"getchapopcorn" (getchapopcorn)
05/14/2014 at 10:42 • Filed to: f1
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"getchapopcorn" (getchapopcorn)
05/14/2014 at 10:42 • Filed to: f1 | 2
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At least three videos of Mercedes testing out the megaphone exhaust have recently popped up on the 'tube. What are y'all's impressions?
I'm happy the way things are at the moment, honestly. The sound from the 12,10, and 8 was awesome, for sure, but it was just a part of the experience during that time and not something that I ever considered essential to the sport. I thought of it as putting on a pair of pants and finding a 20 in the pocket, "hey, great, an added bonus to this already being an awesome pants choice!" That doesn't mean I'm going to be disappointed with my future pants when all they have is lint in their pocket; they'll still be a perfectly wonderful pair of pants. I'm certainly not going to go around thinking of ways I could ensure that all my pants' pockets had forgotten money in them to be found at a later date. Just my two cents, though.
Agrajag
> getchapopcorn
05/14/2014 at 10:49 |
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I'd like to hear it a full throttle in comparison to another car. The exhaust looks ridiculous though. Like an aftermarket tip held on by set screws.
Soloburrito
> getchapopcorn
05/14/2014 at 10:49 |
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They just need to turn more revs. Maybe it's louder but it's still not a screamer which is what I think people miss most.
Party-vi
> getchapopcorn
05/14/2014 at 10:50 |
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V10 or GTFAC
YSI-what can brown do for you
> getchapopcorn
05/14/2014 at 10:57 |
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That seriously sounds terrible. I don't know what it was about it, but it just sounded so. . . fake. Turbos and V6s can make a great sound too! How they mess this up?!?!
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getchapopcorn
> Party-vi
05/14/2014 at 10:57 |
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GTFAC or GTFAC
thevoid
> Agrajag
05/14/2014 at 11:02 |
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I was actually going to say they look like a blunderbuss muzzle- but the key word ridiculous was present so there are no problems.
The real question is what sounds better- a Dyson or the new Mercedes engine?
ddavidn
> getchapopcorn
05/14/2014 at 11:03 |
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Just sounds like the same noise through a megaphone. I'm fine with the way it is too. I think you'd have to go back to a normal big engine to get the same effect again. Amplifying this sound is not what I want to hear.
macanamera
> getchapopcorn
05/14/2014 at 11:15 |
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I guess it is better, a little.
Mikeado
> getchapopcorn
05/14/2014 at 11:32 |
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It sounds the same, but louder (maybe slightly raspier due to the horn, but just barely).
More importantly, it looks RETARDED.
It also, most importantly, IS retarded. A daft solution to stupid complaints about something that is a non-issue. Hatred of change is not a reason to bother the teams and distract them from the REAL spectacle, which should be the racing. It's not a rolling concert, it's motorsport. Yes, sound is great, and honestly I think the new engines sound way cool, with their six-cylinder harmonics, bassy howl and turbo wizz-banging. Now please can people all just stop bitching about nothing and stop making Formula 1 even more contrived than it already is? Is that allowed in 2014?
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getchapopcorn
> Mikeado
05/14/2014 at 11:34 |
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Daft solution is daft, indeed!