> I happily drove an EV car before for multiple years, until I moved to NYC and stopped driving

Having followed a similar path, the lifestyle upgrade of moving to an EV, then abandoning car dependant commuting use is great.

In the pouring rain and howling wind I do occasionally wonder what I’m doing, but sitting in a traffic jam is awful.

> And, mind you, I ran it with a stock exhaust. I absolutely despise people who install extra-loud (illegal) aftermarket exhausts on purpose, because they know that nobody is gonna enforce it.

Add to this: car stereos and the craze for adding (stolen) school PA speakers for playing obnoxiously loud music.