The Alfa Romeo 4C is a controversial vehicle, most people feeling a bit disappointed by the whole thing, even though that's a bit funny considering the state of the Italian brand when the sportscar was launched. Really, what did everybody expect? A Porsche-beater?
With a 1.75-liter engine, the 4C was a foregone conclusion. It might have weighed close to nothing and the old saying "there's no replacement for displacement" is losing ground every day, but sometimes it still holds water. An engine that size without an electric motor to help it can't hope to achieve too much.
But it wasn't that the 4C was underpowered that made people reluctant to own what is otherwise a very beautiful Italian car. It was its handling which didn't feel exactly right, as well as the build quality. The car felt like you were driving a tub - albeit a very aerodynamical one - which was pretty much accurate. The carbon fiber build with minimum soundproofing material (we did say it was light) made the sound resonate inside to the point where using the 4C on longer journeys started to hurt.
This man from Holland, though, took a look at his 4C and then asked himself, "How could I turn this ability to resonate into something useful?" He thought about a guitar, but adding strings to an Alfa 4C is probably very difficult, so he settled for a drum. He opened up the doors and the tailgate and started pounding on the roof. Since he obviously had some previous hand-drumming experience, it didn't take him long to learn the sounds each spot on his new instrument made. From here, there was a very short way to go to a public demonstration.
He might not be able to fill Wembley, but those who did catch his act seemed to be taken with what they saw. So much so, in fact, that they didn't even notice the horse and cart passing just above them on the bridge in one of the videos. We think it's silly and just a ridiculous way to grab attention. It takes just as much skill to bang on a bongo then on an Alfa 4C, so then why spend tens of thousands of dollars on an instrument, when you can have it for five? Plus, the bongo actually sounds better. And you don't run the risk of getting murdered by a hardcore Alfa Romeo fan. There, do we really need say more?
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