Yeah, that's modern motors for you. At least having the engine at the sharp end puts you in with a chance of being heard. The rear engine of my daily modern is particularly quiet for a Diesel once it's warmed through and trying to park can be a nightmare for that reason, which leaves me no option but to give a gentle shove to the horn sometimes. Trouble is; you know those horns they used on the Großer, as demonsterated by Clarkson in the famous indoor car parking scene? Well the excess stock of ridiculously loud hornage seems to have found its way to the Hambach plant so the horn either gives a pathetic wee "Pft" sound or, if I keep my finger on the pad for longer, makes the sort of noise you'd associate more with the Shields bar pilot tug than a car of any size, especially a toty one. Result; annoyed pedestrians who don't like having it pointed out to them that really, they ought to be looking for cars and not assuming that there's one not there just because they didn't look at it.OneCarefulOwner wrote:....the engine's too damn quiet for me to just rev & get carpark walkers to move out of the road...
My old Merc had a great horn sound, I was very tempted to whip them off before I gave it to Matt; I should look for a set of those.On one of the buses that I drive,it has a superb air horn. It certainly alerts clumsy pedestrian,especially those looking at there phones. On one occasion,when I was approaching slowly a boarding point for students,some were purposely standing in the road knowing the bus was approaching. A good blast on the air soon shifted them,they didn't 'alf kack themselvesMitsuru wrote: What is the loudest horn you have fitted to your car?
As I might get a set for mam's next car,
I want one for my car. I think the MoT Inspectorate won't be impressed,hoping he does not have a cardiac
