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Article: "Lotus Makes Hybrids Sound Like Real Cars"
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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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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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Friends: 2 | 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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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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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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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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