Mixed reaction to loud Celica from bystanders

[Jesse IL]

So I'm on my way to work just cruising along about 35mph and I see these little kids (all boys) waiting for the school bus. One of them points at my car and then the other three turn around and stare. So I drop it to 2nd and mash the throttle. The AEM/TRD combo does its magic and the kids are jumping up and down and cheering. But then I look and about 100 feet farther down the road is a little girl waiting with her grandmother for the bus. She utterly terrified and the grandmother is clutching her in a protective manner. I was LMAO!!

[WillyK]

Hahahahahhahaha. Hilarious!!

[Blue Lucifer]

Haha. Damn. She's just terrified of the true celica POWER

[DaksGT]

Same thing happened to me today, 4 kids were riding their bikes, they gave me a thumbs up I slapped it into second, the injen/ hks hi-power combo roared loud and the kids were all like "**** yeah buddy" then I looked to the left and there was this elderly couple holding each other, well one of them was on the old peoples bike (the 3 wheel scooter thingy) and the other was just holdong on for dear life.

[ToJo]

It's funny how a loud noise makes such a difference to people's fear reactions.

You could be flying down the road at 220 km/hr and nobody would be terrified if you were making no noise.

Add 120db to the scene, and you've got people ****ting their pants.

When my girlfriend is in the passenger seat, she'll say nothing about me driving too fast until I hit LIFT. No matter how fast I'm going, once I hit LIFT she yells at me about how crazy I'm driving. It's all sound.

[X-EVIL-X]

its awesome when you drive past cars with your windows down and its all like waaaaaaaa in lift. people get freaked out when that happens and they have their windows down.
moms or dads usually pull their kids in close and give me a bad look.

[celwin]

Originally posted by Jesse IL
So I'm on my way to work just cruising along about 35mph and I see these little kids (all boys) waiting for the school bus. One of them points at my car and then the other three turn around and stare. So I drop it to 2nd and mash the throttle. The AEM/TRD combo does its magic and the kids are jumping up and down and cheering. But then I look and about 100 feet farther down the road is a little girl waiting with her grandmother for the bus. She utterly terrified and the grandmother is clutching her in a protective manner. I was LMAO!!


Ha Ha...That's GREAT!

[BigDaddyKane]

hahaha thats funny. never had that experience yet. prob cause i drive a probe. lol but parents usually get pissed from my loud music and curse words while their walkin with their kids.

[Ntence99]

I agree,There is nothing more satisfying than people breaking their neck to try to see the car that just whaaaaammmm right past them. I like to cruz around 40 mph and wait for someone to try to pass and drop it in 2 gear.by bye

[2kgtx]

I love having a loud car, When ever someone is stupid in a parking lot and just sits there maybe talking to someone in the parking lot I just rev up my engine, and they are like oops and start to drive, Last week I drove my moms car (2000 Alero) and tried to do the same thing and the people just sat their, Theirs just something about that sound,

I also love keeping my car in 1st and 2nd in the neighborhood, I will be doing maybe 15 - 20 MPH, and their are people all over screeming SLOW DOWN, I just laugh at them.

[BRAK]

When my girlfriend is in the passenger seat, she'll say nothing about me driving too fast until I hit LIFT. No matter how fast I'm going, once I hit LIFT she yells at me about how crazy I'm driving. It's all sound

Dude my GF is the SAME WAY. ... ill make a turn somewhere when im crusin around on a street with a few cars on it (wasting time) .. and slow down to get in first gear .... my gf says "nick what the hell you doing (as she grasps the seat) " Then BOOM VRRRR WAAAAAAAAA ... shes like tryin to hold on but at the same time tryin to slap my hand on the shifter :rofl:
One time these wanna be racers rev next to me ... and she said "give them that ****in lift technology ... and put them in there place nick" I LOVE MY GF!!:thumbup:

[kuruptgt]

Originally posted by 2kgtx
I love having a loud car, When ever someone is stupid in a parking lot and just sits there maybe talking to someone in the parking lot I just rev up my engine, and they are like oops and start to drive, Last week I drove my moms car (2000 Alero) and tried to do the same thing and the people just sat their, Theirs just something about that sound,

I also love keeping my car in 1st and 2nd in the neighborhood, I will be doing maybe 15 - 20 MPH, and their are people all over screeming SLOW DOWN, I just laugh at them.

thats cause it looks fast

[kocheroni]

bah, I hate people. I was going like 20 in a 30, just accelerating. The fact that w/ my GT (yes, only a gt but still), I go up to like 6500 all the time 6800, whatever, people like stare at u like ur so disrespectful. And then, in my neighborhood (rich area), mom's drive their minivans ****ing 50 and no one peepz at them, but I go through 15 in a 25 in like first gear, and god, look at that kid speeding. especially the look from the guy who drinks alot, I want to shoot him.

