Too noisey for some.

[so called]

Hi all,
I was behind a Ferrari yesterday evening and as we came to lights, he went into the turn left lane I was going straight on. (in Germany by the way).
With that knowing little smile, he headed of giving it some beans with his unmistakeable raspy noise while I gave him some back with my decat Powertech scream.
Got to the next lights and stoping in the turn left lane, one the the cars behind me pulled along my right side, lent on his horn for about 10 seconds and proceded to rant at me.
Unlucky for him the lights changed and so he got some more.

Am I a bad person ?

[Laser Sag]

so called said:

Hi all,

Am I a bad person ?

No, only surprise there is that you weren't blipping the throttle so you couldn't hear the rant in the first place.

[Jurgen Schmidt]

Like it, great story.
Not a bad person at all, perfectly normal
Pot/kettle springs to mind with his noise pollution on the horn, and I know which noise out of the two I prefer

[PascalBuyens]

You did the right thing

[so called]

Laser Sag said:

so called said:

Hi all,

Am I a bad person ?

No, only surprise there is that you weren't blipping the throttle so you couldn't hear the rant in the first place.

Never thought of that.
I was juggling with my German 'get lost' phrases....'Verpiss dich' or 'arsch loch'....or the combination 'verpiss dich arsch loch'.
Lights changed before my mouth could get anything out.
Heading for Spain next. Whats 'verpiss dich arsch loch' in Spanish ?

[PascalBuyens]

so called said:

Never thought of that.
I was juggling with my German 'get lost' phrases....'Verpiss dich' or 'arsch loch'....or the combination 'verpiss dich arsch loch'.
Lights changed before my mouth could get anything out.
Heading for Spain next. Whats 'verpiss dich arsch loch' in Spanish ?

I think "chupame la polla" would do the trick

[so called]

Jurgen Schmidt said:

Like it, great story.
Not a bad person at all, perfectly normal
Pot/kettle springs to mind with his noise pollution on the horn, and I know which noise out of the two I prefer

Hi Jurgen,
That was exactly my first thought, "who's that noisy @@@@".
Then I realised

Edited by so called on Tuesday 24th July 20:26

[gutu12]

so called said:

I was juggling with my German 'get lost' phrases....

I would have raised my voice and said in my finest clipped accent..... "DO YOU SPEAK ENGLISH?"

[gutu12]

so called said:

Unlucky for him the lights changed and so he got some more.

Love this bit

[so called]

PascalBuyens said:

I think "chupame la polla" would do the trick

Hey Pascal,
Doesn't sound very Spanish but I trust you.
I just arrived in th Holiday Inn Gent Expo, did you hear me ?
On the same theme, going through the JFK tunnel Antwerp, a very nice Porsche (new something)
Came all the way across from the right lane so that he could drop down a couple and demonstrate that Porsches sound nice too. Have too agree, very nice.

Anyway, thanks all for your confirmation of my moral standards.
Had a weak moment there but it's good to know that I can get a balance and un-biased opinion when needed.
Hope the weather lasts,
Cheers,
Tony

[PascalBuyens]

so called said:

I just arrived in th Holiday Inn Gent Expo, did you hear me ?

Ah, erhm... it's not loud enough to be heard in Brussels...

[so called]

PascalBuyens said:

so called said:

I just arrived in th Holiday Inn Gent Expo, did you hear me ?

Ah, erhm... it's not loud enough to be heard in Brussels...

Only joking but my wife knows to put the kettle on for a cup of tea when she hears me about 1 mile from home

[Batwick2]

Pulled into my office car park last week in my de-catted Tuscan 2S with straight through pipes (literally - even the cans are sleeved). Some old fart comes stamping up to me as I get out, yelling "You're a bloody liability in that car you are! You made my ears hurt! I'm going straight down to the cop shop to report you!", at which point he shuffled off.

Fortunately, he appeared to have either been too old to have remembered what he was meant to do, or too farty to be bothered to walk the 250 yards to the cop shop. Either way, they never turned up. Lucky really, as the car was reverse parked with the exhaust outlets less than a foot from the wall. Starting it up sounds like world war three has just started.

