Audiophilia Syndrome

[accwai]

3 hours ago, The Computer Audiophile said:

If we can’t make fun of ourselves, we are in trouble.

 

Interesting perceptive Chris! Would you mind elaborating a little on the making fun of ourselves part? The OP has never exhibit any of the symptoms he described in the first post above. So in your view, are "we" in trouble or not?

 

P.S. I hit my head big time in an accident a while back so I'm a little dense. Any help would be greatly appreciated ⇐ This counts as making fun of myself right?

 

P.P.S. I never exhibit any of the symptoms on the list either. So I'm kind of feeling left out. Anyway, don't mind me. Just keep doing whatever you guys are doing...

[accwai]

21 hours ago, pkane2001 said:

There are certainly folks at both extremes. What I often find is that the people near the middle get pushed into one of the extreme groups, just because it makes it easier to classify them this way. That's not fair to them.

 

That's assuming most would care all that much about how they're labelled and whether the labels are fair to them.

 

Besides, it's a big world out there. People who are far beyond the stereotypes could also exist. Audiophools that only play a handful of approved recordings to show off their system eh? Sure, but there are also those with audio system, music collection *and* musical instrument collection of gigantic proportion. Contrary to popular belief, they also have the necessary knowledge to use that stuff real hard. And they've been around enough to have contact with people with even larger collection than theirs and they're perfectly comfortable with that.

 

The obsessives are the ones fuzzing over the labels and counter-labels. Whatever rocks your boat eh...

[accwai]

7 hours ago, GUTB said:

It's said that BMWs are "drivers' cars". In the neutortypical sense, "drivers" in this context refers to people who value the thrill of driving a high-performance vehicle. [...]

 

Hmm... Have to remember that. I've always been drooling over McLaren 540C. They look fabulous in the streets around here. It's supposed to be really great everyday driver.

 

6 hours ago, pkane2001 said:

[...] high performance driving is driving at the limit allowed by the automobile and can be done in a Toyota or in a Ferrari. [...]

 

Speaking of Toyota, would an 86 with TRD intake/exhaust/brake/suspension parts be up to the neurotypical standards? Seems to move along adequately. But I've never been really picky. By the way, what kind of lap time at Nürburgring Nordschleife are neurotypicals looking for? Would 8:20 be considered Ok?

[accwai]

3 hours ago, Nordkapp said:

Yeah, but still not a beemer....Sorry. 

 

Well, this is not a beemer either:

 

 

As for MX-5, just found this video:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQ3x462rlmg

 

7:58?! Jeez... That actually calls into question the 8:20 time from the Subaru BRZ posted earlier. The guy claims the car's stock with tire and brake pad upgrade only. I've only ever blipped the throttle on a stock Toyota 86. The engine seems to be a lot less eager to rev up than one with TRD intake and exhaust. Have to wonder what kind of time an 86 seriously loaded with TRD parts could do in the hands of skilled (neurotypical ) driver...

 

3 hours ago, rando said:

@accwai The next Ring video I watched was a best of '17 that featured a guy in a convertible McLaren with his toddler in a front facing baby seat.  Talk about surreal.

 

That just goes to prove beyond a doubt that some people do have more money than brain

[accwai]

14 hours ago, semente said:

That high-end Porsche was slowing him down...

 

Yeah, the guy got held up by the Porsche in corners and then the Porsche took off in the straights. The Porsche just can't shake the guy though. He would catch back up at the next corner and the Porsche held him up again. No wonder he's doing this kind of lap time. Some people are just too scary, beemer or Mazda or whatever

 

18 hours ago, rando said:

@accwai The next Ring video I watched was a best of '17 that featured a guy in a convertible McLaren with his toddler in a front facing baby seat.  Talk about surreal.

 

Actually it's probably not as bad as initially thought. It's been a long time since I had a toddler seat in my car. Thinking back, the good ones are solidly anchored to the car and have their own five point harness for the child. But there's still no way I would drive a toddler around a track in a convertible.

 

Which reminds me: My wife's cousin has a two year old boy that's a real handful. The little guy seems to instinctively know the worst moment to make trouble for his parents. There is no way I'll drive the guy around town even

[accwai]

10 hours ago, rando said:

Somewhere in the upper tier of concerns lies front and side curtain airbags.  Of course they could have pulled the fuse or somehow overrode that.  There are still way too many reasons this is not how to foster the next generation.

 

Oh I see. This kind of thing hasn't crossed my mind for quite a while. Toyotas have weight sensor under the front seats and would automatically decide to switch off the passenger side airbag when it thinks the front passenger isn't heavy enough to be an adult. But the manual still says install front facing carseat at the front only when totally unavailable. With a 2+2, at least one can stuff the child into the back. Not so in a McLaren though. Such is the advantage of cheap cars 

 

By the way, just noticed this video:

 

 

Guess who makes the most appearances here?

[accwai]

57 minutes ago, rando said:

As this has been a run of videos already I will give forth a window into what drifting is really about.  The cops in major cities with predominately warm weather patterns year round got pretty good at shutting down road racing that depended on illegally blocking off large tracts of city street.  Shuttering yourselves into an inner city parking lot with jersey barriers or just shutting down a rush hour freeway with a sideshow is a much lower risk of arrest high risk behavior.  Observe. [...]

 

Hmm... I don't know. For me, this is more of what drifting is about:

 

 

There is a certain beauty and elegance in the whole thing.