how do you know? I live in a major city and I find loud exhausts to be only a fleeting annoyance. I'll admit I hate when people put straight pipes on motorcycles and inline fours, but I love listening to porsches and amgs go by. you might not guess it, since I drive a pretty quiet car myself.
outside of hn, I've never really encountered anyone who was more than mildly annoyed by loud exhausts.
Sure, just as when I lived in a big crowded city I never really encountered anyone who was more than mildly annoyed by graffitti, trash in the street, minor vandalism (broken street lights, etc), and even petty theft.
It just adds up, you know? I own a Porsche and I purposely left the sports exhaust option out (even though you can turn it off, I wasn’t sure if it wasn’t still louder then). Because if using my fun car means annoying everyone else in a radius like they are annoying me when they pass my house, it wouldn’t be that much fun.
Can’t imagine what it must be for parents of young children, when some exhausts are loud enough to wake me up in the middle of the night (and the surrounding car alarms).
outside of hn, I've never really encountered anyone who was more than mildly annoyed by loud exhausts.