People love to talk about car sounds. We even mimic them. They can bring back memories of a car you or a family member owned. They can refresh visual memories of a race you attended or even participated in. They also bring back memories of a not so nice incident.
I can recall each sound in separate wave lengths in my first car accident, I was actually on my way to take my drivers test. I was driving my father’s brand new Ford Granada (he worked at a Ford dealership as body shop manager). The car was totaled, the other driver ticketed. A quick car swap and I went on to pass my test.
There are a few more sounds I remember. I remember my high school buddy’s 1973 Mach I, normally as he dusted me in my ’66 Chevy Impala an awesome noise that Mustang made. There was there the sound of the V8 under the hood of my Chevy – smooth but still throaty. (I don’t know if that’s even a work..but I’ll hustle over to Wikipedia and add it.)
But the other day was watching one of the Jason Borne movies and of course the there are the normal car chases. He was driving a little mini cooper and within all the metal crunching and tire squealing, there was one sound, at pause in the chase when he shifted that Mini and the sound the transmission made, triggered a memory.
In 1982 I was stationed in Germany and when I eventual got my European drivers license, the first car I could afford was a 1970 European Ford Escort. It was a 3 speed manual, shift on the flour and the sound of the transmission shifting in Jason’s Mini Cooper brought back that memory of my first European car.
My First European Car
Of course it didn’t have the pep that the Borne Cooper had, but it got me around.
Post up a note about a car sound that sparks a memory for you. Best one wins a free gift.
Thanks for reading.
Tim
