I've heard better horns on a push bike!
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I was actually quite happy with mine, far better than on my previous motor, a 64 plate Tiguan...
My Cupra leon's horn is pretty good for standard. I remember back in the 80's always fitting air horns to my motorcyles as soon as I got a new one, made the dodgy Volvo drivers look, thinking they had an artic behind them.
Yes, once had colonel bogey airhorns on my Ford Escort Mk1, way back when. I always remembeber crawling up behind a cyclist and pressing the button, could have been a clip from Benny Hill... not nice. 
Just finished fitting the dashcam, so I am now going to have a listen to the horn from the outside and see if it sounds just as crap as on the inside, if it does then the next thing is to work out how to change it.
Just finished fitting the dashcam, so I am now going to have a listen to the horn from the outside and see if it sounds just as crap as on the inside, if it does then the next thing is to work out how to change it.
Had a Leon CUIPRA 300 which as you mention the horn was great (loud) now have a Leon CUPRA 290 which the horn if frankly pathetic and half what the 300 was, the same which is on the wife's Arona - weedy, pathetic little honk of a noise.
I think they used to install double horns but went to singular probably cost saving or some silly regulation surrounding noise pollution etc.
Agree they sound c**p
I think they used to install double horns but went to singular probably cost saving or some silly regulation surrounding noise pollution etc.
Agree they sound c**p
Seems like VAG might be ’downsizing‘ to feeble sounding car horns on some of their other cars too. There’s a guy that lives near me who has a VW ID.5 and every morning he when leaves for work at 8.00 a.m. he toots his car’s horn twice for his young daughters ‘just for fun’ (it’s not fun for me, but at least I know what the time is when I hear it without having to look at the clock).
For what’s quite a large car, it’s got an incredibly puny sounding single tone horn - almost like something you’d expect to find on a toy car ?.
For what’s quite a large car, it’s got an incredibly puny sounding single tone horn - almost like something you’d expect to find on a toy car ?.
For a loud horn grab one of those aoogah horns... ridiculously loud.
And you'll be noticed
I have one of these and it makes me smile every time I use it.
And you'll be noticed
I have one of these and it makes me smile every time I use it.
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Under what circumstances do you sound the horn?
In the past 10 years I doubt I have used the horn more than half a dozen times.
Fair point, but when you really, really need to use it you want one that says "I'M HERE!!"
and not one that says "excuse me"
Anytime I need or it's good practice to warm someone I'm there.
Blind bends, approaching cyclists or pedestrians.
Is someone sat at a junction looking the other way? Horn warning before you get too close to attract attention.
It's not supposed to shock anyone to you presence just warn someone you are approaching.
Approaching a cyclist on a narrow road for example, your horn warning wouldn't be right behind them but a distance back to draw attention. On a wider road it wouldn't be needed because you can pass with good distance between you.
Same goes for pedestrians.
Horns are not there to express you dissatisfaction with the driver of a vehicle or demand they move.
All the reasons I had air horns on my Kwacker back in the 80's, bike horns were and still are really bad.
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