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Re:The 1980 Citroën Karin by exDM69 on Thursday August 10, 2017 @05:34AM (#14978009)
Yes there are and that's why e.g. Ferrari have been going towards turbo charged cars with conservative exhaust pipes recently.

At least where I'm from, most regulations don't apply retroactively. You can still drive around in an old V12 with short tailpipes but a new one wouldn't be allowed.

Re:The 1980 Citroën Karin by briandear on Thursday August 10, 2017 @06:23AM (#14978241)
I love the sound of a Ferrari. I wish in France there were more Ferraris and less of those obnoxiously loud motor scooters. Scooters are louder than most cars.
Re:The 1980 Citroën Karin by exDM69 on Thursday August 10, 2017 @06:50AM (#14978372)
Amen. Where I live, the biggest traffic noise is mopeds with tuned exhausts driven by obnoxious 15-year olds late at night. They're louder than most racing cars I've heard. Certainly much much louder than the V8 cars at the muscle car garage not far from where I live.

You can drive a moped at 15 yo, limited to 50cc engine and 45 km/h. The latter is often circumvented by boring the exhaust and it makes them super loud (and illegal). Lots of parents in rural areas and faraway suburbs buy their kids mopeds at 15 so they don't have to be driven around.