Cars with cranked booming sound systems - do you find it rude? Inconsiderate?

[Dion]

We will soon have a generation of people entering thier 30's with serious hearing problems. That's what i tell myself when some ######bag goes driving by with his/her many subs and stereo cranked to the limit.

Enjoy your hearing aids

[wooohooo]

I think I might switch career plans and own a hearing aid factory =)

[socalwingfan]

Originally Posted by Phanuthier

Hate it, drives me insane. Especially down here in California where every third car is blasting annoying Mexican music. I'm a bit of a hypocrite in saying I'd be fine if it were rock, or even otherwise annoying rap (I can tolerate those) but I'm so f'ing sick of Mexican music.

!! There is nothing worse than being subjected to Mariachi while waiting for the lights - I believe this "music" was the driving force behind the creation of road rage.

[Dion]

Originally Posted by wooohooo

I think I might switch career plans and own a hearing aid factory =)

We should buy shares in these companies.

There's a boom coming in the near future

[Yeah_Baby]

Originally Posted by 4X4

The worst are the dorks that drive down streets like 17th ave and crank their lame tunes. Bumper to bumper, we're all here to look at the cuties in skirts, and you're cranking your gay techno and have your windows wide open. Sooo cool!

So when I drive around with Aqua and or Toto cranked thats not cool?

[iggnuef]

I love the trunk rattle, it just adds that much more class to the base. Or when you can see the rust vibrating off......priceless!!

Hope those ######s enjoy being tone deaf when they are older!!

[Dion]

[The Goon]

It screams insecurity and a need for attention. I suppose it beats having a personality.

It's been around for decades and I don't see these young rapscallions changing anytime soon.

[Finny61]

I'd throw a guess that your coolness will soon no longer have anything to do with the size of your subwoofer, kind of like the 80's and the size of your ghettoblasters. But yes the gran torinos going around with hip hop blaring out of their pimped out eagle talons look like dorks.

[missdpuck]

Yeah but a screaming heavy metal guitar solo is nowhere near as bad as a boom boom boom that's got vehicles several cars away rattling . And less likely to cause irregular heartbeat I would guess.

[iggnuef]

Originally Posted by Finny61

I'd throw a guess that your coolness will soon no longer have anything to do with the size of your subwoofer, kind of like the 80's and the size of your ghettoblasters. But yes the gran torinos going around with hip hop blaring out of their pimped out eagle talons look like dorks.

or sunfires and cavaliers....

[Finny61]

true and now the kiddies have cobalts to pimp.

[Wookie]

I find motorcycles more annoying. Especially the loud bike gang ones, they actually hurt my ears when they accelerate past, F-them

[Yeah_Baby]

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Warning: Language.

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[soulchoice]

Doesnt bother me at all, its their life and ears. Do whatever pleases you.

[You Need a Thneed]

Sometime, I want to hear someone blaring the Hallelujah Chorus deafeningly loud out of their car. For some reason, I don't think I ever will. Unless I do it myself.

As long as it's not I-can-feel-it-a-block-away loud, and it's not past bedtime, I don't care too much.

[TurnedTheCorner]

Sometimes driving and music demand loudness. I'm OK with it.

[jayswin]

Originally Posted by You Need a Thneed

Sometime, I want to hear someone blaring the Hallelujah Chorus deafeningly loud out of their car. For some reason, I don't think I ever will. Unless I do it myself.

As long as it's not I-can-feel-it-a-block-away loud, and it's not past bedtime, I don't care too much.

Sometimes I do that to embarass people. We'll be driving somewhere and a really girly song will come on the radio, and I'll turn it way up and open the windows and sunroof.

[Dion]

Originally Posted by You Need a Thneed

Sometime, I want to hear someone blaring the Hallelujah Chorus deafeningly loud out of their car. For some reason, I don't think I ever will. Unless I do it myself.

A few years back i was out with my uncle running an errand. We pulled up to the lights and this teen was blasting her hip hop music. My uncle looks at me and says watch this! He turns on his CD player and cranks up Johann Strauss' "The Blue Danube." The music went quiet in the girls car and my uncle looked at me with a huge grin on his face. I just laughed

[Huntingwhale]

I'll be honest. I crank my music and pound the bass, regardless of the hour. I pretty much have no consideration for others at night, I want everybody to stare at me. I love the attention and think it's hilarious when people complain about it. When I hear about people complain about it, it makes me play the music louder. When I see threads like this arise, I feel I have accomplished my mission.