Miata Mailing List: June 1992, Message #14
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Subject: Re: windows - up or down
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>Date: 	Fri, 5 Jun 1992 00:14:02 -0400
>From: Jamie Zawinski 
>Cc: miata@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu
>
>I haven't noticed the windows affecting noise at all; in fact, since I've
>started worring more about tinitis, I've gotten into the habit of wearing
>earplugs when driving long distances on the freeway.  Works out pretty
>well; I can still hear cars about as well as I can when driving non-
>convertibles with windows up.  It makes listening to music a little harder,
>but not much.
>

This memorial day weekend, my wife and I drove down to Colonial
Williamsburg from New Brunswick, NJ via the Eastern Shore route (route
13 through Delaware and over the Chesapeake Bay Bridge.

I had planned to have the hood down all the way but it got incredibly
hot on Friday and we decided that it would be prudent to wait till
later in the day to put the hood down. Even then, I had a splitting
headache from the road noise and the heat by the time we reached
Chincoteague. We took a break there (nice, quiet beach) and I took a
couple of Tylenol. Soon it started cooling down and we put down the
hood. In addition, I donned ear plugs. What a relief! It was a pleasure
driving the rest of the way with the hood down, especially over the
Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel (an experience I will never forget.)

I strongly recommend the use of ear plugs when driving long distances
on the highway with the top down. It cuts down on the roar without
blocking out other sounds (for safety.)

Another trick that I have often used is to have the top down but the
windows up and the heat turned up. This is especially nice during those
spring evenings when it is just a trifle chilly: in fact we had to do
this on our recent trip, when it started getting quite cool around 8:30
pm near Williamsburg.