[kabal57]

Originally posted by X-EVIL-X
its awesome when you drive past cars with your windows down and its all like waaaaaaaa in lift. people get freaked out when that happens and they have their windows down.
moms or dads usually pull their kids in close and give me a bad look.

man X, you nailed it dude. There's nothing better than flying past someone in lift, with that engine just howling...
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
people look at me like im crazy when I do that and they catch up to me at a light or something.
also my gf hates it when I do that LOL
she says lift scares her, not cause its super super fast, but just cause its sudden and real loud w I/E

[larryd]

u should be ashamed of yerself scaring that little girl :)

[djTOY_2000]

i remeber this one time i was cruizin' down the road in second gear (speed limit was 50 i was going 40ish)

hit lift

whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

and the guy in front of me pulled over and let me pass !!!

something about the celica front end and the lift together makes the celica so damn fierce lookin' !!

[larryd]

haha.. thats happened to me before in the Celica too

[yakkosmurf]

Originally posted by Jesse IL
So I'm on my way to work just cruising along about 35mph and I see these little kids (all boys) waiting for the school bus. One of them points at my car and then the other three turn around and stare. So I drop it to 2nd and mash the throttle. The AEM/TRD combo does its magic and the kids are jumping up and down and cheering. But then I look and about 100 feet farther down the road is a little girl waiting with her grandmother for the bus. She utterly terrified and the grandmother is clutching her in a protective manner. I was LMAO!!
Having driven a GTS with this combo, I didn't find the sound all that magical. My friend didn't sound much different from the Civics as he pulled into my neighborhood. Just the AEM sounds nice. The TRD sounds rice. Too buzzy.

[Da Kine Guy]

Originally posted by yakkosmurf

Having driven a GTS with this combo, I didn't find the sound all that magical. My friend didn't sound much different from the Civics as he pulled into my neighborhood. Just the AEM sounds nice. The TRD sounds rice. Too buzzy.

:thumbdown

party pooper :(

[static]

Yeah guys.. I have to totally say that its fun as hell to scare the heck out of people that are on the sidewalk or driving with their windows down.. Just over this past weekend there were a bunch of HS kids admiring their cars close to the side of the street so I dropped it and probably scared the he11 out of most of em.. a few of them jumped onto the curb and kept look as I went on by.. lol... I love summer :)

[RedNOSceli]

What are you talking about, the TRD doesnt make any sound hardly

[BlaqCelica]

i like hitting lift past high schools too :thumbup:

[t2000gts]

i love doing that **** to high schools too. i never liked the idea of high school kids driving somewhat-nice cars who didn't spend the last 4-5 years working/driving cars because of family exposure or something. and they REALLY can't drive, jeez

also, the TRD Exhaust isn't buzzy at all. i had it on my car, and i loved it. you can barely hear it over 3500rpm, it's like turning the bass on your car up a notch. below 3500rpm it's a nice deep rumble. even my MOM liked it when she drove my car around.

[TRD StreetRacing]

Originally posted by BRAK


One time these wanna be racers rev next to me ... and she said "give them that ****in lift technology ... and put them in there place nick" I LOVE MY GF!!:thumbup:

:D :rofl: :chuckles: :rofl: i think she's a keeper

[00 LSM GTS]

i'm usually in the "bystanders" position when something loud passes by.. my lil brother and his buddies are always like "slow down, this is a f0ckin neigborhood!" all in unison (just to get some reaction from them -which usually is laughter] to every "racer" type car :chuckles:

[yakkosmurf]

Originally posted by RedNOSceli
What are you talking about, the TRD doesnt make any sound hardly
Have you ever had someone drive your car toward you across a parking lot?

[yakkosmurf]

Originally posted by t2000gts


also, the TRD Exhaust isn't buzzy at all. i had it on my car, and i loved it. you can barely hear it over 3500rpm, it's like turning the bass on your car up a notch. below 3500rpm it's a nice deep rumble. even my MOM liked it when she drove my car around.
Yes, but keep in mind that even the Civic kids think their car sounds fine because they are sitting on the inside of it. We all know how buzzy it is because we hear it from the outside.

