Date: Sat, 09 Mar 2002 00:33:54 +0000 From: Alex Watson <alexjwatsonnopsamte.co.uk> Subject: Re: chime at startup
This is Alex's wife here and I would just like to point out that I too "love" the solid sound of the indicators on our 9-5!!!. Apart from the lovely colour (cosmic blue), that was the other reason I actually persuaded Alex to buy the car !!! "H." wrote: > >PPS. I would now like to see a large thread on what cars make the most annoying > >noises, with the exception of Fiats as that just their engines..... 8-) Mind u I > >was in one of those new Honda Civic Type-Rs and boy does that rev. It actually > >reminds me of my wife's hairdryer...... > > If I remeber correectly, in the Uk at least, Volvo won't let you > diable their chime - which really wound me up when I put my laptop on > the seat of an S40 hire car - and the thing thought it was a passenger > and chimed all the way home until I realised what had set it off! > > Apart from that, I think Ford Mondeo's have the nicest chime - it > sounds more like an airplane: > > "Ding, this is your captain speaking ding!" > > For some reason, several passengers in my 9-3 have commented recently > that they think my indicators make a nice noise. Well I don't think > they're audio-fetishists, but there are all sorts of odd people out > there....!
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