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This is a discussion thread titled "For those of us with red vehicles...", within the Off-Topic forum, part of the General Forums category.
How much does color factor into your perception of how loud a car actually is? If a recently-conducted experiment is any indication, it plays a significant part, indeed. Sixteen individuals were told to listen to the sound of a car's engine while being shown photographs of identical cars in red, blue, light green, or dark green. The sounds were played at four different volume levels throughout the testing. The findings showed that the red car was perceived to be louder than the green or blue cars, even if the corresponding sound the others were shown with was of an equal level. This dovetailed with the results of a similar, earlier experiment which demonstrated that people felt red trains were louder than green ones. This is both good news and bad news for car owners. On the plus side, those Borlas you just installed are going to sound even louder (read: better) to folks if your ride's red. Unfortunately, when Officer Friendly pulls you over for having mufflers that are too noisy, good luck convincing him that it's really just his perception and not reality.
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. 2007 TUNDRA 5.7L SR5 TRD 4x2 Double Cab, Salsa Red Pearl
TRD CAI, Corsa Sport Side Exit Dual Tip Exhaust, Stebel 300Hz Air Horn, OEM Tundra Mud Mats, Black powder-coated side-step bars, Ventshades, Line-X, TRD Sway Bar, Blacked headlights surround, White LED guage and dash lights, Viper 771VXR Remote Start / Alarm, Carriage Works black billet grille with logo remount (awaiting install).
Makes sense....everyone already knows that red is the fastest color...
Cheers!
~A
__________________ A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man.
~Jebediah Springfield
07 CrewMax Limited 5.7L - Radiant Red - hardwired Valentine 1, TRD Sway Bar
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08 Highlander Sport - Black - mods include whatever the wife will let me do to her brand new baby, which at this point is exactly nothing.
Well I don't know. My buddy has an older blue Ford Ranger 4 banger. The exhaust had fallen off and it is loud when accelerating. We made a turn on to a 30MPH road and he hit the gas to get up to 30MPH. We had just got to 30MPH when a cop pulled us over for going 55MPH. We asked how in about 2 blocks we went from about 5-10MPH to 55MPH. Long story short my buddies parents had to come and drive home with him. The cop told his parents he did not know how fast we were going but it sounded like we were speeding.
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2000 Tundra Access Cab
Survived 5 tropical storms and 5 hurricanes
Survived a baseball sized hail storm
Hosted numerous tailgate parties
Water balloon refilling depot
Served as a portable pool
"I remember a Senator once asked me 'when we talk about CIA why we never use the word the in front of it.' And I asked him 'do you put the word the in front of God?'"
-Richard Hayes, The Good Shepherd
For those of us with red vehicles...
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