[borpph]

My friend followed me in his Civic HB w/GSR motor to his house one time and I went by an innocent bystander in some car with his windows rolled down. I was in lift with the silencer off my Kazuma and my friend said the driver held his hands up to both his ears and looked like he was screaming. Hahahahahahaha!!! That Kazuma's fu**ing loud! Gotta love it!

[daSchtick]

Originally posted by Da Kine Guy


:thumbdown

party pooper :(

Don't mind yakko - He hates everything about the Celica.....

[Da Kine Guy]

Originally posted by daSchtick


Don't mind yakko - He hates everything about the Celica.....


nah, he's cool. I've seen him on other forums responding to Celica things and he actually back our car up sometimes. A point he brought up on the clubRSX forum when they were "discussing" the Celica GT-S was that the Celica so far has posted faster times in the quarter mile then any RSX. He wasn't talking stock for stock, but overall. He said that he has yet to see a RSX post a 14.1 time like a Celica has.

I like 'em, he is a pretty objectionable guy (cept when the topic is about ITRs :) ) :chuckles: j/k

[liquid]

Originally posted by yakkosmurf

Having driven a GTS with this combo, I didn't find the sound all that magical. My friend didn't sound much different from the Civics as he pulled into my neighborhood. Just the AEM sounds nice. The TRD sounds rice. Too buzzy.

yakko here to chime in with his anti-celica remarks again.. *sigh*

:rolleyes:

[yakkosmurf]

Originally posted by daSchtick


Don't mind yakko - He hates everything about the Celica.....
Please tell me you're around more than that. I say what I think. Good and bad. The bad just stand out more because of all the fanboying that goes on around here.

[gts24]

I personally like having yakko here as well as other non celica owners.

It keeps things in line. That way we don't have stories every week about Celica GT 's beating c5 vettes and stupid crap like that.


Look at how pissed off the clubrsx guys get when we come there and knock them down a few levels when they get to big headed..... I mean, if it kept up over there, those people would believe beyond a shadow of a doubt that the RSX is faster stock than the WRX... and that the Celica is a 16 second car.....

I say welcome to all non celica owners.

[yakkosmurf]

Originally posted by Da Kine Guy



nah, he's cool. I've seen him on other forums responding to Celica things and he actually back our car up sometimes. A point he brought up on the clubRSX forum when they were "discussing" the Celica GT-S was that the Celica so far has posted faster times in the quarter mile then any RSX. He wasn't talking stock for stock, but overall. He said that he has yet to see a RSX post a 14.1 time like a Celica has.

I like 'em, he is a pretty objectionable guy (cept when the topic is about ITRs :) ) :chuckles: j/k
A much more accurate representation. Minus the ITR comment.

[yakkosmurf]

Originally posted by liquid


yakko here to chime in with his anti-celica remarks again.. *sigh*

:rolleyes:
My comment had nothing to do with the Celica. Please read the post again. It is simply referring to the poor sound of the TRD exhaust. Even the owner of the car made the same remarks.

[spaldam]

Originally posted by 2kgtx
I love having a loud car, When ever someone is stupid in a parking lot and just sits there maybe talking to someone in the parking lot I just rev up my engine, and they are like oops and start to drive, Last week I drove my moms car (2000 Alero) and tried to do the same thing and the people just sat their, Theirs just something about that sound,

I also love keeping my car in 1st and 2nd in the neighborhood, I will be doing maybe 15 - 20 MPH, and their are people all over screeming SLOW DOWN, I just laugh at them.

I do the same thing at stop lights when people aren't looking and the light turns green. It gets them most of the time.

Have any of you seen the toyota add on TV with the old guy that yells at a parked celica and tell it to slow down?

[Ntence99]

I have the trd,injen combo.Ive heard this inside ,and out side the car.in and outa lift.im always getting complemented on the way my celi sounds.its mine among others that its the best sounding 4 cyl on the market.nice deep roar until 6300 rpm then that bitch screams. now ive heard the greddy ehaust,personaly i think it sounds to much like a civic. But ,then again that is my opinion.

[Kit99bar]

Yakko if you think the TRD sounds bad you should hear straight pipe.

the TRD is sooooo quiet and straight pipe is sooooo loud LOL

[kabal57]

Originally posted by yakkosmurf

Having driven a GTS with this combo, I didn't find the sound all that magical. My friend didn't sound much different from the Civics as he pulled into my neighborhood. Just the AEM sounds nice. The TRD sounds rice. Too buzzy.

