Earplugs already...... and tbh its great
Earplugs already...... and tbh its great
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CooperS

Original Poster:

4,576 posts

242 months

Tuesday 10th November 2009
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Yep, use my car everyday and with the stage 2 exhaust i gave in.

TBH its not cut out all the noise but just those tiresome noises which is great!

You can hear the radio still and 70% of the engine but it cuts out tyre roar, wind and other general.

Anybody else use ear plugs?

Phil. S.

180 posts

253 months

Wednesday 11th November 2009
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For motorway driving I use noise cancelling earphones, either with my MP3 player or just to block out some of the racket. It makes long motorway drives so much more pleasant, and means my ears aren't ringing loudly on arrival.

TIPPER

2,955 posts

242 months

Wednesday 11th November 2009
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Same as Phil, I use them on long slogs. I bought some from the earplug shop online: less than a tenner and they do a great job: cut a lot of the backround crap out and let the music from the stereo through.

jondude

2,430 posts

240 months

Wednesday 11th November 2009
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I used earplugs for many years when riding bikes, and thought it would be so lovely to drive car and not need themlaugh

I mix it up, though. I have a bog standard S1 and so it only gets really loud if on long motorway journeys.

As I found when biking, the problem is when you get some petrol, or stop to eat.....you either leave them in and have problems talking, or remove them and get so much crap on them they can be a serious ear infection risk to put back in.

More an issue on the bike, though, with its 110 mile range.....

CooperS

Original Poster:

4,576 posts

242 months

Wednesday 11th November 2009
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Ah good, yer, tbh it never really gets THAT bad but it can drone and is nice that my 10 quid earplugs go some way to cutting out the rubbish.

I think that I’ll leave the induction kit for when I’m fully lotus hardened.

plipule

56 posts

295 months

Wednesday 11th November 2009
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My stage 2 drowns out my tinnitus! ears

The Bandit

797 posts

218 months

Wednesday 11th November 2009
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Oh gawd no,stage 2 Lotus exhaust is so droney,buy a decent one wink

danwebster

504 posts

257 months

Wednesday 11th November 2009
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Earplugs....try this as a daily driver....

www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjxtX38v1cM

Chimjunkie

2,879 posts

234 months

Thursday 12th November 2009
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Great vid! Love the passenger clinging on for dear life with two hands on the roll bar strut!!

David Segal

16 posts

270 months

Thursday 12th November 2009
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You're wimps the lot of yousmile.

With my wife, I've just driven our Exige 2,500 miles around Europe (south of France, Italy and through Swittzerland back over three(?) fab mountain passes) - no complaints about the car noises though she has used earplugs for a few years to quiet my snoring. My ears were ringing for a day or so though i have to admit!

The car ran faultlessly - it's now due a service - except for loosing the front number plate on day one to the french autoroute courtesy of a now deceased parrot or similar.