# Do you sing in the car?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-sing-in-the-car/804016
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [December 9, 2017, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-sing-in-the-car/804016 "2017-12-09T11:53:10Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2017, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-sing-in-the-car/804016/1 "2017-12-09T11:53:10Z")
Do you crank it out along with the radio or whatever else you have playing?
Do you sound good?
Do you care?
Just curious.
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### Author:  [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2017, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-sing-in-the-car/804016/2 "2017-12-09T12:08:28Z")
Oooh yeah.
And I bop too.
And I don’t care who’s looking.
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### Author:  [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2017, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-sing-in-the-car/804016/3 "2017-12-09T12:34:19Z")
Sigh… Yes. And sometimes, if I don’t know the lyrics, I will make up my own, usually nonsensical lyrics.
One time while I was doing this, I unknowingly butt dialed my (at the time) GF. Let’s just say she had quite the laugh at my expense. 🙂
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### Author:  [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2017, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-sing-in-the-car/804016/4 "2017-12-09T13:01:12Z")
no, because I know I can’t sing.
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### Author:  [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2017, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-sing-in-the-car/804016/5 "2017-12-09T13:15:02Z")
I typically have my own little rock concert in the car: tapping my foot, drumming on the steering wheel, and singing really loudly. I don’t subject others to this behavior though, except maybe my kids. I don’t know where I stand as a singer, probably there are some songs I can sing decently, I usually just end up whistling if I can’t hit a high note.
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### Author:  [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2017, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-sing-in-the-car/804016/6 "2017-12-09T13:24:48Z")
Yes, I am notorious for singing with my music in the car. It would drive me nuts to not do it.
I don’t sound terrible. I used to be a really good singer (involved in choir and such.) The old vocal chords ain’t what they used to be, but I don’t traumatize anyone nearby.
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### Author:  [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2017, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-sing-in-the-car/804016/7 "2017-12-09T15:36:16Z")
Sometimes.
If I really like the song, or it’s just a fun song to sing along with.
Sometimes the day is just a really good day.
Sometimes I’m just in a good mood for no reason at all, sometimes even when the day hasn’t been the greatest.
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### Author:  [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2017, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-sing-in-the-car/804016/8 "2017-12-09T15:53:33Z")
Yes, but only if I’m alone. Or driving the grandkids, so I can watch them roll their eyes. Because I’m really not a good singer.
I also play drums on the steering wheel.
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### Author:  [@MoonMoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoonMoon)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2017, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-sing-in-the-car/804016/9 "2017-12-09T16:16:39Z")
> [@jz78817](#):
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> no, because I know I can’t sing.
I certainly don’t let that stop me.
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### Author:  [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2017, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-sing-in-the-car/804016/10 "2017-12-09T18:35:24Z")
Oh, yes! I sing enthusiastically. If we’re all in the car and a good song comes on…everyone sings.
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### Author:  [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2017, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-sing-in-the-car/804016/11 "2017-12-09T18:41:27Z")
I’m usually by myself, so yes, absolutely! I did realize that at a stop people can hear through the window so then I tone it down a little.
My parents lived at a distance so I didn’t see them that often for the ten or so years before my Mom died. But the last time I saw her healthy during a visit, it was just she and I headed to the fair and I blasted Bat Out Of Hell, one of her favorites. I can’t sing but she could and we both sang every word. Great memory.
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### Author:  [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2017, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-sing-in-the-car/804016/12 "2017-12-09T18:44:28Z")
When alone, hell, yes. Loudly.
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### Author:  [@CelticKnot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CelticKnot)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2017, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-sing-in-the-car/804016/13 "2017-12-09T20:30:12Z")
Long drive home from work + Christmas concert practice CD = singing in my car
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### Author:  [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2017, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-sing-in-the-car/804016/14 "2017-12-09T20:45:17Z")
Yep, not always but if it’s a song that has lyrics I know. I even flip my drum stick at times😀
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### Author:  [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2017, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-sing-in-the-car/804016/15 "2017-12-09T20:46:28Z")
My turn signal sounds like a simple drum machine. So when I am sitting at a light with my turn signal on, I will tap a simple beat that compliments it.
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### Author:  [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2017, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-sing-in-the-car/804016/16 "2017-12-09T21:46:17Z")
> [@jz78817](#):
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> no, because I know I can’t sing.
I sing like no one’s listening! Which they’re not, because I’m usually alone in my car.
I don’t care if anyone sees me. I remember 0% of the people I see during my commute an hour later and I doubt anyone remembers me either.
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### Author:  [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2017, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-sing-in-the-car/804016/17 "2017-12-09T23:22:21Z")
Sometimes depending on the tune and the mood. The Outback has nice acoustics but I have a terrible voice.
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### Author:  [@BobBitchin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobBitchin)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2017, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-sing-in-the-car/804016/18 "2017-12-10T00:02:49Z")
Yes! I most definitely sing loud and proud in the car.😃
As for quality:rolleyes:
I can sing,a bit. I’ve worked as a guitar player, and there are just a few songs I can sing…late, when everybody’s loaded.😃
But in the car I let loose on all my favorite songs with no regard for actually pulling it off onstage, and I suck 99% of the time. I’ve got a deep voice and I’m pushing 50 and I smoke, there are no high notes in my repertoire.😛
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### Author:  [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2017, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-sing-in-the-car/804016/19 "2017-12-10T00:06:32Z")
Of course I sound wonderful! The louder the background music the better it gets.
I love getting caught too, especially when this pasty white middle aged lady performs Master of Puppets and doesn’t miss a beat.
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### Author:  [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2017, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-sing-in-the-car/804016/20 "2017-12-10T00:14:28Z")
> [@Aspidistra](#):
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> Oooh yeah.
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> And I bop too.
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> And I don’t care who’s looking.
Bop? As in Cyndie Pauper She-bop? As in masturbation?
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