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10-02-2009, 04:53 PM
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Friends: 0 |  Buffeting turbulance inside the car. I was on the freeway doing about 60mph and rolled my drivers window down all the way, and all I heard was WUB,WUB,WUB,WUB,WUB!!!!! Kinda similar to having the rear windows down in a car when the fronts are closed. I have never had this happen to any car before. I just cracked open the passenger side and the nice was gone. I know it has to do with the shape and aerodynamics of the car, but you would think they would allow you to roll the drivers side window down without the noise and pressure in your ears.  |
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10-02-2009, 08:23 PM
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Friends: 0 | Re: Buffeting turbulance inside the car. Quote:
Wait, it may not have happened on my '67 Chrysler Newport... But I wouldn't exactly call that car aerodynamic....  | |
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10-02-2009, 08:30 PM
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Friends: 10 | Re: Buffeting turbulance inside the car. It happens with any of the newer cars with good aerodynamics. With older cars and trucks there is so much external turbulence that an open window doesn't make much difference. If you want to drive your Prius with an open driver window, experiment with also opening one or both rear windows a bit. You should be able to find a combination that will eliminate most of the buffet. Tom |
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10-02-2009, 09:31 PM
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Friends: 33 | Re: Buffeting turbulance inside the car. I find having all the windows all the way up seems to eliminate this noise. I use the AC over 70km/h and weather permitting I have window down under 70km/h. Saves your ears. My dad went deaf from driving on country roads with the window down. Dad was a truck driver and delivered newspapers by throwing them out the window into people's driveways along the highway. |
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10-02-2009, 09:50 PM
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Friends: 0 | Re: Buffeting turbulance inside the car. I think maybe those plastic covers for the edge of the windows may help with this, not sure because I have never had any |
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10-02-2009, 09:52 PM
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Friends: 66 | Re: Buffeting turbulance inside the car. We had the same thing with our 2007 Prius, so we installed the Window Deflectors, which helps. Doesn't eliminate, but it helps. You get better MPG if you have the windows UP and the AC on over ~45 mph, anyway. |
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10-02-2009, 10:25 PM
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Friends: 10 | Re: Buffeting turbulance inside the car. ya i drive with the back windows down because that thumping sound make me fantasize that i got a 1500 watt sub woofer in the hatch |
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10-02-2009, 11:19 PM
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Friends: 0 | Re: Buffeting turbulance inside the car. We have a 2008 Toyota Sienna, and I have a 2002 dodge ram, and never heard this before. Now if the kids open the rear windows on the van, man my ear drums pop out of my head. |
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10-03-2009, 12:14 AM
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Friends: 0 | Re: Buffeting turbulance inside the car. happens to every sedan I've owned, open the window behind it a couple inches - benefit, you won't get a face full of wind, either |
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10-03-2009, 01:55 AM
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Friends: 2 | Re: Buffeting turbulance inside the car. We have a Kia sedona van and one time while driving on the highway the kids ran the rear window down and I literally could not hear them screaming... it was soooo loud. I have not tried this in the Prius. |
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