There's been a lot of talk about road and engine noise penetrating into the cabin. It's a sports car, I expect that and even want it to some degree. Does
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There's been a lot of talk about road and engine noise penetrating into the cabin. It's a sports car, I expect that and even want it to some degree. Does the Bose system have what it takes to hide enough of that to make the car liveable on a daily driver basis?
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I've found the car to have a lot of road noise, particularly on concrete expressways. The Bluetooth phone tends to struggle a bit, and I have to speak up/yell for people to hear me at highway speeds due to the road noise. The Bose stereo however is great and easily compensates. If I wanted a quiet car, I'd still have my old Audi A4. The eye-water acceleration and mind-bending cornering of the Z easily compensate for the road noise for me. Every day I go to work, I look forward to the drive over.
I recall reading a thread about sound-dampening materials and many people found their addition didn't do much to help. Particularly, they couldn't dampen the resonating sounds made by debris tossed up by the tires hitting the wheel wells. |
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Ditto Spearfish, Ill bast the stereo after Ive enjoyed hearing the engine awhile. The voice command navigation sometimes needs you to repeat the command on the highway but that's such a small part of owning a Z. I had a friend put it to me this way "if you want a car that's fun to drive and cruise in buy the 650 but if you want a straight up sports car that is for hauling a$$ and is real fun to drive get the Z. Now with the sport touring combo you can have a little luxury in the car. I have that and its very comfortable and has plenty Sport car feel in the cabin. Im glad I went with the Z. Its funny when people ask me about only being able to fit two people in it. I reply that it only fits ONE! LOL
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sports package, regular audio with cheapy mp3 player can drown out the road on normal settings, like the volume on 15 or 20. Hell even drowns out my phone.
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I personally don't think Sports Package will contribute to road noise much. Even with these wheels and tires, the 370Z is surprisingly smooth and plush without sacrificing the sporty feel and handling. It's quite an amazing difference compared to the 350Z.
Road noise is definitely worse in the 370Z compared to the 350Z and even the 300ZX (barely any road noise, but definitely lots of rattles and squeaks for its old age). I'm definitely going to opt for some sort of sound deadening in some areas this summer starting with the rear fender well if I can get access to it.
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