I've done it in goofy runs but too focused to bother smacking select into the finish as far as TT's goes...

Also seems to have no effect in GP, so it's pretty useless...lol

Never had a honk run or a honk PR unfortunately, would go for some honk WRs but I'm sure Etch already has the 80/80 timesheet far out of my range.

didn't realize until now you could do it in runs instead of just the character select screen though, so there's the new fact of the day!

I always play with the sound off, so I wouldn't know anything about a horn

Hmm. It doesn't really distract me; if anything, I think it helps when I have the sound on because I might be benefiting from audio cues. (For example: playing RR, fire a shroom too early, and you can tell by the sound hitting the bumper. Or if you fire one perfectly, you hear the typical "fail" sound, but the speed doesn't drop at all. I think it really helped me learn how early I could fire my shroom, which is the single most important thing of high-level RR play.)

I think it probably also helps me with shroom spacing, brake tapping, and maybe even gauging when to start steering around a tight turn after a shroom.

As for the subject: yes, I've honked the horn before, but not recently. It doesn't really cross my mind to do after finally getting everything right on a course...