Yes, I am also a bad person. Fun, isn't it?

[so called]

Batwick2 said:

Pulled into my office car park last week in my de-catted Tuscan 2S with straight through pipes (literally - even the cans are sleeved). Some old fart comes stamping up to me as I get out, yelling "You're a bloody liability in that car you are! You made my ears hurt! I'm going straight down to the cop shop to report you!", at which point he shuffled off.

Fortunately, he appeared to have either been too old to have remembered what he was meant to do, or too farty to be bothered to walk the 250 yards to the cop shop. Either way, they never turned up. Lucky really, as the car was reverse parked with the exhaust outlets less than a foot from the wall. Starting it up sounds like world war three has just started.

Yes, I am also a bad person. Fun, isn't it?

No, your not a bad person. I was asking the question and have been assured that I'm not. Stands to reason that you arn't too.
Sounds like we have similar sound systems

[ruta87]

so called said:

Batwick2 said:

Pulled into my office car park last week in my de-catted Tuscan 2S with straight through pipes (literally - even the cans are sleeved). Some old fart comes stamping up to me as I get out, yelling "You're a bloody liability in that car you are! You made my ears hurt! I'm going straight down to the cop shop to report you!", at which point he shuffled off.

Fortunately, he appeared to have either been too old to have remembered what he was meant to do, or too farty to be bothered to walk the 250 yards to the cop shop. Either way, they never turned up. Lucky really, as the car was reverse parked with the exhaust outlets less than a foot from the wall. Starting it up sounds like world war three has just started.

Yes, I am also a bad person. Fun, isn't it?

No, your not a bad person. I was asking the question and have been assured that I'm not. Stands to reason that you arn't too.
Sounds like we have similar sound systems

Tuscan 1 - Decats an CCC Loud cans...

Old dear across the road: "have your silencers broken?"

me: "what silencers? ...I dont know what you mean...?"

yes, it is fun!

[Batwick2]

Just been to the Wilton supercar festival, and my Tuscan would surely have won the "Rev-off" competition (winner was 127db at 1m - a Ferrari I think, didn't see it).

Really frustrating knowing it was sat there in the PistonHeads car park!

[Tuscain]

Lol if you are a bad person than what am I ?

Was driving home on Old Brompton Road / away from South Ken station. See a red light and downshift from second to first, revs didnt go over 4000 at any point.... I did however get a nice raspy pop / flame shooting out the back end..... About 5 seconds later a not so straight mid 30s guy knocks on my window while shouting "your car is just too loud - its utterly ridiculous". I looked, smiled and proceeded to give it some revs which seemed to blur out his voice - while giving him a "you mean this noise?!" look - lights changed back to green and i gave him a nice bit of wheelspin all the way through first and second gear just to make sure that his statement was correct

I asked my gf if she thought the car was too loud and she just laughed and said "no the guys just a complete fruitcake" - that put a smile on my face for the remainder of the drive home...

Edited by Tuscain on Monday 6th August 21:38

[FactoryPilot]

Tuscain said:

Lol if you are a bad person than what am I ?

Was driving home on Old Brompton Road / away from South Ken station. See a red light and downshift from second to first, revs didnt go over 4000 at any point.... I did however get a nice raspy pop / flame shooting out the back end..... About 5 seconds later a not so straight mid 30s guy knocks on my window while shouting "your car is just too loud - its utterly ridiculous". I looked, smiled and proceeded to give it some revs which seemed to blur out his voice - while giving him a "you mean this noise?!" look - lights changed back to green and i gave him a nice bit of wheelspin all the way through first and second gear just to make sure that his statement was correct

I asked my gf if she thought the car was too loud and she just laughed and said "no the guys just a complete fruitcake" - that put a smile on my face for the remainder of the drive home...

Edited by Tuscain on Monday 6th August 21:38

Was is wrong with these people? In his mid-30's! He wants to get himself a life - the sad prick.

[so called]

Mine is as loud as it is because of Wife's complaints that my Tuscan was far too quiet.
Sounds like we have similar taste in women

[PascalBuyens]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sITiTKMIEJQ