Do you have your car radio loud?

[IrishEyes]

Hubby rarely turns his volume down, always the same unless he has a rider.
When I park my car I always turn the volume real low so when I start my car I can hear the motor.

The other day when Hubby left I was outside when he left for work and heard a sound coming from
the engine in his car. He drove off before I could catch him. Sure enough when he pulled in from work
I saw him open the hood, not because he heard a sound but because he smelled an odor. His oil
was extremely low. He is not a mechanic at all, one of those if it starts, I drive, kind of guys.

It made me wonder how many think about how turning the volume up or down can mean
as far as how much it can effect your car repairs in certain cases.

 

[CallMeKate]

No radio listening in the car for me... I find it unnerving. Well, the exception would be Christmas music which for whatever reason, I don't mind.

 

[hollydolly]

Yes I do... !

However I turn the radio down when I'm starting the car... and again as I approach my neighbourhood... so as not to disturb the neighbours

 

[timoc]

It wouldn't matter how loud I had my car radio, I still wouldn't hear it, seeing as how I sold the car to a bloke the other side of town 7 years ago.

 

[IrishEyes]

Yes I do... !

However I turn the radio down when I'm starting the car... and again as I approach my neighbourhood... so as not to disturb the neighbours

I do the exact same thing, turn it down approaching home and not turn it up until I am on the main road.

 

[Aunt Bea]

I don’t use the radio.

If my radio is blaring it means one of the young techs at the garage had it out for a test drive or a smog inspection.

 

[Paladin1950]

I used to have my car stereo really loud, but not anymore. Over the past year, my mechanic found a couple of things wrong with my car, & told me that I had to have heard certain noises. I told him that I must have had my music too loud. Had he he not found them, bad things would have happened. It really scared me.

 

[horseless carriage]

No radio listening in the car for me... I find it unnerving. Well, the exception would be Christmas music which for whatever reason, I don't mind.

Me neither, it was over sixty years ago that I learned to drive and the instructor told me that radios can be distracting, adding, concentrate on your driving.

 

[Raven]

No, I don't have the radio on loud when driving. I find it is too distracting and with today's heavy traffic I need all my attention on driving.

 

[Nathan]

I never turn the car radio on, I find it distracting and annoying.
I don't know what changed, used to have it playing all the time, up until about 20 years ago.

 

[KSav]

I can't remember the last time I used my car radio; I play my music through my phone. But I assume that's what you meant, @IrishEyes (i.e., music).

For me, I usually wait until I am on a main road, or at least out of my building's parking lot, until I turn the volume up. And I, too, like to listen to the engine when first turning it on and getting started.

When I drive more than a couple of hours, usually only when going to see my older daughter and her family, I listen to podcasts instead of music. And also as others have mentioned, when traffic is heavy or I'm in an unfamiliar area I turn all audio off altogether.

 

[MACKTEXAS]

When I have it on, which is only now and then, I adjust the speakers so that sound only comes from the back of the car, and it is definitely not loud. I usually have it on an FM classical station which has very little talk and almost no commercials.

 

[Michael Z]

I always turn the radio and fan off when listening for problems in the car. If you heard a strange noise due to low oil, that often means you are nearly out of oil! I had this happen after changing oil and the filter gasket was faulty and nearly all the oil leaked out.

 

[HazyDavey]

No, not much if any radio for me. Back in the day when I was working running heavy equipment, you always kept your ears tuned to the machine listening for anything unusual. Old habits I guess..

 

[Pinky]

We turn on the car radio to listen to the News, on the hour.
Otherwise, the radio is Off.

 

[hollydolly]

Me neither, it was over sixty years ago that I learned to drive and the instructor told me that radios can be distracting, adding, concentrate on your driving.

yes but we've moved on from horse and cart to cars now....

 

[hollydolly]

I always turn the radio and fan off when listening for problems in the car. If you heard a strange noise due to low oil, that often means you are nearly out of oil! I had this happen after changing oil and the filter gasket was faulty and nearly all the oil leaked out.

of course you would turn the radio and fan off while listening for problems....

I find it difficult to concentrate if I don't have music playing... but I don't have it so loud I can't hear a problem if there is one..

 

[PeppermintPatty]

No! We never have the stereo blaring. We usually talk to each other in the car AND we like to hear the sound of our engine. Every once in a while I’ll turn up a song that I really like. When it’s over I turn it right back down again.

 

[Lilac]

Hubby doesn't like the radio on, but I do. When I'm by myself, it's up. If we are traveling a distance, the radio is on. It keeps me awake & alert, especially music that make you want to move.

 

[MarkinPhx]

I admit that if I am on a highway and out of the metro areas I sometimes channel my inner teenage self and blast the music. But when driving while in the city area, I usually listen to podcasts.

 

[KSav]

I admit that if I am on a highway and out of the metro areas I sometimes channel my inner teenage self and blast the music. But when driving while in the city area, I usually listen to podcasts.

I'm so glad I'm not the only one who does this!

 

[George1959]

I never use our car radio while driving.

 

[dobielvr]

Always

 

[Knight]

Radio on very low just enough to hear what is playing on the station that plays music from the 50's 60's & 70's.

 

[IrishEyes]

of course you would turn the radio and fan off while listening for problems....

I find it difficult to concentrate if I don't have music playing... but I don't have it so loud I can't hear a problem if there is one..

I will turn it up on the interstate highway to drown out the semi trucks when one I dearly love comes on, then turn it back down.
Those semi trucks can drown out a really good dream if you were close enough to an instate highway.