How come reving engines has not died yet?

[SteveG1988]

I should take a video with my good camera showing how quiet a v8 can be.

[Takumi]

I'd imagine it attracts teenage boys much more than the ladies, most of whom do not care what type of vehicle you drive.

Absolutely true.

[Max Rockatansky]

As the proud owner of 2 Mustang GT's I can tell you that both are factory stock, and really aren't loud at all unless you are really aggressive with the loud pedal.

Grey one is mine, blue one is the wife's:










I'm confused as to what the OP was talking about: The revving of the engine with the clutch in on a manual (or neutral with an auto), or is he talking about leaving the stoplight like the Space Shuttle out of Kennedy? I really haven't noticed the former happening much as of late, I certainly don't do that myself. If it's the latter, well, in my case its not to show off because I could give a rat's behind about what others think about that, it's the fact that I paid for 420 horsepower and I like to experience it every now and then.

I don't street race, in fact many a Prius driver has been able to run home and tell their buddies that they torched a Mustang because I just don't do that.  But if traffic's light I have been known to launch it every now and then. My wife drives hers the same way-slow most of the time until she feels the need for a burst.

When I met my wife she had a 2002 Camaro Z/28, I still wish that she had the car because it was awesome next to my at the time 2011 SS.  This is what I...I guess we currently have, a 2016 Dodge Challenger R/T Scat Pack:




I'm with you, I don't street race and I don't really care who wants to...nor about impressing people either.  But that said I don't like letting my car sit in the garage collecting dust on a day off and often take it to a mountain road to enjoy.  I mean hell the damn thing comes with 0-60 and 1/4 mile trackers in addition to launch control...so yes every once in awhile I will try them out as well.  Now the one thing that I really do like is that muscle cars in general are getting much better sounding stock exhausts.  On mine the stock note is probably one of the better I've heard out of an OEM system in a long time.  I just got a chance to listen to the 2016 Camaro SS with the active exhaust, it ain't quiet and sounds fantastic. 

[slorydn1]

When I met my wife she had a 2002 Camaro Z/28, I still wish that she had the car because it was awesome next to my at the time 2011 SS.  This is what I...I guess we currently have, a 2016 Dodge Challenger R/T Scat Pack:




I'm with you, I don't street race and I don't really care who wants to...nor about impressing people either.  But that said I don't like letting my car sit in the garage collecting dust on a day off and often take it to a mountain road to enjoy.  I mean hell the damn thing comes with 0-60 and 1/4 mile trackers in addition to launch control...so yes every once in awhile I will try them out as well.  Now the one thing that I really do like is that muscle cars in general are getting much better sounding stock exhausts.  On mine the stock note is probably one of the better I've heard out of an OEM system in a long time.  I just got a chance to listen to the 2016 Camaro SS with the active exhaust, it ain't quiet and sounds fantastic. 

Sweet ride, man! I know it's probably blasphemous for a global moderator of a Mustang website to give props to other makes but I don't care, Chally's and the new Camaros are sweet cars, too. I really didn't care much for the 2010 Camaros though. I test drove one when we were looking at getting my wife's Mustang and the realization hit me quickly that I just couldn't see out of the back or sides of the car. That said, it sounded great-and the one time I tracked my wife's car I ran head to head against a 2011 Camaro SS and it literally was a dead heat, our et's were within a couple of thousandths.


Early this year I pulled up next to a Hellcat at a stoplight down in Jacksonville NC (near Camp Lejune) and all I could do was look over and bow with the I'm not worthy salute. The driver just grinned back at me and waved. Then we left the stoplight like a pair of old ladies in 30 year old Caprices-I'm sure the J'ville PD unit behind us appreciated that, LOL.


As for your wife's 2002, yeah that's a shame you couldn't hold on to that, they were really nice too. NCSHP had a few Camaros of that generation prowling the highways back in that time frame and they were scary looking, silver and black with full NCSHP markings but the lights were all hide-a-ways. Not many people ran from them when they got pulled over.