Here's an interesting question for yakko.. How does he think a Type R sounds w exhaust? prob not ricey or buzzy at all right? Everyone is entitled to their own opinions.. kinda what message boards are about isnt it?
"all points of view are singular if they are not to your liking"

[yakkosmurf]

Originally posted by Kit99bar
Yakko if you think the TRD sounds bad you should hear straight pipe.

the TRD is sooooo quiet and straight pipe is sooooo loud LOL
Volume isn't the problem with the TRD. Yes, it is quiet compared to a straight pipe or other exhausts. The issue is the buzzy frequency it resonates.

[yakkosmurf]

Originally posted by kabal57


Here's an interesting question for yakko.. How does he think a Type R sounds w exhaust? prob not ricey or buzzy at all right? Everyone is entitled to their own opinions.. kinda what message boards are about isnt it?
"all points of view are singular if they are not to your liking"
I haven't heard many Type Rs with exhausts. Most of the exhausts I have heard on other Integras sound terrible. The only Type R I remember with an exhaust was this 2000 with a dual muffler system from Japan. The thing looked terrible. It had two mufflers and two exhausts pipes about 6 inches apart in the middle of the rear bumper. Both exhausts hung well below bumper level. I don't know about performance, but the thing was quieter than stock when the guy drove it between stoplights. I never heard it race.

I really like the stock exhaust on the Type R. 30% more free flowing than the GSR one, nice look, and it has a nice quiet sound at all speeds. The only exhausts I've even considered are the Comptech catback and the Mugen Twin Loop. The Comptech I've heard on my friend's GSR, and it's pretty quiet and pretty deep. The Twin Loop is supposed to be quieter than that, but at $1000 retail, they aren't that common, so I haven't heard one.

Exhausts are mostly a visual and sonic modification over performance. This is even more true with the Type R. The stock muffler is almost aftermarket spec. As a result, you spend a lot of money for very little increase in performance over the one you have. I'll wait until the muffler is the weak link in my system before I drop money on one. Right now, the cat is still the biggest problem. Hope that answered the question.

[MilinGTS]

yakko, that was henry's type R. it was a JDM style exhaust. his is really a show car in that respect...not my style, but whatever he likes is his busines, you know?

honestly i agree with you on the TRD...it doesnt have a big rear canister like alot of the other exhausts have, and if youll notice by disconnecting the canister on apex or tanabe, it sounds really buzzy.

all the exhausts have canisters to remove the buzz and make that really nice "smooth" sound.

my car ran straight pipe for a while....it was loud and scary and v8 sounding...but i didnt like it.

i put on a muffler because i dont really like racing on the street (prefer autocross and parking lot "autocross") but those canisters do more than look ricey...they make you sound less ricey.

and i agree....integras generally sound AWFUL with exhauts. its like diarrhea. however, turbo integras sound great because the turbo almost acts as a second muffler removing the resonating buzz that most "rice rocketS" are charactherized by.

[yakkosmurf]

Originally posted by MilinGTS
yakko, that was henry's type R. it was a JDM style exhaust. his is really a show car in that respect...not my style, but whatever he likes is his busines, you know?


Yep, that's the guy. I haven't seen his Teg since right after he did the JDM front end conversion and the CF hood. He seemed really proud that his exhaust was from Japan. He seemed like a JDM fanboy to me, but I don't really know him.

[Modern Angel]

Originally posted by yakkosmurf

The only exhausts I've even considered are the Comptech catback and the Mugen Twin Loop. The Comptech I've heard on my friend's GSR, and it's pretty quiet and pretty deep. The Twin Loop is supposed to be quieter than that, but at $1000 retail, they aren't that common, so I haven't heard one.


Hrm.. well here's a clip of a Mugen Twin-Loop on a G5 Prelude..

http://www.alltel.net/~gg95948/clips/Mugen1.wav

And some videos:

http://prelude.vtec.net/gen5/chapters/atlanta/mpeg/mugen-01.mpg

http://prelude.vtec.net/gen5/chapters/atlanta/mpeg/mugen-02.mpg

:thumbup:

[Da Kine Guy]

wow, now THAT'S what an exhaust should sound like (if the recording sounds like the real thing). Right up there with my friend DSM exhaust, not a hint of high frequency noise, all bass rumble.

[yakkosmurf]

Wow. That didn't sound like any exhaust noise at all. In fact, it sounds a lot like my Type R did when I had only the AEM intake on. Nice sound.

[MilinGTS]

:) good sound.

oh yeah i just was gonna say head over to www.jspek.com
to see new pictures of henrys car. it looks pretty good now.

i think yall would all like a good look at it, its pretty. :)
well, im off for a trip to philadelphia...if any of you live up there...gimme a PM and ill check it when i get there, maybe we can meet up