I was waiting at a freeway onramp metering light, where cars line up in two lanes, side by side at the light. The lanes then merge into one as you get on the freeway.
A guy in a slammed CRX pulled up next to me, looking over, and his car was making a loud "BEEP BEEP BOOP BEEP" sound. It had to be some sort of programmable launch control or something (or maybe just a poseur thing like the fake blowoff valve above).
The thing is, the speaker making all the noise for this thing was obviously mounted
outside the car. Meant to impress the guy in the lane next to him, not to tell the driver anything useful. Sure enough, he jumped his place in line and sped (if that is the correct word for a car with a 1.5 liter engine) in front of me.
What ever happened to walking softly but carrying a big stick? These kids clomp around in wooden clogs carrying toothpicks.
Oh, and I was in a '91 Jeep when this happened. A really worthy adversary I was, oh yes.