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Re: 98 Passat Wagon - Helicopter mode

To: John <jb@access.digex.net>, quattro@coimbra.ans.net
Subject: Re: 98 Passat Wagon - Helicopter mode
From: Aleksander Mierzwa <alex@matrix.com.pl>
Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 12:11:17 +0200
In-Reply-To: <199805202005.QAA28539@access4.digex.net>
Sender: owner-quattro@coimbra.ans.net

At 16:05 20.05.98 -0400, John wrote:

>Has anyone else discovered the problem with the new Passat
>Wagon's design?  If you have the sunroof open all the way
>with the windows closed, and drive anywhere near 50MPH,
>the air pressure pulses rapidly popping your ears HARD and
>it sounds like a helicopter.
>Do any of the Audi's have this problem?

Yes, my 5K does the same thing even at low speeds. I guess a full-sized
wind deflector could cure this.


Aleksander Mierzwa
Warsaw, Poland
mailto:alex@matrix.com.pl
87 Audi 5000CS turbo (mine)
88 Renault Medallion wagon (mom's)
91 mountain bike (just in case both cars broke at the same time :-)

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