud music is cool"

They would get exactly the same results!

But i gotta admit, quality mufflers over straight pipe or fart cannon ftw.

 

 

True, will I do like a good loud exhaust it cannot be ear bleeding or loud and front on the Hwy

Lucky she didn't ask my daughter this question, she wouldn't have got the response she was after for her poll

[niZmO_Man]

The people living across the road from me (roughly 30m away) have various cars with loud exhausts. It's never fun whenever one of those cars fires up, especially at 6am.

2 fat mufflers all the way!

[The Bogan]

On 21/06/2024 at 11:14 PM, niZmO_Man said:

The people living across the road from me (roughly 30m away) have various cars with loud exhausts. It's never fun whenever one of those cars fires up, especially at 6am.

2 fat mufflers all the way!

This is why I like my Varex rear box and a big resonator in the mid pipe

When open, it is obviously louder, but not annoyingly so, and it has all the deep choppy goodness of a camed 4" single on a V8 putting around the neighbourhood, it also sounds it like war at WOT, which I 🥰

Prior to the Varex, start up in the garage would shake everything in the garage and rattle the plates in the kitchen, now, on early morning start ups and late night arrivals it is as stealth as 10 stealth things, apart from the little bit of blower whine you wouldn't know what is under the bonnet, which keeps the neighbours and sleeping family happy

[Kinkstaah]

I have the other problem, I have the exhaust closed, or open, and the sound changes like 5%. My issue is just how f***king loud the engine bay actually is. Anyone got a muffler for that?.

[MBS206]

9 minutes ago, Kinkstaah said:

I have the other problem, I have the exhaust closed, or open, and the sound changes like 5%. My issue is just how f***king loud the engine bay actually is. Anyone got a muffler for that?.

I hear two turbos will help with that...