johnleaf
I am looking at buying a Cali (probably beach) in October. What is the road noise level like on motorways? Can you easily listen to the radio, music etc?
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It is not the dashboard that makes the deafening, it is the (sort of) insulation inside it. If I plug out my gove box, there is a thin white fluffy material, together with isolation to and from the engine bay to the cabin.They have got better with age, so a T6 is quieter than a T5. I think Oceans may be quieter than Beaches as the Comfort dash seems to help sound proofing - although that's just an impression, and the comfort dash can be specced on a Beach.
Hmm, try to isolate that one too?Most noise comes from the passenger seat
People go on about comfort seats. Swivel seats. How about an ejector seat?Hmm, try to isolate that one too?
Most modern radios have speed sensing built in and automatically adjust the volume up and down with your speed. So although you find you don't need to do it manually, the unit may be doing it for you.Acid test that I've always found on cars etc is, do you turn the radio up as you go faster and stop conversation at high speeds? Decades ago the answer was always yes, the Cali needs no radio volume adjustment and conversation can be continued on or off the motorway without going hoarse.
The Cali is an excellent long distance cruising vehicle that gives very little fatigue or stress to both the Driver and Passengers.
Although our voices don't have to go louder as we go faster, although SWMBO's voice does go quieter when in the mountains on narrow roads.Most modern radios have speed sensing built in and automatically adjust the volume up and down with your speed. So although you find you don't need to do it manually, the unit may be doing it for you.
Can you get that modified to operate at other times?Although our voices don't have to go louder as we go faster, although SWMBO's voice does go quieter when in the mountains on narrow roads.
Unfortunately No. That's why she lets me go to Norway on my own while she does a Fine Arts Course in Oxford or London.Can you get that modified to operate at other times?
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