The Sound of the Engines

Posted byYan Sham-ShackletonPosted inStreet Racing: Hong Kong

Riding With Hong Kong Street Racers

Last night I kept hearing the cars roar past my apartment. The sound of the enginsz, grrrrr, grrrr, and I missed the feeling of going out with them.

I also remember how shocked I was when I found out the reason they cut the muffler and put new exhaust pipes in was, “Just to look cool, and you can hear the engine better.”

“It’s not to make the car faster?”

“Nah. Just more the look and the soundscape.”

I realized then, that the boys were vain.

Published by Yan Sham-Shackleton

Yan Sham-Shackleton is a Hong Kong writer who lives in Los Angeles. This is her old blog Glutter written mostly in Hong Kong from 2003 to 2007. Although it was a personal blog, Yan focused a lot on free speech issues and democratic movement in Hong Kong. She moved to the US in 2007.

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