Does anyone never listen to radio/music and drive with windows down? - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

tzhu07 · 10-02-2013, 03:00 AM

I like to hear the sounds of traffic and have more audible cues of where other cars around me are positioned.

Therefore I never listen to the radio or any music. Additionally, I like to roll down both the driver and passenger side windows. If it's lightly raining, I'll leave a small sliver at the top instead.

Wise · 10-02-2013, 03:30 AM

Yeah I do this all the time. Unless I have a passenger and then I'll put on a music for them.

Only listen to music by myself on roadtrips mainly. Otherwise I like to hear the sound of the engine and the road surroundings.

I've always found it kind of dangerous how people drive with the windows up and music on. Creates a disconnect between the environment outside the car and the one inside.

Kelbyat07 · 10-02-2013, 03:40 AM

I am a teen so i always have the radio on. Sometimes i put the volume low so i can hear the boxer engine <3

Obja · 10-02-2013, 03:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kelbyat07

I am a teen so i always have the radio on. Sometimes i put the volume low so i can hear the boxer engine <3

^ Exactly

gzpermadi · 10-02-2013, 04:10 AM

same here, only turn on the radio when there is passenger or for long road trips.
I always keep the windows up though, I love clean interior.

bkblitzed · 10-02-2013, 04:26 AM

i always have music just because i like singing to it. But sometimes i just turn the radio down, and get into a trance and just drive

Wolfking · 10-02-2013, 04:41 AM

I drive with the windows down all of the time. As for no music, it's too like being confined inside my helmet as I ride. (I also wear ear plugs) I frequently turn my stereo down to conduct "a sound diagnostic" of my car.

Gaiseric · 10-02-2013, 05:20 AM

Windows down music loud.

whaap · 10-02-2013, 08:40 AM

In the past I have always had the radio on in any car I drove. I haven't quite figured out why but my FR-S is the first car I've owned that I don't hardly ever play the radio. I will have it on if I am on a long stretch of a highway on a trip but never in my around town driving.

frs10 · 10-02-2013, 10:49 AM

i like listening to the car better

Ammonia · 10-02-2013, 10:57 AM

Why not both!? lol

Sometimes I like windows up and music on, especially at highway speeds where you can't hear the engine over the wind, and the wind is really annoying.

At lower speeds (around town) and good weather? I'll drive with windows down. Music depends on my mood. Sometimes I play some 311 just to cruise and relax, other times I'll rock out to a lil Offspring action. Usually my music is loud enough for just myself to hear and maybe the guy next to me at the light if his window is down, but I don't blast it.

FReSh · 10-02-2013, 10:58 AM

Usually I'll have the music on at a reasonable volume around town, but If I'm on a longer trip on the highway I like to crank it so I can jam out. When I go for more spirited drives, I'll turn the music down pretty low so I can hear the car. The windows depend mostly on the weather for me.

Luis_GT · 10-02-2013, 11:11 AM

Windows up, Music blaring... It's way to hot here to drive with the windows down.

mush · 10-02-2013, 11:22 AM

I need music. Even if the volume is low

10-02-2013, 03:00 AM	#1
tzhu07 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Drives: FR-S Location: WA Posts: 189 Thanks: 1 Thanked 103 Times in 56 Posts Mentioned: 3 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Does anyone never listen to radio/music and drive with windows down? I like to hear the sounds of traffic and have more audible cues of where other cars around me are positioned. Therefore I never listen to the radio or any music. Additionally, I like to roll down both the driver and passenger side windows. If it's lightly raining, I'll leave a small sliver at the top instead.

10-02-2013, 03:40 AM	#3
Kelbyat07 Poor College Kid Join Date: Mar 2013 Drives: ~.~ Location: Chicago Posts: 2,801 Thanks: 246 Thanked 2,182 Times in 1,249 Posts Mentioned: 32 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I am a teen so i always have the radio on. Sometimes i put the volume low so i can hear the boxer engine <3 __________________

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FReSh Dirt Trackin' Join Date: Oct 2012 Drives: '13 Raven FR-S MT Location: Rockville, MD Posts: 294 Thanks: 67 Thanked 114 Times in 75 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	Usually I'll have the music on at a reasonable volume around town, but If I'm on a longer trip on the highway I like to crank it so I can jam out. When I go for more spirited drives, I'll turn the music down pretty low so I can hear the car. The windows depend mostly on the weather for me. __________________ My Car Journal

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Wolfking Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Drives: Asphalt FRS Location: OVP, KS Posts: 609 Thanks: 684 Thanked 194 Times in 134 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I drive with the windows down all of the time. As for no music, it's too like being confined inside my helmet as I ride. (I also wear ear plugs) I frequently turn my stereo down to conduct "a sound diagnostic" of my car.

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mush Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Drives: 2013 FRS 10 Series #81 of 2500 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 951 Thanks: 358 Thanked 395 Times in 240 Posts Mentioned: 13 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I need music. Even if the volume is low

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