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Deceleration is where you get fuel overrun and backfires, too!

    VrOOOOooomm-pa-pop-pow-ooooom.

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Slightly off-topic, but I hate when people modify their engine / exhaust system to do this on purpose, just to be obnoxious. You're not cool, dude. You're just a jerk.

No, this is 100% on point. I support your comment and it isn't off topic at all.

They are certainly cunts and it would be amazing if police actually enforced noise ordinances for passenger vehicles at some point. Fingers crossed! As always!!

Both of my cars are stock and are like fireworks going off if I lift off the throttle. So this isn't just a modified car thing, a lot of cars made in the last 10 years pop, bang, and fart from the factory.

If police started ticketing me, I'd probably just sell the cars since tuning either car is a pain in the ass (locked ECUs). Granted, police are already ticketing people with stock exhaust.

> Both of my cars are stock and are like fireworks going off if I lift off the throttle. So this isn't just a modified car thing, a lot of cars made in the last 10 years pop, bang, and fart from the factory.

That's fine, happens in a lot of performance vehicles. Some people just do stupid stuff to artificially increase the amount of noise. Some of it is illegal (like removing the muffler) and some of it is just rude (like setting the air-fuel ratio to be far too fuel-rich). Some engines are naturally a bit fuel-rich, especially performance engines, but some people just change it to be as loud as possible.

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