god dammed couples with their happiness and mutualism ... grumble grumble ...

Interesting. Just recently here on Jalopnik, I was griping about the perils of heavy truck traffic sharing roadways with passenger traffic, and why the negatives associated with that are vastly understated and under-acknowledged.

Unfortunately, a lot of Americans think a lot of loud noise is "cool". That's how we get totally uncorked Harley's that you can hear from 2+ miles away.

Well, freewaydriving is freeway driving, and while there are major issues with heavy cargo sharing the roadways with passenger traffic (seen that video of the runaway semi killing 22 people that just hit the internet? exactly that), there is a fairly unavoidable noise situation on the highway, and an assumption of…

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You're right, we should also get rid of catalytic converters and smog tests for cars because they increase the cost. Hell, seat belts too; it's less parts on the BOM, pass the savings on to the consumer!

Some turbine engines aren't quiet. That does not mean that all turbine engines are not quiet.

> tires on the road
Eh, I don't know about that. There is a deafening roar that comes out of those things as they climb the hill here. Not an open-exhaust roar, though, so it does remain a bit of a question to me, something that I'd love to see a real breakdown on (Jalopnik editors, how about doing this?)
It might just…

> Turbines produce ...
No. Maybe a turbine without an exhaust, or an aircraft turbine engine.
There are microturbine buses in some cities (Pasadena, for example) that have quite well managed exhaust noise and emissions.
Now if you're saying that *your concept* of a turbine is way louder than *your concept* of a diesel…

I'm pretty sure that's what it is that I'm hearing, unless there is some other engine braking or post-combustion braking method that these diesels use. It shakes the buildings here at Berkeley when one of the never-ending parade of concrete trucks or heavy equipment trucks is going down the hill and engages whatever…

They really, really need to get some sort of hybrid drive system put together for heavy trucking, where microturbines are a likely candidate for the powerplant.

A huge component of road traffic is the mixing of heavy cargo and passenger cars. Here in Berkeley, we get full sized tractor-trailers navigating narrow residential streets, just so they can deliver beer to corner markets. I've heard said several times that most 18 wheels run less than half loaded, too.
They should…

There was a DeLorean that someone swapped a 3-rotor 20B engine into. Seems like that would make it pretty sweet, due to the crap engine that it came stock with. I recall that it sold on EBay for <$20K, back in 2000 or so.

So, NASA is a sexist, misogynistic organization that is specifically trying to oppress women by not assigning them to missions? That's all I'm reading here. Whenever something negative happens to a woman, that is sexism and misogyny. /s

Not a bad idea, although there might be fire & smoke problems with that.

Boy, "Portland", that's a weird way of spelling Berkeley.

Auto manufacturers seriously need to change car horns, and replace them with chimes or something. Or have 2 levels of honking, a little one and a big one.

How is this list missing a group of motorcycle riders with dangerously loud exhausts?

No.

How is the Mazda 323GTX not on this list?
I would *love* to own one of those cars. Seriously, if anyone finds one for sale, let me know.