The BMW i8 Sounds Pretty Decent in Person

Kinja'd!!! by "FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com" (alphaass)
Published 11/05/2017 at 05:03

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First time I’ve seen one in the wild that wasn’t parked. Nobody is going to mistake it for a Ferrari V8 or anything, but BMW did a good job getting a deep loud noise that doesn’t sound buzzy or strained out of the 3 cylinder motor.


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Kinja'd!!! "notsomethingstructural" (notsomethingstructural)
11/05/2017 at 11:14, STARS: 0

The i8 is one of my favorite cars for the money since it was released. I would probably get something sportier but for people who aren’t major gearheads I think it’s exceedingly underrated. Future classic.

Kinja'd!!! "DC3 LS, will be perpetually replacing cars until the end of time" (dc3ls-)
11/05/2017 at 14:02, STARS: 0

Wait, you’re in Europe?

Kinja'd!!! "FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com" (alphaass)
11/05/2017 at 14:56, STARS: 0

For a few days yeah. I get back to SA later in the week. The past 2 weeks I was in Albuquerque. My life has been pretty hectic recently.

Kinja'd!!! "e36Jeff now drives a ZHP" (e36jeff)
11/06/2017 at 12:22, STARS: 0

Somewhere I think I have video of an i8 at an HPDE. I know I have pictures, but I can’t remember if I took video or not. Either way, it sounded great out on the track.

Kinja'd!!! "FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com" (alphaass)
11/06/2017 at 12:29, STARS: 0

I mean I guess I expected it would sound good based on the videos I’ve seen but in the back of my head I thought there is no way that little motor really sounds like that in real life. But it really does.