Is It Just Me...

Kinja'd!!! by "ranwhenparked" (ranwhenparked)
Published 10/02/2017 at 20:06

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Or does anyone else find the sound of a hit-and-miss engine oddly relaxing?

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Seriously, I would not mind a white noise machine that plays this.


Replies (11)

Kinja'd!!! "Stephenson Valve Gear" (stephensonvalvegear)
10/02/2017 at 20:11, STARS: 1

Yes, hit-n-miss engines are a joy to hear. Perhaps only second to a steam engine...

Kinja'd!!! "SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media" (silentbutnotreallydeadly)
10/02/2017 at 20:15, STARS: 0

The noise and the smell...is soporific.

Kinja'd!!! "Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer" (smallbear94)
10/02/2017 at 20:27, STARS: 6

Very.

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I love me some old engine noises.

Kinja'd!!! "Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To" (murdersofa)
10/02/2017 at 20:33, STARS: 0

Assignments at work have been taking me to the oil fields a bit lately. The engines there are quiet soothing to listen to, punctuated by the occasional gunshot-like backfire.

Kinja'd!!! "RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars" (rallydarkstrike)
10/02/2017 at 20:38, STARS: 0

Mynoise.net has some really nice noise generators! But, related to your post (vaguely), they now have a really nice one for a car interior on a rainy day! You have to be a subscriber though, which costs just $5 for a lifetime - pretty good deal with all the nice other generators they have as well, I thought! I use it at when I am working at home.

https://mynoise.net/NoiseMachines/carInteriorSoundscapeGenerator.php

Kinja'd!!! "RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars" (rallydarkstrike)
10/02/2017 at 20:38, STARS: 0

Mynoise.net has some really nice noise generators! But, related to your post (vaguely), they now have a really nice one for a car interior on a rainy day! You have to be a subscriber though, which costs just $5 for a lifetime - pretty good deal with all the nice other generators they have as well, I thought! I use it at when I am working at home.

https://mynoise.net/NoiseMachines/carInteriorSoundscapeGenerator.php

Kinja'd!!! "ranwhenparked" (ranwhenparked)
10/02/2017 at 20:58, STARS: 1

Steam definitely trumps it, but not by a huge amount, I’d say.

Kinja'd!!! "Svart Smart, traded in his Smart" (svartsmart)
10/02/2017 at 21:04, STARS: 0

I want to like the sound but I would never be able to concentrate on anything else because I’d be waiting for the next (unpredictable) pop.

Kinja'd!!! "Agrajag" (Agrajag)
10/02/2017 at 22:43, STARS: 1

That was more enjoyable than it had any right to be.

Kinja'd!!! "Takuro Spirit" (takurospirit)
10/02/2017 at 23:18, STARS: 0

A local pizza/ice cream joint brings one out every downtown festival (there’s about 4 per year) near me, and I love walking past it and listing to it chuff along.

Kinja'd!!! "xyzabc" (stackofoldwood)
12/10/2017 at 08:32, STARS: 0

So much Physics going on there!