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.

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