Paphos Life

Lofos-5 wrote: ↑Thu Sep 07, 2017 10:12 am

Dominic wrote: ↑Thu Sep 07, 2017 9:30 am Anyway, shall we return to the topic in hand please, things that go brrrrrrm brrrrrrrrm without petrol...

The fully electric cars, not hybrids as the i8, apparently play recorded combustion engine sound to make the driving experience complete - a bit ironic I always thought

Security reasons. ....https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_ ... ing_sounds

Max

They should give them all chimes like ice cream vans. Much more fun.

Seriously though, I hadn't even thought about the noise issue. When I cycled in London I relied on noise to judge distances of cars behind me. Without that I wouldn't have felt at all safe, which is why I am always appalled when I see a cyclist wearing headphones.

Imagine going to an F1 race w/o the sound!

Like a beer w/o the froth, or like a G&T w/o the G ...

Back to the subject - news from today:

New Jaguar Land Rover models to be electric or hybrid from 2020
The company follows Volvo and says the engines in all its new vehicle lines will soon be either partly or fully electric.

http://news.sky.com/story/jaguar-land-r ... 0-11023799

A.

Wouldn't it be nice to see the concept all-electric E Type Jaguar put into production?

Still see many E Types at Calais Ferry Port waiting to board, where they have just been to a rally in Europe. Iconic cars. Parked in a car park, they still look like they are doing 60mph...

Sadly, I never owned one, although it was always my dream to do so. But in 1968, I did manage to become the proud owner of a 1960 Jaguar XK150 FHC Auto, which I restored with TLC and sold on to a buyer in USA. It made a beautiful sound, with a 3.8 litre straight six DOHC engine and it's twin Burgess stainless steel exhausts...

Happy days- AL