The one indivdual detail you love most about your car

[mikearwas]

Hi guys,

Apologies if there is a similar thread existing on here already however I thought I would add my own twist.

My example:

Car: 130i

The detail I love most is how there is no mistaking that the engine is quite large, even when driving slowly.

What I don't want is people saying: The engine or the gearbox. What I want is something like 'the noise the engine makes between 3 and 4000 rpm'. It has to be as detailed as possible.

I hope you can all see what I'm getting at here!

Cheers

[chris333]

Heres a couple of things from my cars (both very sad!)

Lexus IS250: the feel of the brushed alumnium flappy paddles: sometimes I flap them in full auto mode just to feel them

Mercedes SL500: the headrests are extremely squishy and their expensive feel makes me smile as I sink my head back and remember it was an £80k car when new!

[twazzock]

The lovely petrol smell it makes when moving slowly with the choke out. Laaaaaahvely.

[mikearwas]

chris333 said:

Heres a couple of things from my cars (both very sad!)

Lexus IS250: the feel of the brushed alumnium flappy paddles: sometimes I flap them in full auto mode just to feel them

Mercedes SL500: the headrests are extremely squishy and their expensive feel makes me smile as I remember it was an £80k car when new!

Thank you, that's exactly the kind of thing i'm looking for.

[miniman]

The wooden clothes peg that's required to hold the choke out.

[mikearwas]

twazzock said:

The lovely petrol smell it makes when moving slowly with the choke out. Laaaaaahvely.

And that.

[JohneeBoy]

Auto dipping headlights on the E350. On a country lane they are bloody marvellous.

[thinfourth2]

It cost me fk all

The rest really don't fit comfortably in the car category

[Codswallop]

I love the pop from the exhaust if I lift off the throttle sharply between 3.5 and 5 thousand rpm, and the crackle from the exhaust on full bore upshifts

[Oilchange]

the noise my 156 makes at low rpm when the engine is cold and I'm just pulling away.

[mikearwas]

Thankfully this seems to have gone the way I hoped. Please remember to mention your car!

[Ian974]

Sitting in the elise, the fact that you don't see the bonnet at all, but you can see the top of the wheel arches.

[blearyeyedboy]

Curry hooks!

The gearchange is precise and satisfying. The turbo whoosh when changing gear amuses me too.

[vit4]

twazzock said:

The lovely petrol smell it makes when moving slowly with the choke out. Laaaaaahvely.

This! Especially starting up with near-full choke on a sub-zero morning, made scraping the ice off of the inside of the windscreen worth it upon start up

[bluebear]

Mazda xedos 9
just how quiet it is. German levels of engineering and quality

[chunkymonkey71]

4000rpm when the vvt kicks in and my silly looking postman pat van starts moving!

[AndyBrew]

I love the mechanical grinds and clunks that emit from my R35 GTR's drive train that reminds me it is a machine, built by hand.

[Bonefish Blues]

I like the push-button parking brake - easy to get off the brakes at junctions and avoid glare for the person behind.

[wolves_wanderer]

The beeeeeeep that starts at 8.5k and knowing that I still have a thousand rpm to play with.

Lighting up the road behind on a full-bore shift from 3rd to 4th

Are my favourite 2 things

[mattcov]

VXR8 with the cam - when it starts rocking from side to side.
S2000 - screaming along at 9k rpm and it feels like it really likes doing it.