Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Stunning New Porsche 918 Spyder - Another Hybrid

[Paul K Rentiers (rentiers]

Matt is on to something  re the sounds. Did you ever see a little kid playing 
with Hot Wheels without vocalizing the appropriate engine noises? "Vrroooom! 
Nyyaaarrrrow!" 

I once had the distinct pleasure of witnessing the Union Pacific's 
well-preserved old steam train pulling out of Houston at full tilt, headed 
north for Dallas. What a rush! All the sturm und drang and thunder. People 
don't get priapic over Priuses, or diesel locomotives either. I haven't bought 
a Porsche since they gave up on the oil coolers; not by design , just lack of 
desire. I realize this is a highly personal thing, but I am just not very 
excited about the first Porsche equipped with a dashboard that glows green when 
you switch on the AA battery pack. 

Of course, as Chef Liu used to say before he began writing about couscous 
rather than cars, I could be perfectly wrong. 

the kenverine
http://www.upsteam.com/


On Mar 3, 2010, at 12:02 AM, Doug and Terri Anderson wrote:

> The Raucous Sound of Silence? (with apologies to the Chevy book) - hark back 
> to late the 60's and the STP turbines.  As witnessed when Andy Granetelli 
> signed my pig at Little Joe's restaurant at the 1969 press meeting after 
> Mario won the Indy 500 - - - Best Whooooshes, Doug.
> Alas
> DOUG
> PS - recently as a few years ago, the IRL made the mundane V8 sound change to 
> a flat crank engine and the howl of the late Ferrari V8's 308's, 360's, 430's 
> and so forth.  Indy once again played host to sounds of interesting engines.
> 
> PPS - at the December 1968 Rex Mays race at Riverside International Raceway, 
> near the last lap - Mario had jumped into Joe Leonard's STP 4WD Lotus wedge 
> turbine (a complex set of rules in motion to garner the coveted Number 1 USAC 
> number for next year) managed to T-Bone the only other STP turbine, driven by 
> team mate Art Pollard, in ever so tight high speed 180 degree last turn at 
> RIR.  Thus endeth the turbine at Indy.
> Alas again
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matt Boyd" <ferrari308driver [at] 
> gmail.com>
> To: "DOUG" <dnt [at] dock.net>
> Cc: "Paul K Rentiers" <rentiers [at] mac.com>; "The FerrariList" <ferrari 
> [at] ferrarilist.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2010 4:02 PM
> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Stunning New Porsche 918 Spyder - Another Hybrid
> 
> 
>> I thought I read the 16 mile range is if you go fully electric, which
>> typically wouldn't be the mode folks use -- but would be an additional
>> option for short trips? Sounds pretty cool for a hybrid.
>> 
>> The thing I'm most worried about in the future of electric cars is the sound
>> (or lack thereof). I keep envisioning 15-20 years from now the different
>> series of auto races, from F1 to Nascar, with silent cars. Do Tesla owners
>> put external speakers on their cars and hook up some sensor to the
>> accelerator or somewhere so it can simulate "normal" sounds?
>> 
>> -matt
>> '85 308
>> 
>> On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 6:41 PM, Paul K Rentiers <rentiers [at] me.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Cost, complexity, sixteen mile range. Other than that I'm totally
>>> jiggy with it.
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>> 
>>> On Mar 2, 2010, at 1:26 PM, Michael James
>>> <cavallino_rapante [at] yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> > Lemme get this straight, Uncle Ken - we have a new, faster and
>>> > lighter car with better performance than current gas-only models.
>>> > But we DON'T like it because it gets 78 miles per gallon?  What part
>>> > of Zero-to-sixty in 3.2 seconds, faster than a Carrera GT did you
>>> > not understand?
>>> >
>>> > Sign me up for more eco-weenie stuff in my sports cars if they
>>> > actually INCREASE performance.
>>> >
>>> > M
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > --- On Tue, 3/2/10, Paul K Rentiers <rentiers [at] mac.com> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > From: Paul K Rentiers <rentiers [at] mac.com>
>>> > Subject: [Ferrari] Stunning New Porsche 918 Spyder - Another Hybrid
>>> > To: "Michael" <Cavallino_Rapante [at] yahoo.com>
>>> > Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
>>> > Date: Tuesday, March 2, 2010, 6:58 AM
>>> >
>>> > http://www.lifeitsownself.com/?p=17811
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