Aerodynamics - an observation
Whilst driving, if I want to have the drivers window by more than a qtr I have to also open the window behind otherwise I experience buffeting like no other 4 door saloon car I have owned before. Anyone else experience the same.
Trouble is, doing so then makes the rear seatbelt slap against the seat!!!! Must be the shape of the car and perhaps a wide B pillar? Just a couple of owner observations! |
Try opposing corners +++
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I agree but have seen on other cars just as bad, but my rear seatbelt doesn't flap, just more of a turbulance.
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Yup.. I had this in my '8s. Even worse I found if only a rear window was open.
The A7 doesn't seem to have the issue. |
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I used to own one of the most aerodynamic production cars ever made, the Citroen XM (with a drag coefficient of 0.28). You could open the driver's window fully in that car at 80mph and get very little buffeting or wind in your face. Of course, being French, there was a good chance the window mechanism would break at any time, so it was always a gamble whether the window would come back up! :lol: While the XM was very aerodynamic though, I'm not sure that had much to do with it. I think it was more of a design thing .... it had front quarter glass/'lights' which seemed to prevent the air from rushing in. |
:ROFL:What a strange concept - driving with window open :Confused::ROFL::ROFL:
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It was the 4x4 version, ok but not as nice as the Audi Coupe Quattro 20v I owned at the time! |
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