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Old May 20, 2007 | 07:25 PM
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So I was sitting here today watching "pimp my ride" and they installed a product called a VroomBox. This was likely an older show but I thought the product was unique.

It allows you to change the sound of your vehicle. You can pick from up to 15 pre-installed car engines/exhausts. You wire it up with an amp and external speakers under your ride. The bigger the amp the bigger the sounds I assume. It is tied to your tach and vaccum so that you get the right sounds at the right time.

The problem is, if you go to www.vroombox.com , it doesn't look like they are available. Has anyone seen or heard this device personally?
Old May 21, 2007 | 02:45 AM
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yea i've heard of it. dont do it!
Old May 21, 2007 | 02:47 AM
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I love the vespa sound...
Old May 22, 2007 | 11:49 PM
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That's really, really, really lame. It's like those turbines you put in your tail pipe so it sounds like you're turboed.
Old May 25, 2007 | 04:41 PM
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i picture this on my neighbors POS "Tuned" 94 cavalier
Old May 25, 2007 | 04:47 PM
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I wonder if it has a jet engine sound? I want to known as the NASA rocket powered xB.
Old May 25, 2007 | 04:50 PM
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Terrible idea....
Old May 25, 2007 | 04:51 PM
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id have to admit id buy one.. IF THEY HAD A TIE FIGHTER SOUND available
Old May 25, 2007 | 04:51 PM
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Originally Posted by ElChupacabra
Terrible idea....
You never let me do anything fun.
Old May 25, 2007 | 04:53 PM
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and OMG those videos are stupid.. cant belive they did it on a tc :'(
Old May 25, 2007 | 05:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Frosty355
Originally Posted by ElChupacabra
Terrible idea....
You never let me do anything fun.
Do what you want Frosty. Its all personal taste. I just wouldnt ever do it to my car....
Old May 25, 2007 | 05:12 PM
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Originally Posted by ElChupacabra
Originally Posted by Frosty355
Originally Posted by ElChupacabra
Terrible idea....
You never let me do anything fun.
Do what you want Frosty. Its all personal taste. I just wouldnt ever do it to my car....
Naa, I'll just take the money I would spend on that and get a full tank of gas.
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Yeah gas is crazy these days. I drive 50 miles a day just to work. Its really cutting into the modding funds....
Old May 25, 2007 | 05:19 PM
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Originally Posted by ElChupacabra
Yeah gas is crazy these days. I drive 50 miles a day just to work. Its really cutting into the modding funds....
Heck, the price of a happy meal cuts in to my modding fund.
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Happy meals arent 99cents anymore. Those were the days....
Old May 30, 2007 | 05:44 AM
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I didnt catch that one
Old May 31, 2007 | 03:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Kahuna
I love the vespa sound...
LOL thast hilarious!

You wanna hear something really annoying? Go here http://www.vroombox.com/vroombox/
and play all of them AT THE SAME TIME!

I cant believe they even invented such a thing...
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Originally Posted by D_M_A_N
Originally Posted by Kahuna
I love the vespa sound...
LOL thast hilarious!

You wanna hear something really annoying? Go here http://www.vroombox.com/vroombox/
and play all of them AT THE SAME TIME!

I cant believe they even invented such a thing...
I'll try it as soon as I have the office alone...

..Then I'll try it out again when the office is full!
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