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Post by pete » Thu Oct 25, 2018 4:38 pm

And about an hour waiting at the dealer to be seen (drop it off) then wait to get it back.
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Re: BMW i3

Post by rossybee » Thu Oct 25, 2018 5:18 pm

pete wrote:
Thu Oct 25, 2018 3:50 pm
I've got a 420d as a courtesy car at the moment as the i3 is in for it's first service. it feels sluggish and the noise from the engine is horrid.
Is there such a thing as a production 4 cylinder diesel engine which sounds good?
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Post by campbell » Thu Oct 25, 2018 5:54 pm

All down to the exhaust and induction is it not. Not really cyls.

In my experience at least.
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Post by woody » Thu Oct 25, 2018 8:13 pm

campbell wrote:
Thu Oct 25, 2018 5:54 pm
All down to the exhaust and induction is it not. Not really cyls.

In my experience at least.
Not really, no. And 4 is the worst :P

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Post by campbell » Thu Oct 25, 2018 8:24 pm

Flat 4 Impreza = lovely burbly

Elise with a Larini or 2bular = way better than std

Evora with std exhaust = bit tame

Evora with Stage 1 + decat = sublime
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Post by rossybee » Thu Oct 25, 2018 8:27 pm

My apologies chaps - I meant diesel :damnfunny

Plenty fruity 4 pot petrols, and I've heard 5, 6, 8, 12 and 16 cylinder diesels which have character, but not 4 :blackeye
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Post by campbell » Thu Oct 25, 2018 8:28 pm

Agreed

Although the audio tuning of Lisa's TTD is a good effort.

But emotive it certainly is not, I acknowledge
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Re: BMW i3

Post by rawsco » Thu Oct 25, 2018 8:29 pm

Some of the Honda 4 bangers sounded good, specifically the integra. A high reving 4 pot can sound good with decent exhaust yes but they sound sh*t at low rpm. I’m a sucker for straight 6 tho the old Jags BMW before they bolted turbos on and of course TVR’s. and of course a flat plane V8.
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Post by rossybee » Thu Oct 25, 2018 8:31 pm

rawsco wrote:
Thu Oct 25, 2018 8:29 pm
Some of the Honda 4 bangers sounded good, specifically the integra. A high reving 4 pot can sound good with decent exhaust yes but they sound sh*t at low rpm. I’m a sucker for straight 6 tho the old Jags BMW before they bolted turbos on and of course TVR’s. and of course a flat plane V8.
Sorry - diesel.... :blackeye

I thought my k series with RBTBs in the R400 sounded splendid, as did the twin cam in my Integrale :thumbsup
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Re: BMW i3

Post by campbell » Thu Oct 25, 2018 8:34 pm

Do you think Evo will start comparing motor whine between leccy hot hatches in 10 yrs?!
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Re: BMW i3

Post by rawsco » Thu Oct 25, 2018 8:34 pm

rossybee wrote:
Thu Oct 25, 2018 8:31 pm
rawsco wrote:
Thu Oct 25, 2018 8:29 pm
Some of the Honda 4 bangers sounded good, specifically the integra. A high reving 4 pot can sound good with decent exhaust yes but they sound sh*t at low rpm. I’m a sucker for straight 6 tho the old Jags BMW before they bolted turbos on and of course TVR’s. and of course a flat plane V8.
Sorry - diesel.... :blackeye

I thought my k series with RBTBs in the R400 sounded splendid, as did the twin cam in my Integrale :thumbsup
Oh. Diesel? They all sound sh*t it’s the devils juice! Although the 6 pot in the x5 sounds ok until about 3k rpm then I sounds terrible.
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Re: BMW i3

Post by Stevoraith » Thu Oct 25, 2018 10:16 pm

rossybee wrote:
Thu Oct 25, 2018 5:18 pm
pete wrote:
Thu Oct 25, 2018 3:50 pm
I've got a 420d as a courtesy car at the moment as the i3 is in for it's first service. it feels sluggish and the noise from the engine is horrid.
Is there such a thing as a production 4 cylinder diesel engine which sounds good?
If there is then I haven’t heard it.

Fortunately my 25d is refined enough that I can’t really hear the engine from indside.

The wife drove it the other day so I heard it from outside for the first time in ages- I’d forgotten how terrible it sounded.

I do think the BMW 6 pot diesels sound quite nice though.
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Re: BMW i3

Post by douglasgdmw » Fri Oct 26, 2018 7:51 am

Yep - once the Sturgeon gets on the case with the ban of petrol/diesel, I reckon I will have to go to these types of companies to get the Defender converted:
https://www.electricclassiccars.co.uk/

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Re: BMW i3

Post by robin » Fri Oct 26, 2018 6:33 pm

Electric defender sounds like it might be range challenged even with a LWB full of traction cells ...
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Re: BMW i3

Post by j2 lot » Fri Oct 26, 2018 8:53 pm

I saw an electric motorbike in action today and it absolutely flies from a standing start. It is so quiet though that in real world use I would be really fearful that it’s lack of noise would be a huge disadvantage and life expectancy much reduced.
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