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Have you spent any time with a classic 4 cyl sports car or sport sedan like the Alfas I posted before? They aren't "buzzy" in the slightest. Even the new Fiat 500 Abarth isn't buzzy, and has a nice little growl instead.
I have a Jensen Healy. It has a lotus 907 (evolved from a racing engine). Defineitly buzzy. When I was in a good sized JH club we would go on trips together - a swarm of 5-12 JHs coming into town sounded like a swarm of locusts was descending on the unsuspecting townsfolk. It brought people outside even through a group of motorcycles roaring into town or a V-8 car club was not an unusual sound and was obvious to townsfolk what was going on. Those little buzzy fours en masse was a curiosity.
Cylinder count and configuration absolutely does impact the exhaust note. Drive by under load and unless the exhaust note is totally muffled I can correctly guess the cylinder count probably 80% of the time.
The STi is the only Subaru left with unequal-length headers. And they'll likely be gone with the next-gen STi.
I'm no car expert but I feel like I can tell even when the car is just started. Noticed it on a neighbor's car today.
So glad I'm not the only one who is bothered by this! And yes, the 2019 RDX turbo-4 had a lag too, a few times when I was stepping on it pretty good. I don't know what I am going to do with the next lease, I don't think I can stand the sound of the "little engine that could" for the next 3 years!
I'm no car expert but I feel like I can tell even when the car is just started. Noticed it on a neighbor's car today.
So glad I'm not the only one who is bothered by this! And yes, the 2019 RDX turbo-4 had a lag too, a few times when I was stepping on it pretty good. I don't know what I am going to do with the next lease, I don't think I can stand the sound of the "little engine that could" for the next 3 years!
You can still get the 3.5 V6 in the Camry, but you really have to search for them. Honestly I’m starting to like the 2019 Avalon, and I may consider one in another year or two when I can find a nice used one.
V6 in a front wheel drive transverse mount engine vehicle is a pretty poor choice. Serviceability goes straight out the window.
Other than my 1974 Vega, I have never had a four cylinder car I felt was underpowered. And I have been living in big cities with lots of freeways, my entire life. But, I know how to drive.
The sound doesn't matter to me. I keep my exhaust system in good shape with OEM type mufflers so you can hardly hear the engine sound from inside anyway.
I'm no car expert but I feel like I can tell even when the car is just started. Noticed it on a neighbor's car today.
So glad I'm not the only one who is bothered by this! And yes, the 2019 RDX turbo-4 had a lag too, a few times when I was stepping on it pretty good. I don't know what I am going to do with the next lease, I don't think I can stand the sound of the "little engine that could" for the next 3 years!
Pretty much every turbo, regardless of size 4/6 will have lag. The turbo has to spool up. Nature of the beast.
I'm no car expert but I feel like I can tell even when the car is just started. Noticed it on a neighbor's car today.
Sometimes you can tell right at startup, sometimes you can't. Cars like the Mustang GT and Corvette and what-not with a specifically tuned exhaust note are obvious from the first half a second. On other cars, the exhaust system might be so quiet that you can barely hear anything unless it's under load.
I'm no car expert but I feel like I can tell even when the car is just started. Noticed it on a neighbor's car today.
Except when it doesn't have a NVH-designed exhaust.
My stock FiST has a much lower and louder exhaust note than all my neighbors - except for the brodozer with straight pipes and the girl with a Fusion Titanium with an aftermarket exhaust.
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