Member Since: 24 Dec 2010
Location: Borders
Posts: 11027
A grumble....
No, not that sort....
It struck me this morning while out for a drive, and having driven the new 2L D5, and various turbo-charged modern 4-cylinders recently, that my D4 really does make a very nice grumbly noise.....
It's no Aston of course, but there is a deep, rich baritone bass engine and exhaust noise that doesn't get mentioned much when people talk about V6 diesels....rattly, thin and weedy are the usual descriptions for diesels.
In a World of synthesised engine noise, and artificial exhaust rasp piped into the cabin, the noise a D4 makes is often overlooked.
It's yet another reason I think I'll stick with the old girl for a while longer."Better to remain silent and be thought a fool,than to speak out and remove all doubt" ?.....what rubbish...
Locking rear E-diff
RLD spare wheel protector & sump guard
Extended roof rails
Series 111 mudflaps
Black side tubes,grill and vents
Timed climate remote
Hids4u interior lights
D4 Firenze my2012 HSE
D3 Java 2005 SE manual (sold,sadly,thanks for the memories)
1966 '88 Series 2a....still starts in the morning better than I do...
23rd Jul 2017 12:29 pm
Charliecloud
Member Since: 31 Jul 2014
Location: Tonbridge
Posts: 980
You should try the V8 - now that's a proper engine noise.
23rd Jul 2017 12:46 pm
Disco_Mikey
Member Since: 29 May 2007
Location: Dundee, Scotland
Posts: 20813
Member Since: 24 Dec 2010
Location: Borders
Posts: 11027
We have a short hill out of the village....a V8 driver gunned it up there a couple of years ago, it did indeed make a very nice noise 8)"Better to remain silent and be thought a fool,than to speak out and remove all doubt" ?.....what rubbish...
Locking rear E-diff
RLD spare wheel protector & sump guard
Extended roof rails
Series 111 mudflaps
Black side tubes,grill and vents
Timed climate remote
Hids4u interior lights
D4 Firenze my2012 HSE
D3 Java 2005 SE manual (sold,sadly,thanks for the memories)
1966 '88 Series 2a....still starts in the morning better than I do...
23rd Jul 2017 2:51 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 73004
Careful with this line of thought, I thought mine sounded really good just a couple of minutes before it sounded really bad.
23rd Jul 2017 3:06 pm
lynalldiscovery
Member Since: 22 Dec 2009
Location: Maidstone
Posts: 7274
Listen to just about every diesel car you hear when parking up and I would say 95 percent of them are 4 pots and any 6 pot certainly stands out.
To me high end motors with 4 pots sound cheap audi/merc/bmw ect.
23rd Jul 2017 3:09 pm
blackbeltbob
Member Since: 07 Feb 2007
Location: Troon
Posts: 366
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