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xkcd #2948: Electric vs Gas (xkcd.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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An idling gas engine may be annoyingly loud, but that's the price you pay for having WAY less torque available at a standstill.

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[–] [email protected] 48 points 10 months ago (36 children)

Gas engine makes good noises. Checkmate.

[–] [email protected] 51 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (9 children)

It's incredible how certain people are conditioned to think the sound of a gas motor and shifting because your puny motor is out of optimal torque and rpm range are manly.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Yeah, I guess all those professional female race car drivers are doing it to feel "manly"

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