[Max Rockatansky]

When I met my wife she had a 2002 Camaro Z/28, I still wish that she had the car because it was awesome next to my at the time 2011 SS.  This is what I...I guess we currently have, a 2016 Dodge Challenger R/T Scat Pack:




I'm with you, I don't street race and I don't really care who wants to...nor about impressing people either.  But that said I don't like letting my car sit in the garage collecting dust on a day off and often take it to a mountain road to enjoy.  I mean hell the damn thing comes with 0-60 and 1/4 mile trackers in addition to launch control...so yes every once in awhile I will try them out as well.  Now the one thing that I really do like is that muscle cars in general are getting much better sounding stock exhausts.  On mine the stock note is probably one of the better I've heard out of an OEM system in a long time.  I just got a chance to listen to the 2016 Camaro SS with the active exhaust, it ain't quiet and sounds fantastic. 

Sweet ride, man! I know it's probably blasphemous for a global moderator of a Mustang website to give props to other makes but I don't care, Chally's and the new Camaros are sweet cars, too. I really didn't care much for the 2010 Camaros though. I test drove one when we were looking at getting my wife's Mustang and the realization hit me quickly that I just couldn't see out of the back or sides of the car. That said, it sounded great-and the one time I tracked my wife's car I ran head to head against a 2011 Camaro SS and it literally was a dead heat, our et's were within a couple of thousandths.


Early this year I pulled up next to a Hellcat at a stoplight down in Jacksonville NC (near Camp Lejune) and all I could do was look over and bow with the I'm not worthy salute. The driver just grinned back at me and waved. Then we left the stoplight like a pair of old ladies in 30 year old Caprices-I'm sure the J'ville PD unit behind us appreciated that, LOL.


As for your wife's 2002, yeah that's a shame you couldn't hold on to that, they were really nice too. NCSHP had a few Camaros of that generation prowling the highways back in that time frame and they were scary looking, silver and black with full NCSHP markings but the lights were all hide-a-ways. Not many people ran from them when they got pulled over.

Thanks, actually I was originally a Mustang guy when I got my 02 GT all those years ago.  I made the switch over to the Camaro because I was sick of the 4.6L modular motor which had the 2010 so far behind the Camaro in performance....little did I know how much the 5.0L made later on.  Still I loved that Camaro and I was really wasn't sure about getting rid of it in 2015 but it made sense with how much I got for it before the value dropped with the 2016 came out.  As much as I love the specs on the Camaro the styling and base price of the SS is what made me go for the Challenger.  The Scat Pack package was such a bargin in 2015 and 2016 with the 392 in addition to the 14MY SRT-8 suspension/brake goodies.  It really didn't hurt the color palette was great on the Challenger and just kind of meh on the Camaro.  I originally wanted a Sublime Green 2015 but I was ready to put my order in too late but I was just in time for 2016.  Given that I ordered it in September of last year it would be interesting to see how low my car was on the production run for 2016, especially with Plum Crazy as the color.

Yeah she actually regrets getting rid of it but she wanted something with four doors because we had a kid coming.  I told her that she was making a mistake, it's not like a small child couldn't sit in the back of a 4th Gen F-body but it was her car and her money.  But it probably made sense though given that she was driving that car everyday on a commute and that's something that ought to be weekend car...so her Focus makes more sense.  Hell I drive a 2014 Sonic daily and take it on most mountain trips simply because it's efficient, fits the kid, wife and the dog even.

The Hellcat is really something but I think that the ZL1 Camaro is going to have it beat in pretty much every performance measure with that smaller Alpha platform.  For me the Scat Pack was such a deal at 39k that it was hard to justify doubling the price for a Hellcat.  You get a lot of power but it's basically really difficult to put to the ground and you certainly aren't getting anything that will trounce a Scat Pack or SRT 8 in handling.  The biggest thing that I don't like with the Scat Pack is the summer 440TW tires with 245s all the way around.  I figure that I got a set that I can just melt to the ground for the time being before I find a replacement with more grip.