There is a constant roar outside now- I just pretend it's the sound of waves crashing on an imaginary beach. We also get ambulance and police sirens at least 3 times a day and aircraft from the local aerodrome and passenger jets higher up.
Give me the gentle pootle of a Morris Minor over the ugly road roar of a Tesla (or worse those huge SUVs) any day. My MGB is over 50 years old, does almost 40mpg on unleaded, will happily cruise on the motorway in overdrive and makes a lovely (musical?) gentle engine noise on standard pipes (ironically would probably not make modern type approval though) and hardly any tyre roar although the higher and higher ethanol content in fuel will probably kill it.
I know the emissions are never going to be saintly but that's why God invented the pushbike.
I have access to a modern Golf diesel (2yrs old) that is too noisy to drive with the windows down (and it tells me off with an 'eco tip'), chews through tyres and still rarely does better than 45mpg
They took away the electric milk floats with their gentle whine and rattle of the bottles, forklifts that would charge overnight and the posties' pushbikes and now claim we're trying to be more 'eco' with our rampant consumerism.
Give me the gentle pootle of a Morris Minor over the ugly road roar of a Tesla (or worse those huge SUVs) any day. My MGB is over 50 years old, does almost 40mpg on unleaded, will happily cruise on the motorway in overdrive and makes a lovely (musical?) gentle engine noise on standard pipes (ironically would probably not make modern type approval though) and hardly any tyre roar although the higher and higher ethanol content in fuel will probably kill it.
I know the emissions are never going to be saintly but that's why God invented the pushbike.
I have access to a modern Golf diesel (2yrs old) that is too noisy to drive with the windows down (and it tells me off with an 'eco tip'), chews through tyres and still rarely does better than 45mpg
They took away the electric milk floats with their gentle whine and rattle of the bottles, forklifts that would charge overnight and the posties' pushbikes and now claim we're trying to be more 'eco' with our rampant consumerism.