BRZ in the Press

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by new2subaru

It's a hell of a lot quieter than my older cars! No complaints here

Yep!

[nikitopo]

Originally Posted by Capt Spaulding

I looked for a headscratching emoticon and didn't find it. <headscratch> </headscratch>

A bit better ..

[Spuds]

Wind noise was significantly reduced by underpanels IMO.

[Capt Spaulding]

As I noted in the OP, I just don't get the noise issue. It's probably because I don't own a "quiet" vehicle. Or, maybe, because I rode motorcycles and shot large bore handguns for 50 years and my hearing is toast. Either way, to my (ringing) ears, the BRZ is no louder than the wife's Camry SE (on Pirelli P7s) or my '06 F150 STX. None of them is what I'd call objectionably loud. In addition, the BRZ has the most comfortable seats of the three. If I had to choose one to take on a 6k mile two person road trip, I'd take the Subie in heartbeat..

As a low cost GT, the BRZ is on a superior planet compared to the Miata. It has usable luggage space, usable cabin space (I can wedge my 6'6" self into the driver's seat in a Miata, but cannot operate ANY of the controls except the radio - in the passenger seat I get to massage my gums with my kneecaps, I can stand it for 5 minutes and that's it), it is many decibels quieter, noticeably quicker, rides better, and corners MUCH flatter.

For my purposes there is not a dimension on which the BRZ comes out on the wrong side of a comparison. What annoys me most is the possibility that these journo clowns will poison the market for the car to the extent Subie will drop it before I get too old to buy my next one.

[EdBoy]

Originally Posted by Spuds

Wind noise was significantly reduced by underpanels IMO.

actually I do agree on this, the underpanels did eliminate some noise

[Poodles]

Originally Posted by sfdai0

Hows the noise in the cabin when you plug the hole for the sound tube?

Much better, you don't notice it that much until you block it off. The speed limits here for the highways is quite high as well so that may effect the noise compared to others.

Originally Posted by Ganthrithor

The BRZ is really quiet compared to a helicopter. I don't even need a noise canceling headset! But it's a real shame that the BRZ can't fly over highway traffic: -10 points.



It's still fucking noisy. But we didn't buy a featherweight, inexpensive, 90's throwback car for the silent interior, did we?

But compared to a Miata it's as quiet as a church...

Originally Posted by EdBoy

actually I do agree on this, the underpanels did eliminate some noise

I have a Series.Blue so I have those already and can't really comment on not having them. I did test drive a 2013 before eventually buying my car, and I noticed the ride was much nicer on my 2015, but I never got on the highway with the 2013...

[Flash02]

It’s a Subaru BRZ, not a Porsche, not a BMW. As well someone did mention the weight or lack there of, the ride is not supposed to be wonderful, otherwise it wouldn’t handle as well. Compared to my 02 WRX my 17’ BRZ is very quiet and the suspension is worlds better and well so is every other part of the car. Hell the 06’ STI struts and springs on my WRX could rattle ones teeth out.

The Miata is a good little scoot, at 6’ 220lbs it’s too darn small for me, as was the S2000, neither were very comfortable. My BRZ has plenty of leg room and shoulder room, and with the back seat done the trunk is surprisingly not small.

People need to look at what they are driving and understand that your not going to get the best of everything. You want a sports car that handles well, don’t bitch at the stiff ride. You want all of that and high HP, get a Cayman and empty your bank account. You want a quiet cabin with back massage, get a Mercedes.



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[paiceyfan]

My wife has a 2012 Honda Civic and it has much more road noise and cabin noise than the BRZ.

[Dorb]

Turn the radio up, easy fix.

[Leonardo]

Coming from an S2000, my FR-S is quiet... and sounds like a lawnmower compared to the Honda at 9K. The plastic rear window on my ap1 was all scratched up and "milky"; I could not see out of it at all. I Loved the Honda, but the FR-S is easier to live with. I went on an almost 3000 mile road trip in my FR-S with my wife. There is no way we would have attempted it in the Honda.

[Brooklyn]

I've taken a 4500 mi trip in my BRZ and it was perfect. Once you find a sweet spot I think they are quite comfortable to drive in. As for the cabin noise factor, I haven't found it significantly different than any other car I've driven. The only complaint I would maybe have is that sometimes speech clarity from incoming bluetooth calls isn't that great, (and have had problems with the other side hearing my voice maybe due to cabin noise) but I think it may be an issue of acoustics or speaker quality rather than cabin noise.

[Darth Khan]

Originally Posted by Ganthrithor

The BRZ is really quiet compared to a helicopter. I don't even need a noise canceling headset! But it's a real shame that the BRZ can't fly over highway traffic: -10 points.



It's still fucking noisy. But we didn't buy a featherweight, inexpensive, 90's throwback car for the silent interior, did we?

There must have been some improvement on the 86 860, either that or I am deaf as a bat. I plugged the sound tube and find the cruising noise perfectly acceptable. I admit not a BMW 5 series but very few cars are.

[Ganthrithor]

Originally Posted by Darth Khan

There must have been some improvement on the 86 860, either that or I am deaf as a bat. I plugged the sound tube and find the cruising noise perfectly acceptable. I admit not a BMW 5 series but very few cars are.

The sound tube ain't where most of the noise is coming from-- just sayin

[guybo]

When I gutted the rear of the interior of my car, it got loud in the cabin. Wind and road noise got bad. Oh well. I can road trip in my car still because once I shove suitcases and whatnot in the back, it won't be noisy anymore. With the backseats intact, I took 2 1,000 mile trips and the FRS is actually comfprtable and makes a nice road tripping car (I wish it had a moonroof though).

Pay no attention to car journalists. Consumer Reports is the only non-biased source for reviews, everyone else prints what the advertisers tell them to print. I was reading a glowing review for some FCA POS in MotorTrend a couple weeks ago and the next page after the "article" was a full page ad for Dodge. Do you think they are really going to bite the hand that feeds them and post a truthful review of another brand in the same company? There's lots of ways these journalists get paid off too. If there are those who post the truth, they simply don't get models to review, they don't receive complimentary 1st class tickets to Germany to drive the car on the Ring and so on. Those who play the game and post BS get the money and treatment, those who post the truth have to struggle to get by.