Amusing video from in-car camera
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Took my car to a workshop to have the diff repaired (as most probably know), left the camera turned on, this is what it recorded... http://youtu.be/z5SUUKE7GGA
Dave VXR8 said:
I certainly wouldn't take mine there given that behavior. What is wrong with that kid?
Really? What's he done wrong? 
If someone that has gone into a mechanics profession and isn't excited by the sound of a moderately silenced large V8 : there is something wrong.
I've seen my car being MOT'd and seen it taken out from the garage after a wheel refurb. Young drivers. didnt know I was watching. In both instances there was much more throttle blipping than was necessary, but there was absolutely nothing even approaching abuse ( of the car or my trust).
mik_ok said:
Dave VXR8 said:
I certainly wouldn't take mine there given that behavior. What is wrong with that kid?
Really? What's he done wrong? If someone that has gone into a mechanics profession and isn't excited by the sound of a moderately silenced large V8 : there is something wrong.
I've seen my car being MOT'd and seen it taken out from the garage after a wheel refurb. Young drivers. didnt know I was watching. In both instances there was much more throttle blipping than was necessary, but there was absolutely nothing even approaching abuse ( of the car or my trust).
We all seem to be striving for a good noise from our cars, so a little aural appreciation means you're working in the right direction.
The kid wasn't malicious, just having a nerdgasm. To be fair, I did the same when I first bought my car 
If there was any foul play I wouldn't have posted up the video and gone to the police instead. Additionally, when he took the car for a test drive, he was actually remarkably sedate driving it, just soaking up the experience.
If there was any foul play I wouldn't have posted up the video and gone to the police instead. Additionally, when he took the car for a test drive, he was actually remarkably sedate driving it, just soaking up the experience.
I dropped my car in to have rear tyres replaced a little while ago, nipped across to Tesco to get some cash out (on foot).
Despite the car was facing away from me, and entering the garage from the far side, I heard the 1 solitary blip just fine (measured on Google as 130m away
).
It was one blip, and wasn't to a particularly high rpm, so I wasn't fussed. Had I heard lots of it, tyre squeal etc. then yeah, I'd have been less impressed!
Chap in the video was suitably impressed I think, although if he's by himself in the car, it's a bit odd to be talking to yourself like that?
Despite the car was facing away from me, and entering the garage from the far side, I heard the 1 solitary blip just fine (measured on Google as 130m away
).It was one blip, and wasn't to a particularly high rpm, so I wasn't fussed. Had I heard lots of it, tyre squeal etc. then yeah, I'd have been less impressed!
Chap in the video was suitably impressed I think, although if he's by himself in the car, it's a bit odd to be talking to yourself like that?
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