(by appliance I mean a quiet boring car like a prius, tesla or midmarket vehicle, something that doesn't stand out - I've found those car owners also come with the dreary if I'm not having fun no one else can attitude)
If you're downvoting, reconsider not being a sour-puss and find some joy in something, anything please. It's not good to be bitter your family will suffer.
As a fellow vehicle customization enthusiast you have the flexibility to do what you want for snaps, crackles and pops up to the limit of what is deemed acceptable by your locality. It's not like a blanket ban is going to fix the behavior of people that mod their cars. I don't personally add after-fire to ECU tunings but they are popular in the bimmer community - what harm are these people causing that motorcyclists aren't?
I got the answer: it's easy to target car modders and sports/supercars because those who don't drive them are petty + jealous.
NYC installed these. Turns out with a city noise limit of 76 and ticketing those in excess of 84dBa, that you’ll ticket certain street ‘legal’ cars whose noise levels can reach into the 90s (!) if driven improperly in-city. Always glad to see technology progressing; I hope it spreads elsewhere.