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BMW M5, fake engine sound through the stereo
At least, that's what this article says.
New BMW M5 fakes its engine noise for your pleasure According to the article BMW has a digital signal processor in the stereo that's connected to the engine ECU so it can simulate engine noises for the folks in the car. Very sad.
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And I'm paying for this technology???
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09-26-2011, 07:26 AM
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Please tell me that the story has it wrong. Please.
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09-26-2011, 07:42 AM
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I don't know if BMW is really doing this, but this sort of thing has been around as an add-on kit for a couple of years. So your Prius can sound like, say, a top-fuel dragster, or a P-51.
Needless to say, it takes all kinds. Judging from the cruel things I see people doing to new Bimmers here in the Lost Angeles area, which has pretty much become a taste-free zone, I can well imagine that there actually are people who would buy this. Go figure.
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Damn..isn't anything real anymore?
Just don't tell me that pro wrasslin' is fake...
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09-26-2011, 07:47 AM
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Sick, sad world
In my current DD, if I want more engine sound I put the top up
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One notch lamer than "motorsound" option.
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09-26-2011, 08:20 AM
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Thanks but no thanks. I prefer my Ms make their music the traditional way...
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09-26-2011, 08:28 AM
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Sometimes I think it's a bit too loud...but since the factory spent million$ to tune it to the movie sound, I've learned to like it...stock Bullitt exhaust...
2008 Ford Bullitt Mustang Exhaust - YouTube pulling away sound http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_E5TgdxGHg&feature=related
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09-26-2011, 08:39 AM
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I can't remember where I read it but BMW is not the only one looking into this. Because of increasing regulation on noise from the tailpipe the automakers are having to make their exhausts ever quieter.
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Sorry, but damn...I'd rather have my car's sound system play only the music I choose...
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Dunno about this one..........................if it is true I would have expected this from a Asian manufacturer
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I wouldn't be surprised. BMW has been hiding their performance under layers of unreliable technology for nearly a decade now. Want your M5 to be a real sports sedan? First you have to work through your iDrive pages to properly set up the car (system) then press a M button to get all of your power. It's a computer on wheels, and what's the fun in that?
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Hmmm.... could i get my car to sound like a Union Pacific steam loco?
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Sync. Ferrari engine sounds, route through 2,000W amp to speakers mounted facing rearward under back end of a Miata?
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i want F14 tomcat noise, you know the sound as they spool up before a cat launch..when i'm sitting at the red light.
It will compliment Highway to the danger zone by Kenny Loggins... Obviously. And i'm sure i will break my record time of 40 minutes to work by at least 20 minutes
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