Cars You Can Identify From Noise Alone

[bluebear]

Subaru turbo ! nowt sounds like them burble burble

[Triumph Man]

Also, as many have said, the Volkswagen PD engines, and I also know when there's a Triumph six about just by the sound.

[Petrolhead95]

Ice cream van..

[bluebear]

Petrolhead95 said:

Ice cream van..

funny bugger

[Chicane-UK]

BMW E46 330 always seems to have a throaty grumble to it that I can recognise.

And the VR6 - be it in Golf or Corrado form. Just so distinctive and I've heard so many that I can recognise them from half a mile away!!

[Arbs]

1.0, 1.2, 1.4 vauxhall(corsas mainly). Unmistakeable rattley chain noise!

[Petrolhead95]

bluebear said:

funny bugger

A guys gotta try!

[NiceCupOfTea]

odyssey2200 said:

Morris 1000 (especially on over run)

Mmmmmmmmmmmm, baaah!

The Moose said:

I can tell the following cars from the noise of the door closing
- MX5

Clang!

Obvious stuff:

e46 M3 - really harsh metallic sound
911 - no mistaking that flat 6
FWD A-series (Mini/Metro) - transmission whine in 1st
Scooby
Ferrari
Saab c900 - nothing sounds like it

[TAHodgson]

Series 3 V12 E-type.
The difference between Ferrari's 355, 360, 430 & 458.
Ariel Atom 300
Modern Aston Martin V12's
Impreza's

[vit4]

Ford Fiesta with the Endura engine :geek:

The HCS sounds a little different, less rattly if anything.

[Tango13]

My mums bull terrier could, as puppy tell the difference between my dads 12v straight six and my 24v straight six, until I confused the poor hound by buying a 32v V8

[petrolsniffer]

On tappy engines would one be able to distinguish a cvh from endura??

[Urban Sports]

Petrolhead95 said:

Ice cream van..

It was done on the previous page, it failed the first time because an ice cream van isn't a car.

You didn't read the title nor the previous pages in the thread.

[oa]

Waiting for the "cars you can't tell apart by noise thread". Based on a 5 minute walk:

Octavia (taxi so a PD)
Modern fiat van
Merc c240
Mondeo (standard looking so 2 litre petrol)
Ford c-max

[benzito]

AMG's, the 55k engines and new 63 engines have a very distinctive sound you could recognise from afar

[SWH]

Morris Minor, on overrun.

The Ducati boom is pretty notable as well... not really car based however.

6R4, rare to hear one.

Group B Quattro, again rare to hear.

Original Mini, straight cut transfer gear whine is always a give away.

[pacman1]

Anything with a 3.0L Essex.

MGB GT's are distinctive too.

Le mans Corvette and Panoz, mainly from the dB factor!

eta, Stags & 2.5 PI's

Edited by pacman1 on Thursday 25th August 22:51

[Urban Sports]

Vauxhall 4 cylinder engines although you might get them mixed up with the sound of a small power tool.

[james_gt3rs]

iamrcb said:

That old Ford 1. 3 that was in the Escort, Ka, Fiesta etc.

tap tap tap tap tap tap tap .. . . . . . . .

stands out a mile

Sound as bad as a diesel!

[benzito]

Urban Sports said:

Petrolhead95 said:

Ice cream van..

It was done on the previous page, it failed the first time because an ice cream van isn't a car.

You didn't read the title nor the previous pages in the thread.

ok how about a vauxhall astra, you can tell by the distinctive police sirens,

I'm sorry! someone was bound to mention police cars at some point in this thread