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[kalniel]

I ended up with a stainless back box on my Alfa which pushes the exhaust note into a lovely deep rumble on tickover. I despair of the modern push to tiny three cylinder engines when I don't do enough miles for the mpg to really matter.

I thought the 3 cylinders could sound quite good?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyANa3YoNUc

Much nicer than a 4 pot oil burner if you don't need super long journeys.

[Biscuit]

i would rather have my eyes plucked out by zombie magpies than own that car.

[DanceswithUnix]

I thought the 3 cylinders could sound quite good?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyANa3YoNUc

Much nicer than a 4 pot oil burner if you don't need super long journeys.

Expected that link to be a Ducati or something

Yes they have done quite a nice job with that engine and I look forward to trying one, but then it is replacing a 4 pot that I didn't like so no real loss. FIAT/Alfa seem to have gone straight to 2 cylinders, not tried that yet but I suspect it will be an odd experience.

My Alfa V6, in the modern engine range, is replaced with a turbo 4 pot. The 4 pot is more powerful and has better fuel economy. But long term, it has an awful lot more to go wrong on it, and in the short term I lose the lovely V6 burble noise and the smoothness of lots of cylinders. In terms of pushing people into more economical cars, it has me eyeing up that Masarati I always fancied in which case it won't have helped much