Best/Worst Horn?

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An older thread from another forum.



What is the Best Horn?

Best: Mid 90's Buick/Cadillacs, sounds like a chord.

Worst: 2000-ish Toyotas, ugly sounding and annoying.

[Onslaught]

One that plays Dixie.

[Eye of the Tiger]

Best: The 'st33ms air horns

Worst: My motorcycle's squeaker.

[Vinsanity]

worst:



best:

http://www.hornblasters.com/

"that'll teach him to putter along the passing lane"

[the Teuton]

Worst:  People make fun of my stock horn.  I'm really surprised by it.

Best:  Hella Supertones

[AKL]

I hate those horns that make "meep-meep" sounds. They're annoying and sound pathetic. My 01 Corolla had it.

I was actually glad when I got the Accord that it didn't have those horrible "meep-meep" sounds older Honda's made.
Same with the Santa Fe. Hyundai finally changed the horn for the Santa Fe.   

[thewizard16]

Worst I've driven: 2000 Camry. 92 is about the same.
Best: Suburban. It had a dual horn thing that put out enough sound to vibrate the car in front of me out of the way. Not sure if that was the original horn or not though. I would imagine so.

[Raza]

Ferraris have pretty weak horns (if the one in Bad Boys 2 was a real Ferrari horn sound).

[Soup DeVille]

Cadillacs after 1977 have a two-note  chord in D and F. Before that, they had a three-note chord, but I don't know what notes. Those sounded the best. Caddy horns weren't designed to shoo people away from in front of them, they wer meant to sound classy when you announced your arrival.

Most asian brands have horns that are meant simply to get you noticed in traffic, and are intentionally bleating and annoying.

However, the ultimate road horns are the Nathan P5/P5a "amtrak" horns.

[TheIntrepid]

Worst:
1992-2001 Camry

Best:
2007 Camry Hybrid

It is LOUD and gets your attention. Sounds cool too.

[Vinsanity]

Cadillacs after 1977 have a two-note  chord in D and F. Before that, they had a three-note chord, but I don't know what notes. Those sounded the best. Caddy horns weren't designed to shoo people away from in front of them, they wer meant to sound classy when you announced your arrival.

Most asian brands have horns that are meant simply to get you noticed in traffic, and are intentionally bleating and annoying.

I have yet to honk my horn on the road, but the beep the CTS makes when you lock and unlock the car with the remote isn't a chord, AFAIK...shame, because I love the chord horns

[Soup DeVille]

I have yet to honk my horn on the road, but the beep the CTS makes when you lock and unlock the car with the remote isn't a chord, AFAIK...shame, because I love the chord horns

Really? This is news to me, and not good news either...

[TheIntrepid]

I have yet to honk my horn on the road, but the beep the CTS makes when you lock and unlock the car with the remote isn't a chord, AFAIK...shame, because I love the chord horns

Mine chirps, but I like Toyota's electronic "Beep beep" better.

[Vinsanity]

Really? This is news to me, and not good news either...

ok I ran outside and checked, and I believe I stand corrected; it does sound like a chord, but definitely one with high notes close together. Too bad I don't know what a D/F chord sounds like

[Pancor]

Old Cadillacs for sure!

My NX1600 had a Buick horn in it, and my bike now has a 240SX horn in it.  I used to take them from wrecked cars at a body shop and experiment with them in my cars...  :)

[CALL_911]

BMW!!!

(I haven't heard enough horns to know. Hell, I don't even remember what the horns on our cars sound like)

[CJ]

Worst: 1997 Isuzu Rodeo.  Holy crap, that horn belongs in a Honda Civic. 


Best: GM tri-note chord horn.

[Minpin]

look up hornblasters on youtube. That shit is FUNNY!

[etypeJohn]

Best: GE AC4400 locomotive

Worst:  Just about any early Japanese car.

[S204STi]

I love the "Train" horns found on late-nineties Buicks, particularly the Park Avenue. Make me laugh every time...

[Laconian]

Runner-up: Miata. A "beeeeep!" so limp-wristed that it is utterly useless on the noisy interstate.

[280Z Turbo]

My Z doesn't even have horns anymore. I don't have a use for them and they get in the way of the intercooler.

[etypeJohn]

My Z doesn't even have horns anymore. I don't have a use for them and they get in the way of the intercooler.

How do you pass state inspection?  Down here you have to have functioning horn(s) to pass

[280Z Turbo]

How do you pass state inspection?  Down here you have to have functioning horn(s) to pass

We don't have any of that crap in Michigan.

I have always thought that horns are merely for assholes to express their discontent. I really don't buy the argument that they are a "necessary" safety item.

[Vinsanity]

Sometimes it's extremely necessary to express your discontent

[93JC]

I can't remember the last time I used my horn.

In fact, I don't think I've EVER used a car's horn.

[280Z Turbo]

Sometimes it's extremely necessary to express your discontent

I really don't think you're going to be able to "teach them a lesson".

[the Teuton]

Our 1976ish Camaro had what seemed to be an air horn.  You could hear it for miles!

[280Z Turbo]

I can't remember the last time I used my horn.

In fact, I don't think I've EVER used a car's horn.

I have used it to honk at some chickens crossing the road, but that's about it.

[heelntoe]

I can't remember the last time I used my horn.

In fact, I don't think I've EVER used a car's horn.

on an average 5 km long trip, i use the horn about 30-40 times.