Prefer the Sound of the Engine to Radio

I prefer the sound of my engine when I am driving. I can always tell how the car is running and it is a comforting feeling to hear the car run Great. So I am curious, how many others would rather listen to their cars engine then the Stereo? When I was younger a friend got me to listen to the engine instead of a Stereo while driving, shortly after that I went to my first F1 Race, after that I couldn't listen to the radio because I preferred the sound of my engine.

I had an old NSX that I did this for like a week or so after every mod I did, since the engine is literally right behind your ear. On every car I've had that is of course modded I go through the same thing, and will do with the P-Car soon enough.. Sooner or later though blasting your favorite music is just as satisfying!

The Porsche is cool with the sound it makes. Some times I don't listen to music for many reasons. I never listen to music on the GSX-R1000.

Engine. (Although I'll occasionally listen to an audiobook on a trip.)

I listen to the radio much less in the 911 than I have in other cars. I prefer the engine sound, but I occasionally listen to the radio or talk radio when I drive to work i the morning.

Yeah, if I'm driving to or from work I'll listen to the radio, but it's low enough where I can still hear the engine over it clearly. Long drives with the wife I'll blast the radio, but any time it's me and the car just driving around the radio stays off.

+1 engine !!! Especially after getting high-flow headers, 200 cell cats and sports mufflers! Surprisingly enough a high-flow cold air intake filter changes the sound significantly as well.

+1 on the engine... especially on weekend joyrides. Rudy

When I first got the car it was always engine only. Now since I'm used to the sound of the PSE I do play the radio more often. Plus in the winter you have to keep your windows up so it muffles some of the best sounds. Come summertime though in some cases when I have the top down I'll only be listening the exhaust.

I waited 28 years to drive this car, that entire time I did listen to all those songs..... I figure I can hear the songs anytime, but this motor is something I may not always have around (depending on the economy) So enjoy every second of it I can.... That said I do listen about 10-20% of the time

+1 Engine - that's why they put such a crummy radio in the car - they put the money in all the right places (except the IMS)!

Depends on my mood, sometimes I want tunes, sometimes I want the engine....

engine, hands down. i put in the ipod cable on my factory head unit last summer, but i haven't used it in months. i'll listen to NPR (especially science friday) or something occasionally, but most of the time it's just me and the sweet sounds of the flat six.

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I didn't realize you were such a young'un.

I am 14 years old on track days, but much older on work days said I waited 28 years... I didnt discover I was in love with Porsche til I was 12 (1/2) LOL (43)

Got my first Porsche at 29.... I wanted one since I was 3 or 4, I'm not kidding! I saw one on the road and my dad got me a scale model of a 911. I wish I still had it. I'm 44 now but like Ed said, I'm 14 when I drive my Porsches!

when I was real young I wasd in love with this type of car (I didnt know they cam in other brands )

Definately the engine. The radio (even the Bose) is really awful. The bose system in My mazdaspeed6 is 100% better in every way. There isn't much need for a radio in this car when you have the sport exhaust. I'm 32 and this is my first Porsche. I feel very fortunate and blessed to have such a killer car at a younger age. I grew up working in my uncles truck repair shop and all the Landscrapers and stone masons also brought their toys to my uncles shop for repairs. Some were as mild as a Miata, or as cool as a 65 vette, and then their was the first car that I got to drive after I learned to drive stick on my 86 Jetta. With the owners full consent I was allowed to drive his 72 Detomaso Pantera. Now that was freakin cool for a 17 year old kid....

radio at all times. factory 996 is so quiet you don't hear much engine without the windows down anyway.

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Speaking of music, your picture reminds me of that great Shell/Ferrari commercial. Now that's music!

awesome vid... better than any song !

Wow that was a cool vid..... I will gladly take the motor over the radio. My dad had a 1956 356 Speedster and was one of a handful of guys to start the Milwaukee Chapter PCA. He traded that car when my twin brother and I were born for a Chevy wagon. He left us 7 years ago but I swore I would get the P-Car. I started with a 914, fell in love with a 1967 911 SWB, cheated on that with a '86 Black Carrera and yes found a new and improved '99 C4. I intentionally drive the fast lane with the windows down in the summer just to hear the exhaust bounce off the concrete divider......and since we are fessing up I'll be 47 in May.

This is Great, I am glad to hear that so many share my love for the sound of the motor. My GF always asks, why don't you put the radio on? My answer is always the same, because I love the sound of the motor. Thanks for sharing.

Can't say that I agree. Until I got the Fisters, the engine sounded kind of like a sewing machine.

I like my music and I like it like an 18 YO. loud!