How often do you use your horn?

[id10t]

In traffic? Hardly ever. Parking lot? More often to say "hi" than a "aaaaiiiiieeee!" thing, and still rarely.

Sitting in my yard waiting on my kids that were supposed to be ready 5 minutes ago and we're almost late? All the damn time.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by ledhedsymbols

No point to it really... The clowns that need it either don't care or know exactly what they're doing. Sometimes I make kissy faces at D-bags when they pass though.

For me, it's more about getting someone's attention, either if they are trying to merge into me or the light had turned green and I can see that they aren't paying attention or aware that the light had turned (these days usually due to a cell phone).

For cell phone folks, I'd like one of those really, REALLY obnoxiously loud train horns.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by rwest

Agreed!

My question to horn users would be: what do you think honking the horn will accomplish?

Do you think that by sounding your horn that suddenly all the idiots will decide to start driving well?

Nope, just want them to look up from their cell phone, and it usually does the job.

Any one ever think that maybe someone's baby is sleeping in a house nearby and now you've woken it up?

On the freeway or driving through commercial areas, no. In a neighborhood, I'm much less likely to feel the need to honk, but if I did, well, fortunately, we don't live in houses with oiled paper walls as they used to in Japan.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by Amail

I'll use it for to attract someone's attention. If someone looks like they're going to pull out in front of me, I'll give a quick beep. If the guy in front of me doesn't move when the light turns, I'll give him a couple seconds then give him a beep.

Exactly

[masraum]

Originally Posted by scottmandue

Seriously... if you have time to honk you have time to cap a couple rounds!

Starter gun, flare gun or live rounds?

I've always thought it would be fun to be able to launch bottle rockets out of the grill of my car. Having a bottle rocket scream past right before it explodes would definitely get someone's attention, but that's more of a juvenile fantasy than anything else.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by Nickshu

In the Lotus, all the time. I installed a Stebel Nautilus very loud Twin-Air horn. Same problem as the OP's Miata, you are easily not seen.

I had one that I put in my first miata and then moved to my second. Miatas come with a single tone horn which sucks. A twin tone horn with dissonant tones does a much better job and sounds cooler too. I think my boxster had electronic horns like other cars which is a bummer.

[Jerome74911S]

On my daily driver Jeep I have never used the horn, ever. On my 911, I have used the horn exactly once, five years ago.

[Baz]

Originally Posted by look 171

i am horny daily. Get off the fooking phone, light changed a year ago, move your asss. Stay in your own lane and close that gap ahead of ya so all others wouldn't take up that space. Now i feel batter that all you guys have heard me. Normally, it falls on deaf ears.

lol.....

[Baz]

I had one of those musical horns on my last work truck.....Mexican hat dance when pulling up on a job site...or driving by a hawt chick.....there were other favourites....'Dixie' and some Christmas songs.....hilarious! Gotta get one for the Silverado.....

[Jeff Alton]

Only tap it if someone in front of me is sitting at a green light and texting...

I don't see a need to honk at people to let them know I don't approve of their recent driving maneuvers...