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Post by Ezbok58a on Sept 21, 2008 18:08:05 GMT -5
This is more of a gear head type issue that's been plauging me since the Sloth was introduced. It doesn't involve what kind of car the Sloth is based after, cause that's hard to do considering cartoons usually make them from scratch using many influences, so this isn't one of those threads... What's been bugging me is what does the Sloth sound like? We always hear the engine or it driving along (with and without the rocket boosters activated) and to me, it sounds so familiar. First step, is the engine itself, by the soundtrack used and in the regular driving, it's definitely a V8 powered vehicle. V8s have a distinct sound compared to other engines (be it W8, V6, V10 ect) So it's a V8, but what kind? Well that answer came to me last night when I was watching 'White Lightning' with Burt Reynolds. Have a listen... www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xeEdOrteX0Sounds close right? well the clincher for me was this scene in the movie, listen to him reving... www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8IqSIw1P0IThis has been a random thought and idea with Ezbok58a  |
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Post by The Yetimonster on Sept 21, 2008 18:16:32 GMT -5
Crappy stock engine sounds. I imagine they sit on the studio shelf next to the stock screaming sounds, the stock applause sounds, and the stock door-closing sounds. The sound of Ed's Kepler Rocketmobile was used in some of the GTA games, even.
Every studio has them.
Also, I know what real car the Roth SL 2.0 is based on. It's a cartoony squashed version, but it's based on only one car.
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Post by Ezbok58a on Sept 21, 2008 18:34:07 GMT -5
Still, the stock sound clips have to come from somewhere  And being a gearhead, I solved the issue the way a gearhead does  A Ford 429 big block with dual carburators, tuned by a bootlegger sounds just like the Sloth 2.0 ;D |
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Post by lovethebeardkevin on Sept 21, 2008 19:54:31 GMT -5
It sound muscle carish definate gas hog sound so I'm guessing kim doesn't really care about gas price and the whole oil shpeal...but the sloth looks like a volkswagon bug with a body kit which if you look at that for real its pretty ugly. If they do a season 5 I hope they give her some different wheels.
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Post by Commander Argus on Sept 24, 2008 5:17:33 GMT -5
It smokes pretty bad too.
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Post by The Yetimonster on Sept 24, 2008 21:38:59 GMT -5
While on the subject of the Sloth, I've decided that the original Roth SL looks like the illegitimate love-child of the Kaiser Henry J  and the Trabant.   |
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Post by KillerBebe Obeys Zita on Sept 25, 2008 0:21:11 GMT -5
How this one sound, but I will have to watch the Sloth again
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Post by Muzzlehatch on Sept 25, 2008 23:20:20 GMT -5
I believe that Yeti is right on the money with his Henry J/Trabant comparison.
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Post by KillerBebe Obeys Zita on Sept 26, 2008 0:52:04 GMT -5
Is not the Trabant the car from the old Columbo series?
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Post by The Yetimonster on Sept 26, 2008 0:56:32 GMT -5
Columbo drove a (rather rare, if I'm not mistaken) Peugeot 403 convertible.
Don't ask me why I know that. I've seen like one episode of Columbo ever. I never forget a car.
Trabants are so naco-y they make the Yugo look like a BMW. And I don't think many (if any at all) ever made it to the U.S.
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Post by garnetblack on Sept 26, 2008 10:19:33 GMT -5
Columbo drove a (rather rare, if I'm not mistaken) Peugeot 403 convertible. Don't ask me why I know that. I've seen like one episode of Columbo ever. I never forget a car. Trabants are so nacoty they make the Yugo look like a BMW. And I don't think many (if any at all) ever made it to the U.S. I found this elsewhere online: During a visit to the Leipzig Trade Fair a filthy rich oil sheik heard that there is a car with a delivery time of over ten years. Since Rolls Royce usually delivers more quickly than that, it must be quite an exceptional car, which he would certainly have to have in his collection. Sight unseen, he made a request to order this Trabant. In Zwickau they're aware of this great honor, so they immediately change the running Five-Year Plan and bring forward a specimen. In the container, the car reaches the emirate in a handful of weeks. The happy oil sheik immediately called his friends together, opened the container, and exclaimed in surprise: "Gosh, they have incredibly long delivery times, but at least they send you a cardboard model in advance — and the best, you can even drive it!" |
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Post by Ezbok58a on Sept 28, 2008 15:26:30 GMT -5
The Dirty Marry Crazy Larry 1969 Dodge Charger does have a similar sound...probably used something like that for when the Sloth's driving around. I wouldn't be surprised if it's actually a combination of several vintage V8 powerplants that were used for the Sloth's sound. And just cause it's a V8 power plant, doesn't make it a gas guzzler, especially with the tweebs working on it. We have 3 V8 vehicles (mustang, Explorer, Crown Victoria) and the absolute worst mileage we've gotten in all 3 vehicles is 16mpg... Best of 26-27mpg... |
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Post by rd on Sept 29, 2008 22:10:04 GMT -5
While on the subject of the Sloth, I've decided that the original Roth SL looks like the illegitimate love-child of the Kaiser Henry J and the Trabant. Yeti, You're not very far off on the origin of the original Sloth Mr. Dr. P gave to Kim... it's based on this very car:   Amazing Similarity, don't you think?  As for the 2.0, it's anyone's guess. And OHHHH, the old TRABANT! YEEEESH! You forgot to mention it was a product from EAST Germany way before the country was unified. A glorious automobile produced under the direction of the Communist regime... smoked like a hog in Tennessee, leaked oil like Texas in the 1920's and was pushed more than it ran with it's hideously noisy 2-stroke 2 cylinder engine! GOD, you couldn't even lean on the fender on one of those... it would buckle under the pressure! And RUST! Rust even WORSE than a new Chevy Vega if you can believe that! I can't believe any of those cars still exist anymore. East Berliners packed their stuff in those cars and drove or pushed them over the borders when the walls came down, got out of them, kissed the ground, and then spat on their Trabants! There were thousands of them littered along the old border, abandoned where they finally breathed their last. I do wonder what happened to a lot of them. Probably got converted to something useful like a planter or a kitty litter box. |
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Post by The Yetimonster on Sept 29, 2008 22:30:58 GMT -5
A friend of mine spent several months in Poland for a school program and she took a picture of a Trabant for me while over there. I was thrilled.
I've always kind of wanted one, if only for the lulz.
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Post by garnetblack on Oct 1, 2008 10:14:02 GMT -5
I thought we decided that the Sloth 2.0 was basically a car version of one of these:  |
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Post by The Yetimonster on Oct 1, 2008 12:44:27 GMT -5
 The Sloth 2.0 is a simplified, squashed, cartoony version. |
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Post by mixaj on Oct 1, 2008 16:25:43 GMT -5
hmm,really intresting. Ive always looked a car what could be close to KP´s ride but hasnt thought it to be that close. Ive always thought its a mix of the concept cars. Example the old Ford GT90 had similar type of solutions. I even looked for the old gr.C racers a year back or something. Good find has to say |
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Post by RedBlueGreen on Oct 2, 2008 5:21:51 GMT -5
Yeti, You're not very far off on the origin of the original Sloth Mr. Dr. P gave to Kim... it's based on this very car: Amazing Similarity, don't you think? As for the 2.0, it's anyone's guess. That's it. I alway thought the 2.0 looked like a new VW Beetle, but that Lexus concept car is it. |
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Post by Commander Argus on Oct 2, 2008 6:28:59 GMT -5
The general shape of the 2.0 is PURE Beetle. Every time I see one on the road I say "That's it." It's like they took the skin of that Lexus and stretched it onto a beetle body.
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