Originally Posted by JamesRS5
Interesting, I have the Capristo and I would completely disagree with this and say the valve feature is 100% required if you wish to drive at city speeds with no drone or resonance at all.
If I force the valves open in “individual” mode and drive at around 30mph in traffic then there is a very noticeable droning/resonance which for me anyway is not in keeping with a $90k German car and more suited to a younger mans japanese import.
The same for the cruise to work, valves open just means I have to turn the music up to mask the annoying exhaust note, I’m not talking about drone here, I mean it’s just simply louder/deeper sounding and on a longer drive I’d rather listen to good music than a constant and unchanging F flat exhaust note, so again here the valves switch it to silent running.
Exhausts are completely a subjective choice, some guys like to make insane noise all of the time, others prefer a more subtle approach and some like the best of both, but you can only have that with valves.
If I force the valves open in “individual” mode and drive at around 30mph in traffic then there is a very noticeable droning/resonance which for me anyway is not in keeping with a $90k German car and more suited to a younger mans japanese import.
The same for the cruise to work, valves open just means I have to turn the music up to mask the annoying exhaust note, I’m not talking about drone here, I mean it’s just simply louder/deeper sounding and on a longer drive I’d rather listen to good music than a constant and unchanging F flat exhaust note, so again here the valves switch it to silent running.
Exhausts are completely a subjective choice, some guys like to make insane noise all of the time, others prefer a more subtle approach and some like the best of both, but you can only have that with valves.
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