Question about cars

[estepheia]

I know absolutely nothing about cars, so please tell me:
What does "low volume muscle car" mean? Does it mean the car does not make a lot of noise? Specifically, what does a 1967 Plymouth GTX Convertible (i.e. Angel's car) sound like? And what's a muscle car? I just checked ads and found a red Convertible that costs almost $36.000. Apparently these cars are pretty rare. But do they have a specific image? What kind of person, other than Angel, would buy this kind of car?
And is it loud?

Oh, and one more question. Where was Buffy's grave located? I seem to remember a forest. It wasn't a proper cemetery, was it?

Comments

[beccaelizabeth]

Muscle cars
have their own club, with a handy description/definition
have their own series on one of those channels, Speed or Men&Motors
are reviewed here, where we also discover that 'Top Gear' is a secret propaganda front for the Black Thorn (see their logo)
and here, where they apparently give a summary of who could be expected to drive it. But that is in the UK. The usual phrase in the UK is "American muscle car" so I suspect the US sees them differently.

"low volume" I didn't find a definition for, but I think from context I saw it used in it was talking about how many were made. As in not many.
Found a page here says 1967 Plymouth GTX Convertible, one of only 686 ever built. Which would seem to fit.

wandered into a forum full of people arguing about what exactly a 'muscle car' is. Apparently some people use the phrase to refer to a specific era, others to refer to a particular power/weight ratio, or if it was designed for racing.

Buffy's grave was in lots of trees. Enough to get lost in. Not a cemetery.

[shatten.livejournal.com]

Interesting thing about American (so called) muscle cars is just how little muscle they actually have. Most US cars would die a quick embarrassing death on a German Autobahn and it seems to be widely recognised that US cars suck big time... I think the only ones people want (except for fanatical collectors) is the Hummer Jeep because that really is a muscle car... Something like 4 tons, but it can still dig itself out of a bog...

So there you are - Muscle car in American = large noisy wagon named after a wild horse or a poisonous snake. But for the rest of the world, its a small child in his pram with a fake steering wheel attached.

In other words, and oxymoron.

What can I tell you, Germans make the best cars, followed by the Japs and then the Italians (somewhere down the list if French too, but lets not got there)...

[estepheia.livejournal.com]

Thank you Becca. You've been a great help.
(Sorry, I meant to reply earlier but got tied up in RL today)

[synful-trixxie.livejournal.com]

Low volume, means not many were made. What Angels car would sound like would honestly depend on the condition of the car. If the car was kept in relatively good shape a low rumble.

I grew up around muscle cars. Fixing and the like. American muscle is my favorite.

I was taught that Muscle cars were showy flashy (the american Mustang for example) but also had alot of power behind them.

They're great for racing, and usually have amazing engines. All the muscle in the car comes from the Engine.

[estepheia.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the info, dear.
I was merrily typing away and suddenly the wide gap in my knowledge annoyed me and I asked. You've been very helpful. :-)

[malkingrey.livejournal.com]

You can find absolutely anything on Google if you look hard enough; a search on "muscle car engine sound wav" turned up this, from a Pontiac Trans Am:

http://www.texastransams.com/mufflers/media/texasta_mufflers_full_8kbs.wav

[justhuman.livejournal.com]

Buffy was buried in a cemetary -- you can see the other graves while Willow is performing the ressurrrection. It was just next to the woods.

[makd.livejournal.com]

Buffy's grave is in the woods outside of town. There was a name for the forest, but I don't recall it.