[6pack] BMW Z4 vs TR6 car noise and doors revisited

[Jay Welch]

Thanks Guys for all the feedback.

A few years back I did the Zoom Zoom Live at the old South Weymouth Air Base
in Massachusetts. Mazda held an event where you could autocross their vehicles
on the air strips.

It was a great time and got to test their 3, 6, Miata and RX8 products.

I came away from that event really liking the Miata...even over the RX8.  Of
course there is no comparison between the engine power and the fact that the 8
was a coupe but you could really throw the Miata around and it was quite peppy
for a 4.  I also like the 3 over the 6.  I think I just like the smaller cars
for the agility.  It appears that Mazda discontinued the Zoom Zoom events
stopped.

BMW did a similar event there.  I wish I took a Z3 through the paces as well.

Thanks again and Happy New Year,

Jay in MA
Member CCBCC

---------- Original Message ----------
From: Bob Rochlin <r_rochlin at hotmail.com>
To: <6pack at autox.team.net>
Subject: [6pack] BMW Z4 vs TR6 car noise and doors revisited
Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2011 23:11:58 +0000

	One thing I neglected to mention in my original post was the sound of the Z4
doors closing.  The doors have the tinniest sound you can imagine when you
close them.  I thought that car manufacturers made a science of making doors
sound solid when they closed.  I guess the Z4 design team missed the memo.
In
comparison the TR6 door sounds like a vault door when you close it.	As
someone
pointed out the noise level of a convertible can become very high at speed.
The Department of Consumer Safety  came out with a study that showed that the
road noise at highway speeds from a modern convertible with the top down
could
generate decibel levels that could damage hearing over a period of time.
Just
for the hell of it I'd like to know what the decibel level of a TR is at 65
MPH.  Could it be that we've all been, figurative speaking, driving at the
end
of a jet runway all of these years?		Bob Rochlin	'72 TR6
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