There are things ... the other day a Swedish tinkerer actually developed a small handy device called "SoundRacer" on the market. At a few euros, it costs significantly less than a Maserati or a Turbo Porsche, but at the touch of a button it lets the desired fat engine sound sound from the car radio. A kind of electronic displacement prosthesis for acoustic braggarts, hardly bigger than a charger for a mobile phone.
The "saying" sounds speed-dependent, of course. At idle, it bubbles out of the speakers as if you were driving an old Ford Mustang, and as soon as you step on the gas, it booms sonorously from the music system. The good thing about the slightly infantile noise illusion is that it can be turned off at any time.
The effect could even be proven in popular science. As proof, a study by the English insurance company Hiscox in which the engine sound of different sports cars was played to 40 men and 40 women each. Their testosterone levels were then determined by saliva sample. The result: While 100 percent of the women reacted positively to the sound of a Maserati, the men released their hormones mainly during the listening test of a Lamborghini.
In both groups, however, the testosterone level decreased when suddenly a VW Polo chugged through the headphones. Conclusion of the study and best argument for the new Swedish toy: Sound makes sexy!

My question is obvious now . . . : Suppose you were to compare the sound of your voice with the "saying" of a car – would the others put you in the group of Maserati and Lamborghini? – Or to the polos? Or even to the Trabis? . . .