driving with the window down (at 80kmphr+)

senectus · 03-03-2005, 04:35 PM

Has anyone else noticed that if your driving at 80km per hour or faster with the window down, the wind seems to "bounce" off the side pillar (next to your shoulder) and quite painfully and rapidly cause pressure changes inside the cabin?

The only way I can explain it is that it feels like your ears want to pop, then don't, then do, then don't ad nauseum...

Its extremely painful and irritating.. :cussing:

heliotropehead · 03-03-2005, 04:37 PM

Nope... then again I don't have a penis.

senectus · 03-03-2005, 04:38 PM

:? umm what does that have to do with it? (My partner notices it as well)

:mrgreen:

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Nope... then again I don't have a penis.

I just realized you might have meant Prius... Was that a freudian slip then?

heliotropehead · 03-03-2005, 04:40 PM

Bad joke. Where are you that the speed allows you to do 80? And why oh why aren't you using your AC? Aren't you afraid of getting hit by a cigarette butt... or bird poop?

heliotropehead · 03-03-2005, 04:42 PM

Oooh... 80 km and you're down under!

I'll shut up now.

kidtwist · 03-03-2005, 04:43 PM

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Bad joke. Where are you that the speed allows you to do 80? And why oh why aren't you using your AC? Aren't you afraid of getting hit by a cigarette butt... or bird poop?

He said 80 kilometers per hour. I don't know what that translates in MPH -- 50 or so?

KTPhil · 03-03-2005, 04:50 PM

Yes, the booming with front windows open is ear-shattering! My advice: don't do it.

Oh, for the quieter days of vent wing windows! Aimed right, they always solved the booming problem.

senectus · 03-03-2005, 04:54 PM

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Bad joke. Where are you that the speed allows you to do 80? And why oh why aren't you using your AC? Aren't you afraid of getting hit by a cigarette butt... or bird poop?

I don't of any birds that can crap sideways at 80 k's ;-)

and don't get me started about smokers.. I swear, the next arrogant so-and-so that I see flicks a cigarette butt on the ground (within a car or no) is going to his his/her head twisted off by a 6"3 angry bastard. :cussing: :cussing: :cussing:

**tag** · 03-03-2005, 05:27 PM

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Bad joke.

Nope....good joke! You just used it in the wrong thread. :wink:

heliotropehead · 03-03-2005, 05:31 PM

Yep

(I do have a Prius! What I don't have is something to tuck)

Friday is almost here, thank goodness!

03-03-2005, 04:35 PM	#1
senectus Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Perth, Western Australia Posts: 111 My Car: Package: Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	driving with the window down (at 80kmphr+) Has anyone else noticed that if your driving at 80km per hour or faster with the window down, the wind seems to "bounce" off the side pillar (next to your shoulder) and quite painfully and rapidly cause pressure changes inside the cabin? The only way I can explain it is that it feels like your ears want to pop, then don't, then do, then don't ad nauseum... Its extremely painful and irritating.. :cussing:

03-03-2005, 04:37 PM	#2
heliotropehead Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: New Orleans, Louisiana Posts: 701 My Car: Package: Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	Re: driving with the window down (at 80kmphr+) Nope... then again I don't have a penis.

03-03-2005, 04:40 PM	#4
heliotropehead Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: New Orleans, Louisiana Posts: 701 My Car: Package: Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	Re: driving with the window down (at 80kmphr+) Bad joke. Where are you that the speed allows you to do 80? And why oh why aren't you using your AC? Aren't you afraid of getting hit by a cigarette butt... or bird poop?

03-03-2005, 04:42 PM	#5
heliotropehead Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: New Orleans, Louisiana Posts: 701 My Car: Package: Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	Re: driving with the window down (at 80kmphr+) Oooh... 80 km and you're down under! I'll shut up now.

03-03-2005, 05:31 PM	#10
heliotropehead Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: New Orleans, Louisiana Posts: 701 My Car: Package: Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	Re: driving with the window down (at 80kmphr+) Yep (I do have a Prius! What I don't have is something to tuck) Friday is almost here, thank goodness!

03-03-2005, 04:50 PM	#7
KTPhil Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,200 My Car: Package: Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	Yes, the booming with front windows open is ear-shattering! My advice: don't do it. Oh, for the quieter days of vent wing windows! Aimed right, they always solved the booming problem.

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