348 TS top off motoring wind noise

I don't think I have EVER driven my 348ts with the targa top removed and the door windows up. So I'm not aware of the noise you are describing. Could it possibly be the targa top itself in the storage position behind the seats? The top is supposed to be inside its boot, with the straps holding it against the bulkhead, and with the pins at the bottom being held in place by the rubber grommets. I can't really think of anything else that would be moving around???

 

Simple solution... if you're going to have your windows UP, leave the top ON! Trust me, you look like a retard driving around with your roof off and both windows up. Me (and most people I know) spend alot time pointing and laughing at bucket-heads driving around in thier convertibles... top down, all windows up!

Wind going over the car is creating a vacuum inside the car, hence the noise... its just physics. To eliminate this effect, you'd need a massive air deflector mounted on the top of the windshield frame and wrapping around the sides of the car. Take a look at the sunroof air deflector on a newer Honda or Toyota car... make one 3 times bigger, and bolt it to the top of your windshield frame, problem solved!!

 

+1 LOL

 

I don't think it's unusual at all to have the top off and windows up. On a crisp fall or spring day, you can turn up the heat and still enjoy the drive -- nothing better. If others want to laugh, who cares? Their problem, not yours.

For what it's worth, mine does not make any such noise or have any buffetting when the top is off and the windows up (at least up to reasonable highway speeds). And that is either with or without having the top stowed behind the seats. There must be something disturbing the airflow around your car and causing the buffetting, but I have no idea what it might be. The only thing I can think of is to check carefully for any misalignments or loose trim around with windshield, rear windows and side windows.

- Eric

 

touche'

 

Even here in Houston the fall and spring mornings can be chilly. I leave the top at home and put the windows up untill it warms up a little. I know the sound that you are referring to. But I am usually too busy driving to pay too much attention to it..

 

damn, I havn't laughed this hard in a LONG TIME!!!

 

As far as having windows up when top down I do this always on the highway makes for less wind noise and disturbance

plus unlike the Fratelli I do not use gel, so my hair tends to whip me in the face...

 

I never complaint about noise, neither my passengers, when driving my 348 TS (or my 355 GTS), with the top off. It's normal to listen that aerodinamic noise, but I can have a normal conversation or listen to the radio, when the windows are up.
It's just the same with my convertible Mercedes....
At least, when top is on we can go full speed, not like some Lamborghinis...

 

bellissimo! Troppo divertente

 

Most convertibles will do this also. The simple solution is to lower the windows a tiny amount. This will alleviate the pressure differential and the booming will cease.

 

+1 I also have done that to avoid wind noise.

 

I can't remember if it was my 308GTS or my 328GTS, but one of them did the same thing with the wind noise/buffeting with windows all the way up, and driving over 80mph. If I lowered the speed, or dropped the windows a couple inches, then it went away.

 

Why thank you sir, you found that entertaining..

 

I used to get a similar effect on an older, glass roofed Porsche Targa. NOT MINE, my former G'friend's car she would bring home from the dealership [BTW, one of my favorite Porsches she would bring home....good old oil cooled and all]

IF [and she would insist, blonds and their hair something] you roll back the top and keep the windows near the top the wind would come in and create a sort of heavy resonance. Try bringing down the windows a bit, and see the change in pitch etc.

You may have to get a GLASS top