Originally, that box was shaped like a loaf and powered by a air-cooled 1.6-litre four-cylinder engine that made more racket than actual horsepower.
The race's novices inevitably grow impatient with the slow pace and "gun their engines with a happy racket, and let their machines wrest them from the still dust of their companions".
The Saigon officers and the American advisers shouted above the racket of the engines, and the troops pulled themselves to their feet and faced the open doors.
It sits essentially inside the galley and next to the bathroom at the back of a plane renowned for the racket of its engines.
Less innocent is the industry dedicated to helping Web sites maximize their Google rankings — the racket known as "search engine optimization".
The tested 228i has a turbocharged 240-horsepower, 2-litre four-cylinder engine, which makes an agreeable little racket when pushed.
Life is quieter with the variable automatic, which allows the engine speed to drop considerably, reducing the racket.
Of course it will be louder up close — you can't run engines and split the air at that speed without making a racket, and this thing is using a fighter jet engine.
The powerful search engine yielded a paltry 11 used tennis rackets; no first edition books, no Eames chairs, no vintage watches.
"Those who snore the loudest always fall asleep first," Mr. Anonymous told me, which must mean that Mrs. A. makes a racket like a leaf blower with engine trouble.
