Honda active noise cancellation vs Lexus
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Honda active noise cancellation vs Lexus
is there anyone out there who has actually tried this out personally? what is quieter - especially on highways? ES350 vs accord?
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Last edited by sharmila19; 07-06-14 at 09:05 PM.
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I was not aware we had this???
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I think I'm going to live my low-speed noisemaker alone. I regularly drive in parking lots with lots of elderly pedestrians. With my previous hybrid (a 2008 model), pedestrians were sometimes surprised when they stepped backward and touched my car. It seems that some are deaf, but the rest are blind. A little sound might help them.
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I think I'm going to live my low-speed noisemaker alone. I regularly drive in parking lots with lots of elderly pedestrians. With my previous hybrid (a 2008 model), pedestrians were sometimes surprised when they stepped backward and touched my car. It seems that some are deaf, but the rest are blind. A little sound might help them.
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I recently purchased a ES 350 UL and I can hear a little tire noise (18"?) but there is zero wind noise. Now, perhaps a new car, more quiet than my previous cars, and the AC is running a little, BUT...I'm very surprised to not hear any wind noise. Very happy about that. Quiet cabin, indeed. I can't speak for the Honda (although my 2003 TL-S was rather quiet, just not as quiet as the ES.)
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We have a lot of variation in road surfaces around here and for most there is only a slight amount of road noise in the ES 300h. However, yesterday I hit a patch where the asphalt had been ground in preparation for resurfacing. That was much noisier than I had expected in the Lexus. However with my 2010 Acura TL holding a conversation would have been impossible on that surface. BTW I also have no wind noise but then the Acura didn't either.
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Several times, they have re-paved a highway with the rough surface, and then built a "sound wall" on each side at a cost of many millions of dollars. No amount of noise cancellation or insulation can keep out that "white" noise. The sound walls just seem to increase the noise level by reflecting it back onto the road.
I am sure that the energy that goes into making the noise comes from fuel. It also must wear tires much more quickly. The cost of that fuel and tires, and those sound walls, must be staggering.
Most of that extra cost could be avoided, by just using the "smooth" surface paving.
(If the smooth paving reduces friction and leads to extra collisions, just give those drivers Darwin awards. ;-)
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