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   Message 115,956 of 117,728   
   Ken Olson to Wade Garrett   
   Re: Why do horns in small cars sound so    
   23 Oct 20 23:35:04   
   
   From: kolson@freedomnet.org   
      
   On 10/23/2020 6:15 PM, Wade Garrett wrote:   
   > On 10/23/20 4:34 PM, butler mike wrote:   
   >> On Friday, September 24, 1993 at 10:56:37 AM UTC-4, Don T. Borowski   
   >> wrote:   
   >>> John R Laplante (jlap...@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu) wrote:   
   >>> :   
   >>> : Big cars have horns that make 'big sounds.' Loud. Full.   
   >>> : Small cars have horns that make 'small sounds.' "tinny." "beep beep".   
   >>> :   
   >>> : I thought of this yesterday when I was driving my big old buick,   
   >>> : and had a need for the horn. I thought "i'm glad i'm driving this   
   >>> : car, rather than my Camry." The camry is not a small car, but   
   >>> : it still has a small car "beep beep" sound...   
   >>> :   
   >>> : So.. the question is: what are the determinants of the sound of   
   >>> : cars? Why do the horns on small cars sound as they are?   
   >>> : Is it because the engine compartment is smaller? Is the horn   
   >>> : smaller? Not powered as much? Do new big cars still have   
   >>> : that sounds that you get from the big old cars?   
   >>> It is because someone has designed it that way.   
   >>> To same money (and a bit of weight), a lot of small cars come with just   
   >>> a single horn. A lot of the old Detroit iron had two horns tuned to   
   >>> different notes. This is probably the biggest difference in the sound.   
   >>> The solution is easy. Just go down to the local junk yard, and get   
   >>> the horns off some old Detroit iron. Wire them up, and get that   
   >>> good old satisfying sound.   
   >>>   
   >>> Donald Borowski WA6OMI Hewlett-Packard, Spokane Division   
   >>> "Angels are able to fly because they take themselves so lightly."   
   >>> -G.K. Chesterton   
   >   
   > Many people who drive weenie cars do so to virtue signal they are green.   
   > And the little horn sound fits right in...being polite and not adding to   
   > noise pollution ;-)   
   >   
      
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