is this real?

[nonplussed]

That is beyond brilliant, I want one

[Whitean3]

I remember, back in the early 1990s in Car magazine, was an article about Lotus (I think, I may be wrong) that had developed something similar to this, as part of a noise cancelling project (like noise cancelling headphones you can buy today, but for cars). I'm pretty sure they fitted a system to a Citroen AX, based on the soundtrack of a Porsche 928
They had done a fair bit of testing, and were on their third engine, because the noise was so fabulous, testers were revving the poor citroen's engine to 9000 RPM.

I think this is a fantastic little product- I'm sorely tempted!

[Mr Gearchange]

I fail the see the difference between putting this in your 4-pot shopping car and idiots sticking 'M' Badges onto their econoboxes

[Groober]

Mr Gearchange said:

I fail the see the difference between putting this in your 4-pot shopping car and idiots sticking 'M' Badges onto their econoboxes

Its just a gimmick, plus its only you that hears it.

I want one.

[Lordbenny]

Mr Gearchange said:

I fail the see the difference between putting this in your 4-pot shopping car and idiots sticking 'M' Badges onto their econoboxes

Get a sense of humour.......

[hairykrishna]

28 English pounds? For that?

[mikezs]

hairykrishna said:

28 English pounds? For that?

The //M badge I've got on my Corsa cost me £33 from BMW, gotta have genuine stuff or people wont believe it's actually a Corsa M-sport.

[vit4]

I don't have a cigarette lighter on my car. Which is a cos I really, really want one

[dylan0451]

run a couple of wires from earth and 12v and crimp a couple of croc clips to the ends?

[mikezs]

vit4 said:

I don't have a cigarette lighter on my car. Which is a cos I really, really want one

Get something like this and wire it to your battery (for constant live) or to your ignition barrel (for switched live).

[Mr Gearchange]

Or why not just make the V8 noises with your mouth as you drive along. Amuse yourself for hours by adjusting the pitch of your gutteral growl in line with the rev counter.

Or why not buy "Thats what I call a flat plane crank v8 volume 3" on CD and play that through your car stereo?

ETA - I don't see either of these two options as any more, or less stupid than having a V8 noise machine plugged into the fag lighter.

Edited by Mr Gearchange on Wednesday 17th March 16:05

[dudleybloke]

mikezs said:

hairykrishna said:

28 English pounds? For that?

The //M badge I've got on my Corsa cost me £33 from BMW, gotta have genuine stuff or people wont believe it's actually a Corsa M-sport.

authenticity is very important!

[tangent police]

This is one of the best things I've seen

I was looking for a way of making my Renault Extra 1.6D a bit more enjoyable when trying to do 60mpg

[SeanyD]

mikezs said:

the instructions are in the comments to change the rev-range

Does that allow you to sync its RPM with the engine RPM, ie the bit 5th Gear hated?

[mikezs]

SeanyD said:

mikezs said:

the instructions are in the comments to change the rev-range

Does that allow you to sync its RPM with the engine RPM, ie the bit 5th Gear hated?

Apparently so. Instead of turning on and letting the engine idle, you just keep the revs at about 2k for a second and it beeps to let you know. Then it will do the idle sound up to 2k and above that will be linear and motorway speeds sound ok.

[s3fella]

I'm saving my pennies till they release the two stroke crazy frog version.

[ezi]

Love how it sounds like he's doing 100mph when in fact it's more like 10

[R360]

MikeZS, Have you had the delivery yet?

[pacman1]

Did anyone read the comments on the Youtube clip?
Seems it doesn't work on all cars for some reason.
For those who have bought one, post up how you get on..

[mikezs]

R360 said:

MikeZS, Have you had the delivery yet?

Not yet, my post has been really erratic for the last couple of weeks, expecting 4 packages!

I'm hopeful that it will be waiting for me when I get home from work