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Re:Koenigsegg’s 2.0-liter no-camshaft engine makes 600 horse... by yao420 on Saturday March 14, 2020 @02:02PM (#22577219)
Well unless you live in certain parts of London: https://youtu.be/P-yHO1Lx878.

Noise pollution from sports cars and motorcycles is real.

Re:Koenigsegg’s 2.0-liter no-camshaft engine makes 600 horse... by manigandham on Saturday March 14, 2020 @08:10PM (#22579820)
It's not a sleepy village raided by supercars. It's like living in Monaco and complaining about the cars and yachts. The noise and bustle is part of the culture of the area and is overall a insignificant part of global noise pollution.

Live in a dense city and the noise from construction and service vehicles is 100x worse than the occasional sports car.

Re:Koenigsegg’s 2.0-liter no-camshaft engine makes 600 horse... by ryanlol on Sunday March 15, 2020 @01:08PM (#22584688)
All those poor people that accidentally decided to spend millions on a flat in Knightsbridge must be so upset because of all the sports cars they totally didn’t know would be there.
Re:Koenigsegg’s 2.0-liter no-camshaft engine makes 600 horse... by catalogia on Saturday March 14, 2020 @02:16PM (#22577345)
I don't think that single example meaningfully contradicts the "rarely" sentiment.
Re:Koenigsegg’s 2.0-liter no-camshaft engine makes 600 horse... by ravar on Saturday March 14, 2020 @02:49PM (#22577621)
The video says this happens for the duration of the summer, every year. That seems pretty frequent to me.
Re:Koenigsegg’s 2.0-liter no-camshaft engine makes 600 horse... by evgen on Sunday March 15, 2020 @05:19AM (#22582348)
It does not happen “for the duration of the summer”, it is usually only for a few weeks and in a few locations (which, coincidentally, have a high percentage of Middle Eastern expats.). You do not see Ferraris cruising through Shoreditch and with the exception of one douche who drives a gold Lambo down my road every weekend as he heads off somewhere to show it off I have never seen one of these cars actually being driven. Parked near Harrods or Green Park begging for attention, yes. Driving around? No.
Re:Koenigsegg’s 2.0-liter no-camshaft engine makes 600 horse... by catalogia on Saturday March 14, 2020 @03:20PM (#22577898)
Frequent in that neighborhood, but still very rare in the grand scheme of things. You're missing the forest for the trees.