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 Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 1:55 pm |
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Test drove a few new cars, a new Mazda 3 and Mondeo Titanium, and compared to our car the road noise is suprising. Infact in the Mazda it was so bad the wife couldn't hear us talking in the front at 70mph! Has anyone been any cars either Focus or Mondeo size that are quiet? Might test drive a 57 plate Audi A4/6 and see how that is.
Incase your wondering how come my 180 is so quiet, it's because I gutted it and Second Skin'd it quite significantly. Then a change to 4 new Uniroyal Rainsort 2's dropped another 2-3Db I reckon. Until a have tested these newer cars I didn't realise how much it was. I new it was good, but this proves it.. Except for the damn Scorpion exhasut 
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Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 2:01 pm |
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well to be fair, mazda 3 is just cheap buget car in asian. (like 106, saxo in uk)
mondeo should be quite quiet and certainly A4
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Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 2:04 pm |
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The Mazda 3 is a Focus underneath isn't it?
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Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 2:04 pm |
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Toyota prius .... 
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Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 2:12 pm |
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| Shaw-pug wrote: |
| Toyota prius .... |
Get out, just get out now
Mondeo FTW!
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Last edited by Jay794 on Tue May 10, 2011 5:49 am; edited 1 time in total
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Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 2:27 pm |
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Phantom? Thats fairly quiet unless you take full advantage of the 6.5 V12.
What do you mean its out of your budget? Honestly, no pleasing some people 
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Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 2:39 pm |
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Mates 57 plate focus is just silent inside.
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Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 3:04 pm |
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| Seabook wrote: |
well to be fair, mazda 3 is just cheap buget car in asian. (like 106, saxo in uk)
mondeo should be quite quiet and certainly A4 |
Er, but the mazda 3 is the size of a 308! And jap cars are usually quite and when built.. Not uite german but better than EU cars usually.
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Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 3:04 pm |
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| Edward wrote: |
| The Mazda 3 is a Focus underneath isn't it? |
Yep
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Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 3:06 pm |
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Was looking at the Focus and might drive one at weekend but I find it hard to believe it is quiter than the Mondeo.. The Mondeo was the top spec with 18 inch RS rims on it, maybe the low pros didnt help the noise, but still they aint that low.
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Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 3:21 pm |
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my dads 59 focus is a beast and is ridiculously quiet
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Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 3:36 pm |
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My Audi is the quietest car i've had, mind you it's multitronic so it's doing about 1800rpm at 70, which helps
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Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 3:47 pm |
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My experience with mazdas have always been good, my dad having a 6, 6 MPS and now a 6 sport and they are soo quiet! The 3s are quiet too and very reliable compared to french crap Japanese cars are either built to be loud or built to be quiet... they kind of know what they are doing.
Lewis
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Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 3:48 pm |
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Before any one starts with the its a Citroen well you can suck my balls 
The new C4 is really good
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Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 3:51 pm |
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Location: Milton Keynes
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Matties right, c4 is quiet too, just fugly.
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