What sounds better?

Top Gear Girl · August 17th, 2005, 11:24 PM

After hearing a V8 revving up today, I got me thinking, is there really anything that sounds better?

dutch_designer · August 17th, 2005, 11:48 PM

Well, for a short while a V8 can't be beat.. well, perhaps by a V10 or V12.. who knows.. that SLR makes some sweet sweet noise.
Wouldn't want to listen to it all day though, but then the same goes for Mozart.

Buba · August 17th, 2005, 11:48 PM

Tough call... Not the biggest fan of classical music here...

Anyway: What I like even more is the low-down rumble of a V8. Especially in a tunnel...

Buba

Silverstar · August 17th, 2005, 11:52 PM

A V8, I love the sound my Cadillac's Northstar when I give it a rev images/smilies/biggrin.gif

Mozart is wonderful..but a motor can' be ignored

janstett · August 17th, 2005, 11:54 PM

V8 in a tunnel in 3rd gear images/smilies/smile.gif

fbc · August 17th, 2005, 11:57 PM

Captain Obvious says: a V8 (but who'd have thunk it on a car forum eh?) images/smilies/tongue.gif

Volvo_S70 · August 18th, 2005, 12:08 AM

Kinda of a useless thread if you ask me... This is an automotive forum, nobody will vote for mozart (unless someone wants to lie....) images/smilies/bangin.gif

Its like asking on a bmw fans' forum, "do you like bmw or mercedes?"

Overheat · August 18th, 2005, 12:40 AM

Sorry, but as much as I love the sound of car engines, I can not for the life in me say that it's better than the works of Mozart.

matt_shaw · August 18th, 2005, 12:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Overheat

Sorry, but as much as I love the sound of car engines, I can not for the life in me say that it's better than the works of Mozart.

agreed

osabros · August 18th, 2005, 12:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Top Gear Girl

After hearing a V8 revving up today, I got me thinking, is there really anything that sounds better?

yap, just listen to the zonda roadsters' V12...

fbc · August 18th, 2005, 12:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Overheat

Sorry, but as much as I love the sound of car engines, I can not for the life in me say that it's better than the works of Mozart.

agreed

It's horses for courses though - if you were out on a drive in a lurvely sounding V8 with Mozart in the CD player, would you crank up the stereo to drown out the engine? Likewise, if you're at home you're not going to put a CD of a V8 revving for background music.

I voted for the V8 not to say it's *better* than Mozart's work (no one could say that), but it's probably a sound that I enjoy hearing more. Having said that, at my wedding we naturally had Mozart & Bach playing, not a V8 hitting 6500rpm.

I suppose I'm saying that I don't really see the point of this poll... what would be interesting would be a poll as to the best sounding motor - I4, I6, V6, V8, V10 or V12, but meh, I'm too lazy to set that one up...

Z Draci · August 18th, 2005, 01:30 AM

If you have said Gustav Mahler instead of Mozart, it would have been a close call. Both give you an adrenaline rush. I think it's a bit different from a Mozart experience.

Jasruler · August 18th, 2005, 02:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Overheat

Sorry, but as much as I love the sound of car engines, I can not for the life in me say that it's better than the works of Mozart.

A full symphony orchestra is the most powerfully moving sound-producing thing on the planet. Some explosions in metal cans just isn't the same thing.

Jasruler · August 18th, 2005, 02:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Overheat

Sorry, but as much as I love the sound of car engines, I can not for the life in me say that it's better than the works of Mozart.

agreed

I suppose I'm saying that I don't really see the point of this poll... what would be interesting would be a poll as to the best sounding motor - I4, I6, V6, V8, V10 or V12, but meh, I'm too lazy to set that one up...

http://forum.finalgear.com/viewtopic...=157937#157937 8)

BlaRo · August 18th, 2005, 02:20 AM

I'm more of a Shoskatovich fan myself. Mozart was a pussy. images/smilies/vampire.gif

Jasruler · August 18th, 2005, 02:22 AM

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I'm more of a Shoskatovich fan myself. Mozart was a pussy. images/smilies/vampire.gif

Shosty 10 = I don't have words to describe it.

BlaRo · August 18th, 2005, 02:25 AM

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Originally Posted by BlaRo

I'm more of a Shoskatovich fan myself. Mozart was a pussy. images/smilies/vampire.gif

Shosty 10 = I don't have words to describe it.

Never heard of that (looking for it as we speak), but String Quartet no. 8 is awe-inspiring. That or I'm just wierd.

Jasruler · August 18th, 2005, 02:26 AM

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Originally Posted by BlaRo

I'm more of a Shoskatovich fan myself. Mozart was a pussy. images/smilies/vampire.gif

Shosty 10 = I don't have words to describe it.

Never heard of that (looking for it as we speak), but String Quartet no. 8 is awe-inspiring. That or I'm just wierd.

Go get Shostokovich 10 performed by the Berlin Philharmonic... RIGHT NOW!!! images/smilies/mad.gif

Or contact me and I will send you a .zip of it. images/smilies/lol.gif

ESPNSTI · August 18th, 2005, 02:36 AM

Not a Classical Music buff, but I do like the genre (check my sig right now).

Volvo_S70 · August 18th, 2005, 05:40 AM

Alright, alright...so I was wrong images/smilies/think.gif

I guess there are people that like genuine music rather than "artificial" music...

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Top Gear Girl Not A Dude Joined: Jul 30th, 2005 Last Online: June 13th, 2008 Location: Wiltshire Posts: 654 Rep Power: 0	What sounds better? After hearing a V8 revving up today, I got me thinking, is there really anything that sounds better?

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fbc Mantastic! Joined: Jan 8th, 2005 Last Online: 06:49 AM Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 33 Posts: 10,641 Car: 2006 MY07 Astra SRi Turbo Rep Power: 82	Captain Obvious says: a V8 (but who'd have thunk it on a car forum eh?) __________________ www.sniffpetrol.com

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Volvo_S70 Joined: Jul 30th, 2005 Last Online: June 12th, 2007 Location: USA Posts: 236 Rep Power: 0	Kinda of a useless thread if you ask me... This is an automotive forum, nobody will vote for mozart (unless someone wants to lie....) Its like asking on a bmw fans' forum, "do you like bmw or mercedes?" __________________

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Overheat Joined: Sep 7th, 2004 Last Online: September 30th, 2008 Location: Bradford, UK Posts: 5,735 Rep Power: 25	Sorry, but as much as I love the sound of car engines, I can not for the life in me say that it's better than the works of Mozart. __________________

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Z Draci Joined: Mar 31st, 2005 Last Online: May 23rd, 2007 Location: Glendora/Riverside, CA Posts: 915 Rep Power: 0	If you have said Gustav Mahler instead of Mozart, it would have been a close call. Both give you an adrenaline rush. I think it's a bit different from a Mozart experience. __________________ *"The car is the closest thing we will ever create to something that is alive." - Sir William Lyons*

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Volvo_S70 Joined: Jul 30th, 2005 Last Online: June 12th, 2007 Location: USA Posts: 236 Rep Power: 0	Alright, alright...so I was wrong I guess there are people that like genuine music rather than "artificial" music... __________________

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