The new Jaguar cars sound like spaceships, thanks to Richard Devine

Re:The new Jaguar cars sound like spaceships, thanks to Rich... by BoorishBears on Friday September 21, 2018 @06:11PM (#18043042)

It makes plenty of sense, at low speeds wind and tire noise aren't loud enough by themselves.

My Volt makes a somewhat annoying tone below 25 mph, but I'm glad it does because almost immediately after getting it I noticed an increase in close-calls in parking lots when pedestrians would walk into the path of the car.

The noise isn't too car-like so it's less effective than the engine noise people are used too, but it's also probably more effective than nothing.

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Re:The new Jaguar cars sound like spaceships, thanks to Rich... by maxxxxx on Friday September 21, 2018 @06:17PM (#18043081)

I walk my dogs in the morning and for a while I had trouble with EVs and hybrids but now I am used to it and haven't had any problems. It's just learning.

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Re:The new Jaguar cars sound like spaceships, thanks to Rich... by anyfoo on Friday September 21, 2018 @06:52PM (#18043280)

The lower the sound level, the closer the car needs to be for you to hear it.

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Re:The new Jaguar cars sound like spaceships, thanks to Rich... by CynicalDio on Friday September 21, 2018 @11:11PM (#18044245)

Except if you get hit and seriously injured or die, you will have decreased opportunities to continue your "learning"

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Re:The new Jaguar cars sound like spaceships, thanks to Rich... by maxxxxx on Saturday September 22, 2018 @12:49AM (#18044500)

One thing I have learned is that relying on hearing is very dangerous. You may have a car coming in your direction and if you don't look the other way you may not notice a car coming from the other direction.

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