Encountering other BRZ/86's on the road...

[spike021]

Originally Posted by NoHaveMSG

About 1/3 I come across wave which I return, another 1/3 will hoon like morons, and the last 1/3 is an ignore. If you are in the I5 corridor in OR and you drive like an idiot there is a good chance you are on my dash cam.

Haha.

This is fairly accurate.

I saw a decent-looking twin one night about a week ago. Dark purple or similar color wrap, exhaust, aftermarket tails, etc. Caught up to it, did the 3 hazard flashes to "wave" in the dark (that's what me and my friends do usually if we happen to be driving together and split up to go our separate ways at night).

The guy took that as me wanting him to catch back up to me, fall back, rev out his car, get a bunch of backfire pops/blasts, speed up, fall back, do the same, etc.

That's it.

Like.. okay I know you think that's the best part of your car but clearly you're just trying to compensate for something at that point.

But yeah the other 2/3 are either waves or ignores usually.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by spike021

Haha.

This is fairly accurate.

I saw a decent-looking twin one night about a week ago. Dark purple or similar color wrap, exhaust, aftermarket tails, etc. Caught up to it, did the 3 hazard flashes to "wave" in the dark (that's what me and my friends do usually if we happen to be driving together and split up to go our separate ways at night).

The guy took that as me wanting him to catch back up to me, fall back, rev out his car, get a bunch of backfire pops/blasts, speed up, fall back, do the same, etc.

That's it.

Like.. okay I know you think that's the best part of your car but clearly you're just trying to compensate for something at that point.

But yeah the other 2/3 are either waves or ignores usually.

It is pretty much the mix for any "enthusiast" car regardless of make, model and year. Ran into the same thing with DSMs, Mitsubishis, Mopars and even the classic car crowd.
30% friendly wave
30% totally ignore (or not notice you)
30% want to race
10% for some weird reason actually appear to get angry that you acknowledged them


This is not a new or Twins specific thing.

[NoHaveMSG]

Originally Posted by Leonardo

"Hello!"

I don't venture down that way but once every 1-3 months so no silver car hoonage on film.

Lots of blue, black, and white twins for some reason.

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[why?]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

If coming toward me it is easy. If coming up from behind or beside me I usually hear them before I see them and look around for the car with the boxer engine. Obviously I find more WRX/STis than anything that way though. Should a quiet one sneak up on me I probably won't react in time to wave and they then get all dejected and post on here how nobody waves. Even when I do instinctively wave back I usually have my tinted windows up so they may see a slight shadow at best or think I ignored them at worst. The moral of the story is that anybody that wants a wave needs to have a loud enough exhaust so I can find them and get my window down.

Oh sound, between the road noise and the music I can't hear anything quieter than an ambulance or police siren.

Originally Posted by mintyfresh

Im sure most of us can tell by the dimensions of the car and headlights
I can spot one coming up behind me just by the headlight style

Yes, because there aren't at least half a dozen low slung modern sports cars out there. I have no idea how you could tell by the headlights, bright blindy things tend to be very hard to see when they are blinding you.

My area has enough of the douchey vape crowd that I'd probably intentionally ignore them anyways unless I knew their car specifically.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by why?

Oh sound, between the road noise and the music I can't hear anything quieter than an ambulance or police siren.



Yes, because there aren't at least half a dozen low slung modern sports cars out there. I have no idea how you could tell by the headlights, bright blindy things tend to be very hard to see when they are blinding you.

My area has enough of the douchey vape crowd that I'd probably intentionally ignore them anyways unless I knew their car specifically.

I don't play my music that loud anymore and as far as road noise goes it is probably in the top 5 quietest cars I have ever owned so it doesn't impact me much. Compared to some I had it is like riding around in a Rolls when it comes to noise.

[why?]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

I don't play my music that loud anymore and as far as road noise goes it is probably in the top 5 quietest cars I have ever owned so it doesn't impact me much. Compared to some I had it is like riding around in a Rolls when it comes to noise.

