Typically, I find this to be true: the loudest cars, with the most obnoxious drivers, are usually the slowest...
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NEW MUSTANG GT OWNERS CAN NOW HUSH THE V8 GROWL
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There are limits everywhere, but I chose to ignore most of them. Having an AFI (armed forces Italy) registered car almost gives you diplomatic immunity for speeding tickets. Before deregistering both the Shelby and the FiST, I was a bit nervous, but the police reports (pulled at that time) showed nothing.
What is the world coming to ? wow ... maybe I will start giving a crap about my neighbors when they start paying my mortgage or my car payments, until then they can listen to my ride 
It's funny how many of the people saying that don't wear helmets.
I don't like my neighbors enough to have that feature...
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You and me both. I can barely even see my neighbors from my property. I certainly can't hear their vehicles.
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The Camaro guys are probably dying laughing at the new Mustang. The revised S550 makes the 4th gen look great.
Probably half deaf...
NEW MUSTANG GT OWNERS CAN NOW HUSH THE V8 GROWL TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS; BRUSH WITH THE LAW GAVE ENGINEER THE IDEA
View attachment 96717 DEARBORN, Mich., Aug. 1, 2017 – Someone called the cops on Steve von Foerster. The former head of vehicle engineering for Ford Motor Company wasn’t thrilled, but he understood why.
- Industry-first Quiet Start – also called “Good Neighbor Mode” by Mustang engineers – allows drivers to schedule the time of day when their Mustang GT’s V8 engine will roar and when to keep it quiet to show courtesy to neighbors
- New Quiet Exhaust mode limits volume of 2018 Mustang GT’s 5.0-liter V8 engine using active valve performance exhaust system that closes valves to restrict the amount of noise made by the car
- According to a recent poll by Ranker.com, loud engine revving ranks among the most annoying noises neighbors make, alongside other common nuisances including lawn mowers, power tools, barking dogs and band practice
On an otherwise peaceful morning in his suburban Detroit neighborhood, von Foerster had just backed a Shelby GT350 Mustang out of his driveway. As the car’s V8 engine thundered, an annoyed neighbor set aside their coffee cup and dialed 911.
Von Foerster had left before the officers arrived, and he didn’t end up with a ticket. Nor did he get angry. What he got was an idea for the new Mustang.
“I love the sound of the V8, but it can be loud, and you can’t annoy people like that in your neighborhood,” said von Foerster, who now leads Ford’s user experience team in product development. “It sounds so cool, but I thought, ‘There has to be a way to give people more control over the engine’s sound.’”
The experience fueled a discussion between von Foerster and fellow Mustang program team members that led to development of Quiet Exhaust mode and industry-first Quiet Start, known as “Good Neighbor Mode” among Mustang engineers. The new features on properly equipped 2018 Mustang GT vehicles allow drivers to keep engine sound at a minimum if they wish and to program quiet start-up times in advance.
While some sports cars offer active exhaust systems with on/off functionality, Mustang’s Quiet Start is the first to allow scheduling of times. Using steering wheel-mounted thumb controls, drivers toggle through a menu in the instrument cluster to select when they want to fire up their Mustang GT without sharing the event with neighbors. For example, between 8 p.m. and 7 a.m., drivers can keep the peace by scheduling their car to start, minus the roar.
Both new Quiet Exhaust mode and Quiet Start features will be part of the available active valve performance exhaust system on the new Mustang GT, along with different exhaust volumes for Normal, Sport and Track modes, giving customers more choice than ever before.
“Active valve performance exhaust gives Mustang owners the best of both worlds – that classic Mustang sound, and the ability to not wake up your neighbors when you leave the house early in the morning or arrive home late at night,” said Matt Flis, Ford exhaust development engineer.
Neighborhoods across the country should be thrilled. According to a recent poll by Ranker.com, loud engine revving ranks among the most annoying noises neighbors make, alongside other common nuisances including power tools, barking dogs and band practice. Only early-morning lawn mowing is more robustly despised. With new Quiet Exhaust mode and Quiet Start, Ford is doing its part to keep the peace.
“When sounds get up into the upper-70-decibel range, that’s typically about when they start to bother people,” said Flis. “With quiet start activated, the decibel level of the new Mustang GT drops by about 10 decibels, to a much more comfortable 72 decibels – about the level of a household dishwasher.”
On Mustang GT equipped with the available all-digital 12-inch instrument cluster, the exhaust mode menu appears within the pony menu. With the standard 4-inch cluster, exhaust mode is found within the settings menu.
Active valve performance exhaust is one of many changes Mustang fans will see when cars reach showrooms later this year. In addition to its restyled exterior design and refined interior, Mustang will offer an all-digital 12-inch instrument cluster, a 10-speed automatic transmission, MagneRidedamping system and SYNC
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With its new Drag Strip mode, Mustang GT now reaches 60 mph in under four seconds – faster than a $94,000 Porsche 911 Carrera – setting a new standard as the quickest Mustang GT ever.
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I was the kid that rode my dirtbikes and fourwheelers up and down the street in my neighborhood, I probably had the police called on me at least 20 times. But I like the option of quieting the exhaust, I always try to be pretty courteous about that now that I am older.
The Camaro has stealth mode..?
Options are good.
HA HAAAAAAAA
Pretty much.
Oh look, the button that will never be used.
Its a free button that could be rewired for something useful and still look clean.
But I want to bother my neighbors! ;-)
Don't agree with this feature. But, I get riled up and sometimes want to chase after ****heads with their cool loud cars.
How many of you actually drive like pricks and think its cool to rev and speed through subdivisions?
My 5.0 was probably my loudest car I've owned next to my 3V. Kooks LT's, 3" O/R H and Borla Stingers. Yet, I laid off the throttle around my neighbors and only opened it up once I got onto main roads.
How many of you actually drive like pricks and think its cool to rev and speed through subdivisions?
My 5.0 was probably my loudest car I've owned next to my 3V. Kooks LT's, 3" O/R H and Borla Stingers. Yet, I laid off the throttle around my neighbors and only opened it up once I got onto main roads.
My cars are loud, but I never drive like a dick in my neighborhood, rev it up etc. There is only one way in and out of the neighborhood too, yet people still fly down the streets, roll|run stop signs. Perhaps that is a rant for another thread, another day. I don't wanna get started and be pissed off for the rest of this day
My cars are loud, but I never drive like a dick in my neighborhood, rev it up etc. There is only one way in and out of the neighborhood too, yet people still fly down the streets, roll|run stop signs. Perhaps that is a rant for another thread, another day. I don't wanna get started and be pissed off for the rest of this day
Lol!
That was a great movie.
I'm the same way. My car is loud but I drive it beyond respectively in my neighborhood. As a matter of fact I very rarely get into the loud pedal, period.
...I was just kidding if you are referring to my post.
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