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kambites
32,864 posts
90 months
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Lol, surely a "worst sounding engine" thread is just a "state your opinion" thread by definition? I don't see why saying that Subaru's Boxer sounds rubbish is any less "balanced" than saying that four-pot diesels do. There's no such thing as an absolutely "bad" or "good" sound. I'm sure someone somewhere likes the rattle of an I4 VAG diesel.  ETA: To be fair, I do appreciate them for at least being different, and for that they should be applauded in the same way that I applaud the Multipla and the Juke.
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Dave Hedgehog
5,320 posts
73 months
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spogxy said: caine100 said: All four cylinder engines. Doesn't matter if petrol or diesel, they sound s  t. Which unfortunately is all you hear these days. Hmmm? The S2000 sounds like an F1 car at 9000rpm! + tunnels =  aye, was gonna say the s2000 wails with the taps full open
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Chris944_S2
838 posts
92 months
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Eighteeteewhy said: Three pot diesels.  Actually most three pots. I find 3 pots sound quite nice actually, much better than a run of the mill inline 4. I wouldn't own one though, it still lacks 5 cylinders
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Heathwood
1,409 posts
71 months
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66comanche said: caine100 said: All four cylinder engines. Doesn't matter if petrol or diesel, they sound s t. Which unfortunately is all you hear these days. Disagree on two counts that I can think of. The Subaru boxer engine and some of the Mitsubishi MIVEC engines, the one in my mate's FTO sounded superb at high revs. Sure the FTO wasn't a V6?
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paulmoonraker
2,262 posts
32 months
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kambites said: Lol, surely a "worst sounding engine" thread is just a "state your opinion" thread by definition? I don't see why saying that Subaru's Boxer sounds rubbish is any less "balanced" than saying that four-pot diesels do. There's no such thing as an absolutely "bad" or "good" sound. I'm sure someone somewhere likes the rattle of an I4 VAG diesel. Touché I guess I was just using this as an excuse to have a more general vent 
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Noesph
504 posts
18 months
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electric motors, any noise is better than no noise.
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Hoygo
663 posts
30 months
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Deranged Granny
813 posts
37 months
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Noesph said: electric motors, any noise is better than no noise. Whine?
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Fire99
8,089 posts
98 months
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Many Many diesels...
KA / Old Fiesta 1.3 petrol. Dates back a million years. Sounds it.
Renault Laguna 2.0 8v petrol. Rough as an old boot.
Vauxhall 1.6 8v. Another stoinker of an engine, especially when up the rev range.
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Chicane-UK
2,588 posts
54 months
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Diesel Range Rovers.. whenever you see one getting nailed, the utterly dreadful agricultural clattering is so at odds with the glorious noise that pours out of the back of the V8 / Supercharged ones! They don't even sound like modern diesels, but like some ancient POS they hauled out of a tractor.
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66comanche
2,369 posts
28 months
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Heathwood said: 66comanche said: caine100 said: All four cylinder engines. Doesn't matter if petrol or diesel, they sound s t. Which unfortunately is all you hear these days. Disagree on two counts that I can think of. The Subaru boxer engine and some of the Mitsubishi MIVEC engines, the one in my mate's FTO sounded superb at high revs. Sure the FTO wasn't a V6? Aha, think you're probably right actually, pretty sure it was a 2.0 rather than a 1.8 which would make it a V6 - my brain just assumes 2.0L = 4 cyl.
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Otispunkmeyer
2,806 posts
24 months
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My Civic
4 cylinders... not nice when pushed. Sounds harsh.
Thing is 4 cylinder engines can sound alright if you want them too. I think the VAG 2.0TFSI sounds quite nice in a gruff sort of way. Its not draining to listen to at least. I can't do over 75mph on a run in my car, the engine note really grates on me and its just too loud in the cabin.
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samuelellis
1,509 posts
70 months
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StevieB said: Was listening to a 2004 Mondeo TDCI exiting a multi storey today and just thought, this must be one of the most horrible sounding cars out there! Very similar to a transit with that horrible whine when pulling away! These old shape Mondeo TDCIs seem to have got really noisy with age and mileage. In fact, is it me or do most dervs just get rattlier with age?
as for petrol cars, the old Ford Ka -horrible, horrible rattly old engine! (is this a Ford thing?)
Anyway, what are other peoples candidates for worst sounding cars?!! Known problem on the TDCi engines - the self tensioner on the aux pulley gets rattly as the miles go on
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Jimmy No Hands
1,802 posts
25 months
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Definitely the Endura. I used the family Fiesta for a while and it sounded absolutely s te. Loved being chucked about though!
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strangehighways
209 posts
34 months
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It has the be the diesel engine in the 'Smiley face' Transit from the 90s. I don't know why, but there is just something that attacks my ears when I hear one of those.
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Lordbenny
5,063 posts
88 months
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Ferrari 458 end of thread!
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olly22n
11,771 posts
75 months
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Eighteeteewhy said: Three pot diesels. Actually most three pots. Not sure I would agree. I have yet to hear a bad three pot.
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S3_Graham
10,685 posts
68 months
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olly22n said: Eighteeteewhy said: Three pot diesels. Actually most three pots. Not sure I would agree. I have yet to hear a bad three pot. +1 the smart cars sound great. My integra sounds s t until about 6000.
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m44kts
705 posts
69 months
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Basically, twunts that fit huge exhausts to the likes of this... http://youtu.be/3BZ1YEfXOS8Then drive everywhere flat out. Always makes me chuckle when crap like that takes 5 mins to hit the rev limiter in 1st gear as it's ragged down the road
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snapdragon69
120 posts
52 months
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Old Subaru Impretza, usually metallic blue.
The ones with the big handle on the back.
Sounds and looks like a poof's fart.
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