Yea it is relatively quiet stock, but I've removed everything behind the front seats. They didn't think of the acoustics at all in that situation, which is really odd. They are horrendous, every sound is thrown forward at you.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by why?

Yea it is relatively quiet stock, but I've removed everything behind the front seats. They didn't think of the acoustics at all in that situation, which is really odd. They are horrendous, every sound is thrown forward at you.

LOL why in the world would they consider acoustics with everything removed?

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

..as far as road noise goes it is probably in the top 5 quietest cars I have ever owned so it doesn't impact me much. Compared to some I had it is like riding around in a Rolls when it comes to noise.

Same here, in fact when I get in a quiet car, I have a hard time driving it. I guess you could say a well insolated car "disconnects" me more from the driving experience like some feel about an AT.

The F150 I had last week was quiet to the point of distraction. I ended up having to roll the windows down to let in noise until I got used to it. About the only noise was the clunk of the starter when the start/stop function was turned on. Trucks, even more so than sports cars, are NOT supposed to be quiet.

[why?]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

LOL why in the world would they consider acoustics with everything removed?

Because they made sure to market the car as a track ready bla bla bla. To think there aren't more than a few people using the car as a daily and still taking it to the track on the weekends and removing most of the interior is kind of silly. I'm sure some very slight changes if they were thought out would reduce the road noise significantly. For instance my Yaris was much quieter in the same situation.

Of course, they also might have done it intentionally so that their fancy ass over expensive useless sub sounded better.

[maslin]

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

Same here, in fact when I get in a quiet car, I have a hard time driving it. I guess you could say a well insolated car "disconnects" me more from the driving experience like some feel about an AT.

The F150 I had last week was quiet to the point of distraction. I ended up having to roll the windows down to let in noise until I got used to it. About the only noise was the clunk of the starter when the start/stop function was turned on. Trucks, even more so than sports cars, are NOT supposed to be quiet.

Don’t worry, that noise is on the way out too. Jumped in a ‘19 E53 Mercedes the other day, no starter. No belt or accessories either. You push the button and it’s running.

Welcome to the future. The hybrids are even worse.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by why?

Because they made sure to market the car as a track ready bla bla bla. To think there aren't more than a few people using the car as a daily and still taking it to the track on the weekends and removing most of the interior is kind of silly. I'm sure some very slight changes if they were thought out would reduce the road noise significantly. For instance my Yaris was much quieter in the same situation.

Of course, they also might have done it intentionally so that their fancy ass over expensive useless sub sounded better.

That is just it. They marketed it as track ready in stock form not with half of it ripped out. Should they also have studied the acoustics with every conceivable exhaust, tire and suspension change that could be made?

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by why?

Because they made sure to market the car as a track ready bla bla bla. To think there aren't more than a few people using the car as a daily and still taking it to the track on the weekends and removing most of the interior is kind of silly. .

Actually I would be willing to bet that this is a single % of the cars that are used this way. It's probably higher than most production cars, but even if its double, triple, or even 10 times as much we're probably talking 2 or 3% of them.

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by maslin

Don’t worry, that noise is on the way out too. Jumped in a ‘19 E53 Mercedes the other day, no starter. No belt or accessories either. You push the button and it’s running.

Welcome to the future. The hybrids are even worse.

I wasn't really even talking about engine noise but more road and traffic noise.

Besides, at low speed, that goes away in 2020 anyway as cars travelling under 18.6MPH will have to have pedestrian noise generators.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electr...warning_sounds

I'm in the camp that thinks they all should sound like the Jetson car.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

Actually I would be willing to bet that this is a single % of the cars that are used this way. It's probably higher than most production cars, but even if its double, triple, or even 10 times as much we're probably talking 2 or 3% of them.

I will up the ante on the bet and say that more than half are probably bone stock or have very minor cosmetic mods only. Those people don't usually hang out on forums though so we only see the modified ones.