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| Prius and Hybrid News This is a discussion on Article: "Lotus Makes Hybrids Sound Like Real Cars" within the Prius and Hybrid News forums, part of the Toyota Prius Forums category; This is funny. I would cut those speaker wires as soon as I pulled out of dealership. Lotus Makes Hybrids ... |
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| Black Touring HI Package Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Danbury, CT
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My Car: 2008 Prius Package: #3 Touring Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0 | This is funny. I would cut those speaker wires as soon as I pulled out of dealership. Lotus Makes Hybrids Sound Like Real Cars | Autopia from Wired.com |
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| Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006
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My Car: Package: Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 2 | I would like switchable sound effects.... anything from the Harley Tailpipe notes to UFO/Spaceship sounds. Galloping horses would be entertaining as well. |
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| Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Great Central Valley, Fresno, CA
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My Car: 2007 Prius Package: #6 Touring Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0 | This highlights two problems: 1. Vehicles should not be in, or cross, a crosswalk when a pedestrian is walking across the street. 2. We are so addicted to the sounds of substituting oil for knowledge (or caution) that we require artificial sound to indicate something is operating. Are Prii also now required to produce the sound of a mechanical starter to indicate the ICE is starting up? Absurd. |
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| Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Greenville, NH
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My Car: 2004 Prius Package: #6 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0 | Quote:
I would cut the wires as well. After all, that's half the fun of driving a Prius: sneaking up to blind people in crosswalks and blasting the horn. | |
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| Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Silicon Valley, Ca.
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My Car: Other Non-Hybrid Package: N/A Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0 | Quote:
As for the Lotus device, if they want their noise maker to be really effective, they should make is sound like a screaming pedestrian. Keith | |
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| ichorous liquor Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: United States
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My Car: 2004 Prius Package: #6 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0 | I want a holographic projection of a man walking before the car, swinging a lantern and calling "Ahoy, ahoy!". |
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