QOTD: Fake Exhaust on EVs -- Yay or Nay?
Following Matt's post about Borla making fake exhaust systems for EVs, I have to ask...yay or nay?
This QOTD doesn't need a lot of words of introduction. Just, if you owned an EV, would you consider doing this? Would it matter if the EV was sporty, like a Mach-E GT, or not?
Or is this just a dumb way to try to hold on to the past as we move into an electrified future?
Sound off below.
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Tim Healey grew up around the auto-parts business and has always had a love for cars — his parents joke his first word was “‘Vette”. Despite this, he wanted to pursue a career in sports writing but he ended up falling semi-accidentally into the automotive-journalism industry, first at Consumer Guide Automotive and later at Web2Carz.com. He also worked as an industry analyst at Mintel Group and freelanced for About.com, CarFax, Vehix.com, High Gear Media, Torque News, FutureCar.com, Cars.com, among others, and of course Vertical Scope sites such as AutoGuide.com, Off-Road.com, and HybridCars.com. He’s an urbanite and as such, doesn’t need a daily driver, but if he had one, it would be compact, sporty, and have a manual transmission.
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Double "nay" each to an EV and to the stupid fake exhaust.
ABSOLUTELY! Also, As a middle aged man, I use cards on my bicycle spokes to pretend I'm riding a motorcycle.
VROOM! VROOM!
Mazda can make a killing copywriting their "Zoom...Zoom" commercial ;)
Only if the particular electric car identifies itself as an ICE vehicle. Otherwise, no.