Best phrase about a car's exhaust note, and the car it matches?

"traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn" (el-peasant) 02/16/2015 at 19:02 • Filed to: None

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Not my best, just an example: "The hulk shooting lightning bolts from an M134 at an erupting volcano"

Jeff-God-of-Biscuits > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn 02/16/2015 at 19:12

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I've always thought the Abarth's sound was best described as "a snarling animal ripping a bodice with every press of the pedal."

you may quote me.

zachaput > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn 02/16/2015 at 19:17

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From the Ascari A10 review on Top Gear. Clarkson described it as "the sound of men in stovepipe hats furiously smelting."

Luke's Dad Sold His 2000TL To Get a Sienna > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn 02/16/2015 at 19:23

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A Jaguar F-Type exhaust sounds like my stomach after eating dairy. (I'm lactose intolerant.)

T5Killer > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn 02/16/2015 at 19:44

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"Firecrackers in a garbage can" LS1 Camaro with an aftermarket muffler.

"Fokker DR1 being shotdown in WW1" MK3 VW Golf with a fart can.

RallyWrench > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn 02/16/2015 at 20:10

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I've often seen nice sounding engines described as "ripping canvas" by journalists, but it's never made sense.

Pictured: A Ju-87 Stuka dive bombing a vacuum cleaner factory.

Corey CC97, MAZDA DPI IS STILL BAE JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV VISIT FLORIDA RACING LIVES FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn 02/16/2015 at 20:24

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I've always thought that the best way to describe the glorious sound made by the 787B is "a banshee being raped by a chainsaw".

Shoop > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn 02/16/2015 at 21:08

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On overrun, my dad's C6 sounds exactly like a coffeemaker, or like when you try to suck up the last bits of soda through a straw.

revrseat70 > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn 02/16/2015 at 21:44

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I recently referred to the exhaust note of a Subaru STi as a "lion barfing violently into a metal trash can". My friends absolutely cannot handle me merging onto the highway anymore without chuckling.

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn 02/17/2015 at 05:52

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There's a couple I can think of that I like:

'Like a thunder goddess' orgasm' and 'guttural and raw, like some heathen war-god bellowing in rage'