Quiet start? Not really…can it be changed?

[GWink]

We live in a 55+ community, and just bought a 2024 Premium GT convertible…….and the initial start-up explosion is, I am sure, disturbing to my neighbors. We’ve activated the quiet start but nothing is QUIET about the car until a block from home. I’ve read somewhere that the REAL quiet start may not truly activate until the weather is warmer? Is this true, and can anything lease be done to quiet the car intially???

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[GrabThatBlue]

1. Did you take this in your consideration before buying a 5.0 V8 engine?
2. Did you not hear the car during test drive?
3. Do you have Active Exhaust?

 

[DT-GT]

Even if programmed to start in quiet mode it starts louder and takes 30 seconds or so for it to actually go into quiet mode. I set my MODE button in center console for the QUIET exhaust. I normally drive in normal mode. When I start my car I immediately hit the mode button and it goes to quiet mode immediately. When out of my garage and neighborhood I press the mode button again and it goes to my current driving mode exhaust.

 

[GWink]

1. Did you take this in your consideration before buying a 5.0 V8 engine?
2. Did you not hear the car during test drive?
3. Do you have Active Exhaust?

Yes, yes, and yes……but thought that permanently activating the quiet start option would have done exactly that, you know?

 

[DT-GT]

I thought that also.

Yes, yes, and yes……but thought that permanently activating the quiet start option would have done exactly that, you know?

 

[robvas]

The cold start is seriously one of the most annoying things...

Your tuner can change...oh wait. Maybe one day.

 

[Will2]

Unfortunately, I don't think you can start in the quietest mode. Cars run louder on startup because of needing to get the catalytic converter up to temp/build backpressure or something like that.

I too want to be considerate of my neighbors and HOAs and the only solution I could think of was getting a C8 ERay since that can start in electric mode, sneak out of your neighborhood, then the V8 comes to life.

 

[roket]

this is just one of the unavoidable parts of owning a performance engine. cold starts are always loud, and the Coyote is widely regarded as one of the loudest engines on cold start. quiet mode is a whisper compared to even normal mode from my experience

 

[GK292]

What you can do, is turn the ignition on before you start and select the quiet exhaust. Then start afterwards.

 

[MAT1955]

I LOVE this conversation, seriously I do. I say - AFFECTIONATELY - we spend 50% of the time on this forum discussing aftermarket H and X pipes, deletes and exotic exhaust systems that will make our rides ROAR and BARK and 50% of the time trying to quiet the cold starts. I have so much fun reading all of the comments, it isn't fair. No question the cold start is loud (and there's nothing that can be done about it as the engine requires this for its health) but I love it. Most of my neighbours love it too. One guy who didn't, I invited over for a beer, showed him how to use the remote rev and took him for a drive. Let him drive it back. Afterwards he invited me over to his place for a beer and as we tapped cans he said "Now, I get it". A few days later his wife said (not sure if she was kidding) "thanks a lot, he's looking at Mustangs on the internet". My wife said - "so now you're giving test drives - there are a lot of people within earshot of your Mustang - you're going to be busy".....It's always MY Mustang when there's an issue, the rest of the time I have to fight her for the keys LOL. BTW loved the recent comments on the forum about BMW vs Mustang. Lived in Europe for four years. Yes, a lot of Euro rides are slick as goose $hit with interiors like a Manhattan condo - BUT - I never drove one that made me feel as bada$$ as I do in a Mustang GT. I hate to confess this, as I'm a old geezer, but one night I went for a drive, put on my Detroit Tigers "lid", flipped my hoodie up over it, slung some bada$$ tunes from my phone through The Bose+ system and went cruising....the other guys at lights just backed away. Mustang GTs and DHs..... man we ARE the last road gangstas left. Try that in a Euro ride..... Ha Ha. Even 'vette owners tell me, "man I love that Mustang GT sound". Just sayin'.....

 

[roadpilot]

We live in a 55+ community, and just bought a 2024 Premium GT convertible…….and the initial start-up explosion is, I am sure, disturbing to my neighbors.

It's a 55+ community ... just wait a few more years and most of your neighbors won't be able to hear it when you start it ...

 

[S0696]

I programmed my memory "star" button to activate quiet mode. It also deactivates it to regular mode. Simple one button push. I too push the red start button without starting the engine. Wait a few seconds push my memory quiet mode, hear the valves activate then start the engine. Takes about 30 seconds or so being loud then quiets up. I also short shift to keep revs down until I leave the neighborhood. Then usually sport mode but not always.

 

[Cucurú]

Heck. 55+ can't hear a thing you ask them I think they go it just to mess with people. You barely have the TV up and they say it too loud. Yet when a mouse farts they can hear it. Call them an old fart under you breath they say "I heard that you young whippershnapper!"

 

[dusman59]

Here in AZ it seems most drive their trucks and performance car purchase off the lot and head to get the exhaust made louder. I almost always hear vehicles winding out in the distance. I'm not sure what the noise level laws are. Plenty of cowboys here in the west. I remember when I was in Vegas for the 50th anniversary 3k plus Mustangs running everywhere. All this is music to my ears. Its nice to be considerate of neighbors but most would not reciprocate..

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