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Old 08-07-2012, 12:03 PM   #1
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The Sound Of Bliss...

Ran several errands today at lunch with the stereo off and just listening to the sweet sound of that flat-6. What an engine! What a wonderful sound!

Pure bliss.

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Old 08-07-2012, 12:14 PM   #2
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I don't ever have the radio on, I use the sound button below it with the exhaust outlet icon on it.
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Old 08-07-2012, 03:56 PM   #3
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My girlfriend said something that actually shocked/surprised/impressed me.

I asked if she wanted to plug in her iphone to listen to her music for a drive.

Her response was: "Nah...I like the way your car sounds"
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Old 08-07-2012, 07:05 PM   #4
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Yeah , we don't need a "soundakor" in the Boxster The Rise of the Fake Engine Roar - Popular Mechanics
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Old 08-07-2012, 07:12 PM   #5
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I thought about getting one of these for when I have to drive the Altima:

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Old 08-08-2012, 12:51 AM   #6
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I don't believe grouping sport exhaust with a pre recorded track makes any sense. The burbles and song of my car are being generated by the car. Now, one can argue (successfully I might add) that the sport exhaust option is an expensive do nothing for performance option. However, ask yourselves this boys, if you negotiated for a car you wanted and said option was in that car, would you not be pressing the button? I press sport plus and exhaust as soon as it's running.

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Old 08-08-2012, 11:18 AM   #7
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Pre-recorded engine sound? Synonomous with sacreligious, blasphemous, heresy, and poseur. BMW's M5 engineering team should be burned at the stake for doing such a thing.
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Old 08-08-2012, 12:13 PM   #8
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Lip syncing? No thanks. Love the natural sound of my S!
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I find the radio annoying especially with the top down. My girl never asks to turn it on unless she is drunk and it is late at night. I will use it with the top up on the way to the mountains, but once there it’s off!
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Old 08-08-2012, 03:07 PM   #10
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My 01 Boxster has 93,000 miles on the car and 500 miles on the radio.

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