Re: Sunroofs

[steve.powers@spdg.COM (Steve Powers)]

Chris (and others):

> > >wind buffeting in the car at about 30-35 mph.  My guess is that this is a
> > >basic design flaw in the way the air moves around, but wanted to see if
> > >others experienced this.
> > >
> 
> Similar problem on my S6 wagon.
> I find that if I close the sunroof just a couple of notches that the
> resonance/buffeting is greatly reduced.

In the 'grocery gitter', I've found that lowering the rear windows about
1/2 inch or so really makes a difference. You're basically trying to stuff
more air into an already pressurized compartment. You _will_ get burbling
until you provide pressure relief, e.g. w/ opened windows.

try it!!
 
> I never really noticed a problem like this in my 1991 CoupeQ.
> Maybe the sunroofs are longer on the new models?

I had it on the 4000, just at different speeds.
 
steve powers ... '95.5 S6W ... '95 620RX/C ... '91 K100RS-16V ... '88 R100S
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