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Why do Ferrari's sound like Hondas with fart cans?

I am not sure what you are hearing, but every example of the 458 I hear is great.

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There's always 458's at track days and they always sound great to me even when idling in the hot pits. Each his own!

The 458 Challenge is in a different league all together.

I find the Porsche Cup cars to sound annoying though.
 
Nope, if you were sitting outside Starbucks like I do often, and saw a 456 putz by at only 15-20 mph, you would say "WTF, sounds like a Civic with no resonator or cat. converter"
 
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Reli said:
Like I said, it isn't going to be revving that high while putzing through Danville.
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So just like some of the fake boobs in Danville, "they'll never get used properly and therefore they suck. :x "

:rofl
 
Another thread....

Flat-plane crank V8 engines sound ever so boring. It's much like a 4 cylinder. Sure they can sound good at higher RPM, but lets not pretend that they sound good at ilde.
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I'm just saying that it seems silly to talk about this car's idle growl when it sounds like two fart cannon civics at idle.
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Still not as good as the older Ferrari's idle.
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http://jalopnik.com/listen-to-the-ferrari-458-speciale-growl-at-idle-1207165368
 
Reli said:
Nope, if you were sitting outside Starbucks like I do often, and saw a 456 putz by at only 15-20 mph, you would say "WTF, sounds like a Civic with no resonator or cat. converter"
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I actually lived in Danville for 8 years. I spent many thousands of mornings getting coffee at the roastery, and Starbucks. I worked right across the street, and even worked that door at Menars back in the day.

I have seen countless Ferraris drive by. Never, not even once, did I hear one that sounded like a civic with a fart can.

Just my experience. Not making anything up to contest your thread. :laughing
 
Brown81 said:
I actually lived in Danville for 8 years. I spent many thousands of mornings getting coffee at the roastery, and Starbucks. I worked right across the street, and even worked that door at Menars back in the day.

I have seen countless Ferraris drive by. Never, not even once, did I hear one that sounded like a civic with a fart can.
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Probably because the 458 was not being sold back then. :laughing
 
I'm shocked that Ferrari didn't put more focus on this car's 10-15mph performance. They won't be in business long if they keep treating these things as sports cars.
 
Concours/Classics week is coming up around here next week, I'll have more than a few chances to hear the "fartcans" putzing around because traffic slows to a crawl....

Blankpage said:
I'm shocked that Ferrari didn't put more focus on this car's 10-15mph performance. They won't be in business long if they keep treating these things as sports cars.
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:laughing

Yeah, "real world" performance....
 
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Just messin with Reli, it's all relative. But come on man, who would ever engineer a exhaust for cruzing on a supercar ?
 
Reli said:
Probably because the 458 was not being sold back then. :laughing
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That's actually a good point.

I haven't seen a 458 since I moved to NC. I can tell you all about pickups truck exhausts though. :laughing


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I'm shocked that Ferrari didn't put more focus on this car's 10-15mph performance. They won't be in business long if they keep treating these things as sports cars.
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:rofl
 
I'm with the OP. Never been a fan of Ferrari V8s much. Too raspy and often sound like a bucket of bolts at lower speeds. Some of them on the boil do conjure up memories of old race cars, but most of them sound just meh to me.
 
m_asim said:
:twofinger

Or because "your" != "you" :twofinger
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Haha, that's always the way, isn't it? I've fallen on my own grammar sword.

Anyway, Ferraris in the city crack me up. They can show their speed for like a block. Although I did get smoked by a guy in a 911 going up and over Oak by Divis. Dude must've gotten up to 85+ MPH as I watched him disappear into the Panhandle.
 
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