Mysterious engine noise description
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'twas reading a golf magazine over the weekend, which just happened to have a car review section in it for some mysterious reason.
When describing engine noises it went something like 'If a Ferrari sounds like Pavarotti, a TVR is two lesbians making love in a bucket'.
Can anybody confirm this? I've had a search around the wide eyed web but couldn't find such a sound (I'm sure it's out there somewhere if you look hard enough). I presume this is either the decatted AJP V8 or Rover V8
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Anybody else got any good noise descriptions.
When describing engine noises it went something like 'If a Ferrari sounds like Pavarotti, a TVR is two lesbians making love in a bucket'.
Can anybody confirm this? I've had a search around the wide eyed web but couldn't find such a sound (I'm sure it's out there somewhere if you look hard enough). I presume this is either the decatted AJP V8 or Rover V8
. Anybody else got any good noise descriptions.
That's an AA Gill quote. The article is on his Chimaera IIRC. I laughed my arse off reading it whilst waiting to pick up my Griff from the dealer.
Which magazine were you reading? was it the same article? Do you have a scanner? I'd love to read it again.
>> Edited by julianhj on Sunday 18th August 21:17
Which magazine were you reading? was it the same article? Do you have a scanner? I'd love to read it again.
>> Edited by julianhj on Sunday 18th August 21:17
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That's an AA Gill quote. The article is on his Chimaera IIRC. I laughed my arse off reading it whilst waiting to pick up my Griff from the dealer.
Which magazine were you reading? was it the same article? Do you have a scanner? I'd love to read it again.
>> Edited by julianhj on Sunday 18th August 21:17
Talking of AA Gill, has anyone read his masterpiece Sap Rising? It has to be the funniest book I have read in years. But be prepared to hide it from the kids!
>> Edited by angusfaldo on Monday 19th August 10:01
Jermey Clarkson described the prototype Jaguar XK180 as sounding like 'a TVR with The Prodigy playing in the exhaust pipes.'
I have a clip of that car on one of his videos. It sounds like a WW2 plane going past - awesome. But they only made two, and the production derivative (F-Type) was cancelled in favour of a 2.0 diesel saloon. Ho-hum. Run by accountants or what?
I have a clip of that car on one of his videos. It sounds like a WW2 plane going past - awesome. But they only made two, and the production derivative (F-Type) was cancelled in favour of a 2.0 diesel saloon. Ho-hum. Run by accountants or what?
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