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Originally Posted by becausethexo
I don't know this much about cars.
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You may have to just pay someone to fix it for you. With the mods you have, you likely have a tune installed, so you might benefit from going to a tuner shop to have the exhaust fixed and the car retuned, depending on what you end up having to do.
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Originally Posted by becausethexo
As I'm writing this and hearing this very loud train pass me, I should also mention that yea, there's a train that goes by here every morning around 2-5am a few times as well. It's not the quiestest area during the day for car traffic, or night with the train. I feel like he's blaming other sounds
that perhaps isn't even me and thinking "it must be that guy down the street with his loud car" all the time.
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Some sounds can be more annoying than others at the same volume because they are made up of different frequencies. Human hearing has evolved for certain frequencies to affect us in different ways. For example, the human brain has evolved so that the sounds of infants or women screaming instantly put our brains on alert even when mixed in with other sounds at the same level, since they may signal trouble for the tribe that requires the men in the village to prepare for trouble. We're also tuned to hear fire, cracks that may indicate something falling, even small sounds associated with prey, etc. We immediately become attentive and ready for action when we hear these alert noises.
Depending on how you have the car set up, it's probably starting with a disturbing blat that sets people's nerves on edge and tells their lizard brains that they're under attack or something horrible is happening. When a sound triggers your fight or flight response out of a deep sleep, the flood of adrenaline doesn't make for a pleasant awakening.
If the guy's kid is being awakened to the sound of danger, it's going to add its own danger alert wail to it, and you're also adding the danger sound of the windows rattling in even closer proximity. So this poor neighbor of yours is getting a massive shock out of sleep each night in fight or flight mode. In that situation I'd be surprised if the guy were
not furious with you.
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Originally Posted by becausethexo
Does this change the loud-ness when actually driving and hitting the road?
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When the car first starts up, the computer gives it more fuel and air during warm up, resulting in a louder engine sound than during normal operation. Tuning out the cold start reduces that noise but doesn't affect it during operation once it's warmed up. Even so, it's still going to blat when you first crank it. I would be surprised if this completely fixes the problem with your neighbors.
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Originally Posted by becausethexo
Another question is, how is my car still valid under warranty after having learned all of this? I've brought it in 3 times now.
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One, part of the decision whether to warranty a repair is up to dealer discretion. The dealer wants you to come back and trade this car for another when you're done with this one, so they'll service it to keep you happy with them.
Two, if they know they sold you an illegal car, they wouldn't want to draw attention to that fact by refusing to service it.
Three, depending on the law in Canada, they probably can't deny warranty work if the modification didn't cause the problem.
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Originally Posted by Dadhawk
I was behind a 2018 Mustang on the way to work today with fake Cobra stickers and what I'm pretty sure was close to straight pipes. It was loud, obnoxious and sounded like crap.
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Yeah, but Ford engines sound like crap anyway. It's the sound of all the goats being raped simultaneously. Since goat screams are similar to human screams, goat rape Mustang engines tend to set the nerves on edge.