Insanely loud Mercedes
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I don’t mind a loud exhaust, today however I think I experienced something even I consider too loud. I was walking through Portsmouth and a Lamborghini LP700 arrived at a set of traffic lights. The whole street was echoing with the drone at idle!! You could even feel it. Then off it shot (sounding better from afar.
Sadly all these pops ,bangs and dsg exhaust farts have become paramount over a nice sounding engine. The Focus RS Mk 2 as a random example had a fantastic sounding engine but the Mk 3 sounds flat and about as unsporting as a regular Focus but it’s ok because it goes off like an AK47 on full auto fire and that’s deemed cool apparently.
I don’t mind the odd over run pop but the current trend for this November the 5th on every gear change does nothing for me.
I don’t mind the odd over run pop but the current trend for this November the 5th on every gear change does nothing for me.
Stu08 said:
What a bunch of miserable old gits. 
Not really. Town centre roads at 5:30pm when there are college and school kids as well everyone else leaving from work, down roads wide enough for one car are not really places to be doing 50mph. If you think that is boring then you may want to reconsider your place in life. About 25 years ago a 3 or 4 year old child near on my street was killed by a speeding driver. Poor kid never stood a chance and died instantly.
I went to the funeral a few days later and will never forget the look on his parents face; as though their entire world had been taken from them.
Speeding and reckless drivers deserve the book thrown at them as far I am concerned.
I went to the funeral a few days later and will never forget the look on his parents face; as though their entire world had been taken from them.
Speeding and reckless drivers deserve the book thrown at them as far I am concerned.
Schermerhorn said:
About 25 years ago a 3 or 4 year old child near on my street was killed by a speeding driver. Poor kid never stood a chance and died instantly.
I went to the funeral a few days later and will never forget the look on his parents face; as though their entire world had been taken from them.
Speeding and reckless drivers deserve the book thrown at them as far I am concerned.
Was that a noisy car that did that? I went to the funeral a few days later and will never forget the look on his parents face; as though their entire world had been taken from them.
Speeding and reckless drivers deserve the book thrown at them as far I am concerned.
Not a Merc but I was slowing down for a give way when a Ferrari 360 turned into the road that I was shortly going to be turning out of and accelerated hard. It must have hit the red line about the moment it passed me as the shock wave from the sound felt like being hit in the side by a train. Made me smile with joy and even the OH has a look on her face that suggested she was a little moist!
Schermerhorn said:
ecsrobin said:
Schermerhorn said:
About 25 years ago a 3 or 4 year old child near on my street was killed by a speeding driver. Poor kid never stood a chance and died instantly.
I went to the funeral a few days later and will never forget the look on his parents face; as though their entire world had been taken from them.
Speeding and reckless drivers deserve the book thrown at them as far I am concerned.
Was that a noisy car that did that? I went to the funeral a few days later and will never forget the look on his parents face; as though their entire world had been taken from them.
Speeding and reckless drivers deserve the book thrown at them as far I am concerned.
I think that we can all agree, despite this being PH, that a child dying as a result of a speeding driver is tragic.
In relation to the loud exhaust, sounds very probable it was a modified C63. They're generally pretty loud anyway, certainly the loudest model as standard that used the 6.2 V8, only requires straight through exhaust and it'll be really bloody loud.
Personally, I like a nice sounding exhaust but not something quite as shouty as mentioned by the OP. I guess at least they have 450bhp+ to back up the noise.
Personally, I like a nice sounding exhaust but not something quite as shouty as mentioned by the OP. I guess at least they have 450bhp+ to back up the noise.
LittleBigPlanet said:
Schermerhorn said:
ecsrobin said:
Schermerhorn said:
About 25 years ago a 3 or 4 year old child near on my street was killed by a speeding driver. Poor kid never stood a chance and died instantly.
I went to the funeral a few days later and will never forget the look on his parents face; as though their entire world had been taken from them.
Speeding and reckless drivers deserve the book thrown at them as far I am concerned.
Was that a noisy car that did that? I went to the funeral a few days later and will never forget the look on his parents face; as though their entire world had been taken from them.
Speeding and reckless drivers deserve the book thrown at them as far I am concerned.
I think that we can all agree, despite this being PH, that a child dying as a result of a speeding driver is tragic.
Section 8 said:
Sadly all these pops ,bangs and dsg exhaust farts have become paramount over a nice sounding engine. The Focus RS Mk 2 as a random example had a fantastic sounding engine but the Mk 3 sounds flat and about as unsporting as a regular Focus but it’s ok because it goes off like an AK47 on full auto fire and that’s deemed cool apparently.
I don’t mind the odd over run pop but the current trend for this November the 5th on every gear change does nothing for me.
There is a current shape Fiesta ST down our way that has been covered in decals, even at sensible speeds through our housing estate it sounds like a fart can along with pops and bangs every second I assume it has anti lag or something.I don’t mind the odd over run pop but the current trend for this November the 5th on every gear change does nothing for me.
Daston said:
There is a current shape Fiesta ST down our way that has been covered in decals, even at sensible speeds through our housing estate it sounds like a fart can along with pops and bangs every second I assume it has anti lag or something.
A pop and bang remap. Although it shags the engine I believe. Section 8 said:
Sadly all these pops ,bangs and dsg exhaust farts have become paramount over a nice sounding engine. The Focus RS Mk 2 as a random example had a fantastic sounding engine but the Mk 3 sounds flat and about as unsporting as a regular Focus but it’s ok because it goes off like an AK47 on full auto fire and that’s deemed cool apparently.
I don’t mind the odd over run pop but the current trend for this November the 5th on every gear change does nothing for me.
Modern 'sports' cars sound terrible. They sound like farts with a few fake pops and bangs. They tend to favour harshness over any sort of musicality. OK, a lot of them have had to downsize so you no longer have the V8 burble/wail, but 6 pots of the 90s just sounded magic in comparison to todays rubbish? I don’t mind the odd over run pop but the current trend for this November the 5th on every gear change does nothing for me.
hondafanatic said:
Well I’ll have to confess that I’m the exception to the rule. I bought a C63 estate last week (not new) and I’m driving like a complete d
head. Not in terms of outright pace, but the blip from third to second to first is like heroin.
I do an 80 mile daily commute to work and back but I’m taking even longer routes just so I can hear the burbles, crackles and pops. Like heroin I tell ye!
Must be putting some juice in that doing 80 miles a day head. Not in terms of outright pace, but the blip from third to second to first is like heroin. I do an 80 mile daily commute to work and back but I’m taking even longer routes just so I can hear the burbles, crackles and pops. Like heroin I tell ye!
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