Wind noise?
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Racer
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If you have Bose audio system there is a selection in set-up that automatically adjusts the volume for changes in ambient noise.
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Has anyone figured this out yet? On another forum, someone said their dealer said it was tied to the ACC Sensor, another person said it was due to the small cap between the mirrors and the door.... It is pretty annoying to have a $140k car that whistles when at certain speeds, but I do think it is there at lower speeds, just less pronounced. I noticed that on a Taycan Turbo S, it does it similarly.
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My Taycan 4S does not whistle or have added wind noise at any speed or surface. Just FWIW. The 911 is just a loud car, which many people would argue it's meant to be. Sound insulation costs weight, a lot of it. Look at something like the LC500, which is bank vault quiet from wind/tire noise but still has a beautiful interior exhaust note.. yet weighs well over 4,200 pounds. It's bigger than the 992, sure, but not that much bigger.. the weight comes from making that happen. (No, I'm not comparing the LC500 to a 992; just in the sense of how the LC500 accomplished a quiet ride w/ loud interior exhaust note.)
Could they eliminate almost all of the wind & tire noise from the 992? Easily. But it would add cost AND it would add weight.
Could they eliminate almost all of the wind & tire noise from the 992? Easily. But it would add cost AND it would add weight.
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It is not road noise, it is an intrinsic whistling noise that is there when the car is between 45 and 60 mph. I have a Cayman GTS and it is a much more RAW car, in every sense and it does not have this whistle. The 991 gen cars may have been more raw but the 992 is a "luxury" sports car/gt. There is no way this car at this price with all the other greatness it has, should have this whistling sound.
Edit, also, the 991.2's did not do this. I drove multiple GTS's and never noticed it, I immediately noticed it when I drove my car home for th first time, in December of last year.
Edit, also, the 991.2's did not do this. I drove multiple GTS's and never noticed it, I immediately noticed it when I drove my car home for th first time, in December of last year.
Last edited by kidniki; Oct 12, 2020 at 01:32 PM.
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Really? Which bumper did your 991.2 have? Also, does anyone with the sport design bumper on the 992 have the whistle? There is something that causes it, it has to be able to be fixed somehow. I seriously never heard it in the GTS and T's I drove.
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No whistle on mine, non-sports design front end with folding mirror option. I do notice though that at 60mph or so with the window open if I hold my finger vertical next to the trailing edge of the front triangle ‘thingy’ then wind noise is greatly decreased. I guess like those anti-buffeting add-ons everyone talks about.