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Quiet or what?
The other day I was leaving work, I was sitting in my car this guy comes over to the window ( a fellow worker ) I put down the window and he kneels down with his arms resting on the sill. He asked me a few questions and before he leaves he says what year is this car? I said 92, he says nice shape, how does it run, I said you tell me it's running. He didn't believe me so I goosed it. he said I'll be darn. That is not the first time someone didn't believe it was running. One guy told me I left my lights on , I said it's ok it's running. Anyone else have this happen?
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I think that was their main reason for putting a tach in an automatic vehicle. If I've got the radio on I've gotta look at the gauge to see if it's running...
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Also when I showed my dad for the first time, he said < hmm it looks nice, why don't you fire it up?... I reply... It's running....... he says... Daaaaaamn good times
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i remember that.....before teh Stebro exhaust.
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That has happen to me. A guy I work with saw the SVX and said I have never seen a car like that before. Then he said "It's running! Wow that engine is quiet". Oh yeah!
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Mine's quiet...even with the Stebro and hollow cat...but only at idle.
There have been occasions when people still didn't believe my car was running. They can definately hear it at auto-x though!
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On the Quiet note.... I also notice how quiet it is when people are trying to talk to you and the windows are up. My wifes brand new Acura TL is not 1/2 as quiet, and yes, you can feel vibration in the wheel of the 6 cyl 270hp Acura.
I have video of my wife driving in Kansas doing 85 MPH air on low, and the radio/CD on and it sounds like it was a silent movie and I dubded in the music. |
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Mine's very quiet, too. (Has a pleasing snarl when you stand on the gas, tho', even with the stock exhaust.) There's a reason the sticker price on these cars was so lofty: They're well-made automobiles. Given the overall quality of the car and current asking prices, I believe an SVX is among the best values on the road. Couple that with unsurpassed looks, and how can you go wrong?
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Sweet Quiet Ride
For me the quiet ride is one of the best features of the SVX. I've been driving noisey sports cars for so long the SVX is like a limo. All the road tests show well under 70dba interior noise levels. The OEM stereo in the '92 is excellent and the lack of noise allows for v. good fidelity. With the new tires, Avon MTech 500's, the ride is now also v. quiet. Now all I can hear with the windows up on the freeway is a little wind noise, and the 'snow tires'...that's the noise the rear wheel bearings make when they start to fail. After the new bearings are in I'll go after the wind noise. I was suprised at the exterior quiet at idle the first time I was outside the car before a technician drove it away. Suprised because I couldn't hear it at idle but it did make very nice porschesque exhaust sounds accelerating away.
dcb has it right-Sweet ride! Especially for the money! WGJ Last edited by WGJ; 05-20-2005 at 09:35 PM. |
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Mine makes too many weird sqeaky/rattly noises but it used to be so quiet I would be sitting somewhere like a light and think it died.
So I would turn the key and get buzzed by the awful sound of trying to start a car that is already running. Good times.
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I did that in a FWD XT6 in Phoenix. Wasn't sure if that's what killed it later on or if it was the fact it was sold to me without T fluid.
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"That which can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence." '92 Dark Teal SVX LS-L, >146,000m 3 pedals, 5 speeds., restoration underway. 2012 Honda Insight, slow but cute. |
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