New 2014 Targa - Wind Noise
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Checked out the display Targa (a Launch Edition owned by Porsche of Livermore) at the Parade.
Deflectors have two stages of deployment.
A) Down & close to edge of Windshield. (Default 'Close' position). Photos 2, 3, 4 & 5.
B) Up & Further Away from Windshield. (Deployed 'Active' position). Photos 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
You get to B by touching it with your hand. It's spring loaded. When you 'hit it', it automatically springs up! You hit it again & it retracts to 'close' position!
Unless a reviewer knew this, his/her wind deflectors on the Targa were not in 'active', deployed mode!
Saludos,
Eduardo
Carmel
Deflectors have two stages of deployment.
A) Down & close to edge of Windshield. (Default 'Close' position). Photos 2, 3, 4 & 5.
B) Up & Further Away from Windshield. (Deployed 'Active' position). Photos 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
You get to B by touching it with your hand. It's spring loaded. When you 'hit it', it automatically springs up! You hit it again & it retracts to 'close' position!
Unless a reviewer knew this, his/her wind deflectors on the Targa were not in 'active', deployed mode!
Saludos,
Eduardo
Carmel
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A number of reviews have commented that you need to raise this air deflector at low speed otherwise you get thumping in the cabin. Above ~70 mph you have to lower it as the air going under the deflector makes a lot of noise - basically, you have to fiddle with it constantly, which doesn't sound like a great solution...
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Sounds like a giant hack to me.
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I know many of you guys have the coupe. When I test drove the coupe it had a tremendous amount of buffeting from a fully opened sunroof. I thought to myself that I would never be able to use the sunroof often especially over fifty or so. I can tell you with my cab there is VERY little wind intrusion and can easily talk on the phone while doing better than 55 mph and all the windows down.
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I test drove a coupe, cab and targa back-to-back-to-back, on the same stretch of road. There was a little wind buffeting in the targa at speed, but really nothing to bother me at all. This was before I was even aware of a deflector. The reviews stating the buffeting is excessive are exaggerating. After test driving the three, I had no doubt in my mind I wanted a Targa. I wouldn't let that discourage you if thats what you're going for. Of course, best course of action is do your own test drive and judge for yourself.
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