Does A Lotus Really Sound Like This?

[leftone]

http://www.gofastvideo.com/gallery/item/pr...ck-van-elk.html

[triggrhaapi]

uhhhh......wtf...

that's an E36 320i with a sequential transmission... what the fuck are these dumbasses thinking?

[leftone]

WHAT? the video title says lotus.

[triggrhaapi]

yeah dude, it's an E36 320i

and those guys are fucking idiots. I hereby pledge that I will delete any videos from that site that are posted here. We don't need to risk spreading the stupidity.

[leftone]

what makes u say that? the steering wheel has the lotus symbol on it, and that website is what ive posted most of the track videos from.

[Deloriant]

Where's your evidence for that trigger?

[Aether]

Well for one thing, that same video was posted here not a month ago, with the little DSC notary on the car and driver at the bottom of the screen. It's a 320i, driven by Rolf van Os. It sounds weird because there is virtually nothing between the driver and the gearbox, and the transmission is winding extremely loudly. That high pitch is from the gears, not the motor.

[Deloriant]

Yeah that car is loud as fricken hell.

[Aether]

Indeed. If it's that loud on mic, I have to wonder if they purposefully sound-insulate the drivers' helmets.

[Hoppy's535i]

i think its too high to be a lotus

[SHAHAB323IS]

lol i remember when this was posted, i was like wtf is the engine revving to like 200k rpms, i had never heard what it was like in a car with no sound dampening material :lol:

[triggrhaapi]

what lotus emblem...????

[leftone]

i thought i saw a yellow lotus emblem but now i think it was a button or somethin on the steering wheel, but it is yellow and i though green as well. might not be im not argueing with just curoius how u can tell that it not a lotus thats all

[Torque]

Originally posted by triggrhaapi@Oct 6 2004, 09:50 PM
what lotus emblem...????

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i wonder too

[triggrhaapi]

Originally posted by leftone@Oct 6 2004, 08:05 PM
i thought i saw a yellow lotus emblem but now i think it was a button or somethin on the steering wheel, but it is yellow and i though green as well. might not be im not argueing with just curoius how u can tell that it not a lotus thats all

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Because I drive an E36 325is and I'd recognize that interior anywhere.