Ford Mustang EcoBoost has fake engine soundtrack
10/2/14, 11:14 PM
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There are times on long highway drives that I get tired of the exhaust noise from the Boss side pipes. But that's a real sound coming straight out of the engine itself. I can deal with that because in the vast majority of cases, it a great sound but not for 11 hours straight.
I still don't get the concept of buying the Ecoboost as a performance car but as a modern coupe that is likely to serve as a daily driver and highway road trip car, it would be better for that purpose if it was quieter. Since the engine sounds are fake, they should be able to be shut off. Yes, they are fake noises despite some of the preposterous arguments presented here. It comes from the RADIO, not the engine...i.e. fake.
Let's face it, if you are not buying the raucous V8, you are buying commuter coupe with sporty pretensions. It should comfortable and quiet for daily and/or highway use (at least as an option if the noise is coming from the radio).
I still don't get the concept of buying the Ecoboost as a performance car but as a modern coupe that is likely to serve as a daily driver and highway road trip car, it would be better for that purpose if it was quieter. Since the engine sounds are fake, they should be able to be shut off. Yes, they are fake noises despite some of the preposterous arguments presented here. It comes from the RADIO, not the engine...i.e. fake.
Let's face it, if you are not buying the raucous V8, you are buying commuter coupe with sporty pretensions. It should comfortable and quiet for daily and/or highway use (at least as an option if the noise is coming from the radio).
10/13/14, 10:50 AM
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I am still let down by the Ford engineers who decided to pump a fake engine sound into the drivers compartment of the Ecoboost Mustang. I can live with piping sound from the engine into the drivers compartment, but to put fake sound into the stereo is going too far. Hopefully, Ford will have an option in the near future to allow the owner to switch the fake sound off so the owner can enjoy the sound of an aftermarket exhaust without hearing the fake sound.
10/14/14, 11:37 AM
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My brother just bought a 2015 Fiat 500. The car has a 4 cylinder engine with no fake engine sounds piped into the car. Outside the car the exhaust is rather quiet but it still makes a rather pleasant sound as the car accelerates. As I understand, the performance version ,the Abarth 500, with the turbo has a really great sounding exhaust. All the female sales people at the dealership just loved the exhaust sound. If Fiat can make an exhaust sound good with a turbo 4, maybe Ford could do the same.
10/14/14, 11:42 AM
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Drove one on the weekend.
You don't notice anything. It sounds like a four banger with a bit of a bite/growl (as much of a four banger can do)
Good sounding car, its not pretending to sound like anything its not,but the volume isn't in your face either.
Infact quite the opposite. It's REALLY quiet in the car. Quietest Ford I've ever been in.
Fun car. Was pleasantly surprised.
You don't notice anything. It sounds like a four banger with a bit of a bite/growl (as much of a four banger can do)
Good sounding car, its not pretending to sound like anything its not,but the volume isn't in your face either.
Infact quite the opposite. It's REALLY quiet in the car. Quietest Ford I've ever been in.
Fun car. Was pleasantly surprised.
10/14/14, 01:02 PM
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Drove one on the weekend.
You don't notice anything. It sounds like a four banger with a bit of a bite/growl (as much of a four banger can do)
Good sounding car, its not pretending to sound like anything its not,but the volume isn't in your face either.
Infact quite the opposite. It's REALLY quiet in the car. Quietest Ford I've ever been in.
Fun car. Was pleasantly surprised.
You don't notice anything. It sounds like a four banger with a bit of a bite/growl (as much of a four banger can do)
Good sounding car, its not pretending to sound like anything its not,but the volume isn't in your face either.
Infact quite the opposite. It's REALLY quiet in the car. Quietest Ford I've ever been in.
Fun car. Was pleasantly surprised.
Enough with the manipulation and games trying to boost the Ecoboost's sales numbers. Just let the engines sound like the engines sound like. Let the customer choose which engine they like the best with the options they want. Is that too much to ask?
10/14/14, 01:16 PM
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You make it sound like it's an invassive noise that is ruining your ability to enjoy life.
Unless someone told you about it, you wouldn't even know it's there.
I'm waiting to see the petition to go up "Let me hear the s*** noises Ford, let my ears be free. Let me turn it off once because I can, and then realize how s**** it is, and leave it on for the rest of it's life"
Noise cancellation techniques are overated anyway
Unless someone told you about it, you wouldn't even know it's there.
I'm waiting to see the petition to go up "Let me hear the s*** noises Ford, let my ears be free. Let me turn it off once because I can, and then realize how s**** it is, and leave it on for the rest of it's life"
Noise cancellation techniques are overated anyway
10/14/14, 01:26 PM
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10/16/14, 10:56 AM
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I am thinking one could go to a Fiat dealer and buy a muffler for a Fiat 500 Abarth and replace the Ecoboost Mustang muffler with it. It would be fun to hear what an Ecoboost 4 would sound like with the Abarth muffler.
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