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i have not seen a two setting button push but will look.

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i have not seen a two setting button push but will look.

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POST 1 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

hello everyone, i have an observation i would like to share. while the windows are closed, but the sunroof open i get a rather pronounced wind vibration in the cabin, a sort of resonance. some speeds louder than others, but still there. if i close the roof say 2 inches, poof resonance gone. anyone else or am i crazy?

POST 2Original post

I've experienced the buffetting but have not tried the partial close. Will try it tomorrow and advise.

POST 3Original post

my 996 always did that..my 86 never does it ??

POST 4Original post

Quotes source post: 8914824

Part of the wind cooled mystique

POST 5Original post

Yah acting air cooled does that There is cracking a side window till it goes away or possibly differing the sunroof opening till it settles on no buffeting. Happens to everyone so you aren't cursed by the wind or car.

POST 7Original post

yep, I get that on every car i have owned with a sunroof, just crack a window or like you said... close the sunroof an inch or two

POST 9Original post

Isn't that why there are two "settings"? Click once and it opens all the way except for the last few inches, click the button again and it opens the rest of the way. The manual says the first setting is optimal for noise.

POST 10Original post

Quotes source post: 8914783

Let's not pretend they are mutually exclusive. Well known issue. Crack a window.

POST 11Original post

It's as close as we can get to being air-cooled....but it still doesn't work. Common to our 996s, buffeting.

POST 12Original post

Steve? - It's FALL, what's with the new avatar (not that I dont like it)

POST 13Original post

I've had that happen on all of my cars, too. Porsche and otherwise. At certain speeds it can be quite impressive.

POST 14Original post

Quotes source post: 8915487

Getting my head ready for the approaching winter, plus I was tired of the old avatar.

POST 15 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

hello everyone, ah a good place to share here. i have not seen a two setting button push but will look. barn, ne is a good place - that pile is only eight feet or so right? melting for last spring i suppose

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WRT the OP, this is a phenomenon that has only recently shown up on cars. Some are worse than others. For example, my Toyota Highlander buffets so bad with the sunroof or one rear window cracked open you can’t stand it. You can actually feel the air pressure oscillate. So my theory is this. Cars are becoming more and more aerodynamic as engineers try and squeeze every ounce of efficiency from the car to improve gas mileage. This makes the air flow over the surface of the car move at a higher velocity and the air flow is not disrupted by protuberances etc. When you create an opening on that surface it creates a venturi effect and momentarily breaks the air flow but as the small air volume of the car fills up quicker than it can escape it cause the air pressure to oscillate. When you open another surface you allow the air to escape and no pressure builds in the cabin. The buffeting is the change in air pressure as the low pressure area at opening is constantly trying to achieve equilibrium.

POST 17Original post

It's the same effect as blowing across the top of a bottle (Hemholtz resonator). Your car is a really big bottle so the frequency is very low. whump, whump, whump - know it very well.

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I agree. My plow pushed this pile up to about 7-8 feet so I could get my Porsche in and out of the garage. Wonder what this winter will bring? As long as they get snow in the mtns.

POST 19 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

i will go for snow in the mountains. fun to ski down them!

POST 20Original post

I usually ski in the White Mtns., and it gives me the chance to drive my 99 Porsche.

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