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05-18-2019, 01:39 PM | #1 |
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After reading one of many articles about the new Toyota Supra, I noticed that the 86/BRZ gets into the conversation. That is because it was Toyota that dragged another car maker into the development to achieve a particular goal. Of course, the Supra is twice as much car and twice as expensive. But, the comment about how noisy the 86/BRZ is comes up a lot with people doing reviews. I don't find my car to be anything like what is said about it, especially since I removed that silly sound augmenter tube assembly. The car runs just fine without it. Anyway, could it be that the sound tube is what influences the comments? Are these people even aware that the car has this device and many cars today sport this illusion of power and speed? I think that many automotive writers probably just got promoted from the obituary page and could not cut it in sports.
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I think it is the lack of sound deadening and cabin insulation they are referring to. It is a budget car.
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The FRS is a noisy car, no doubt. Go sit in a luxury car and then compare.
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Most of the noise I notice in my car is wind and road noise. It's really bad when the tires are towards the end of their life.
Crosswinds also make the windows leak air on the highway. |
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the brz is a very noisy car compared to any economy car, even one in the same cost bracket.
but who's buying an 86 because it's quiet?
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I took out all the interior, carpet, and headliner. The car has very little (practically zero) sound deadening. The interior does a good job of making the car decently quiet. If you strip it out, its way louder. even with stock exhaust.
Its 88db stock. My ap1 s2000 was 96db stock... So, to me its quiet.
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The 86 is the quietest sports car I own. We call it the big quite sports car.
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For what it is, the BRZ/86 is actually quiet... compared to S2000 and Miata. It's on par with previous generations of Mazda 3 or similar economy cars.
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If "quiet" is the buzzword , then the new fully electric cars would be great.
They are especially quiet when the batteries are flat in the sydney harbour tunnel. |
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