i am no longer paranoid about rattles. are you?
#1
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i am no longer paranoid about rattles. are you?
my other 7 year old lexus has become a rattlebox. started like 3 years ago, now it's louder than ever. moonroof, door panels, B pillar....
but i am no longer annoyed by rattles. I don't poke my head high and low while driving, trying to listen for rattles and looking like a crazy man.
I am happy to say that I am cured of rattle OCD and rattle anxiety disorder.
Thanks to the advice of the internets, I now turn up the music to drown out rattles.
why let rattles ruin your driving experience..............
but i am no longer annoyed by rattles. I don't poke my head high and low while driving, trying to listen for rattles and looking like a crazy man.
I am happy to say that I am cured of rattle OCD and rattle anxiety disorder.
Thanks to the advice of the internets, I now turn up the music to drown out rattles.
why let rattles ruin your driving experience..............
#2
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I am trying to get there as well but I am still a bit **** because my GS is only 2 years old. I find that when I obsess less about the car the more I can enjoy it. I need to stop driving it like some test driver for Lexus trying with all my might to find any flaw, problem , or issue. I dont have kids and i am sure when I do that will change. I will work on it in the mean time
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my other 7 year old lexus has become a rattlebox. started like 3 years ago, now it's louder than ever. moonroof, door panels, B pillar....
but i am no longer annoyed by rattles. I don't poke my head high and low while driving, trying to listen for rattles and looking like a crazy man.
I am happy to say that I am cured of rattle OCD and rattle anxiety disorder.
Thanks to the advice of the internets, I now turn up the music to drown out rattles.
why let rattles ruin your driving experience..............
but i am no longer annoyed by rattles. I don't poke my head high and low while driving, trying to listen for rattles and looking like a crazy man.
I am happy to say that I am cured of rattle OCD and rattle anxiety disorder.
Thanks to the advice of the internets, I now turn up the music to drown out rattles.
why let rattles ruin your driving experience..............
The obsession with stiffer suspensions, firmer shock damping, and lower-profile tires on many of today's vehicles have also added to the problem. The firmer the car's underpinnings, not only the stiffer the ride, but the more chance you will have of rattles developing from the bump-impacts that are transmitted to the body and interior.
However, that being said, cars today are generally more rattle-resistant than ever before. Stronger unibody frames that resist flexing/bending, closer build-quality tolerances, high-quality, reliable robot-welding on the assembly line, and more attention to quality control all have helped play a part.
Try to keep your car on roads that are as smooth as possible. Smooth roads, of course, especially with today's stiff underpinnings, not only mean fewer and less-repetition of the rattles a car already has, but also less likelihoood of developing new ones.
Last edited by mmarshall; 11-28-09 at 07:48 AM.
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my other 7 year old lexus has become a rattlebox. started like 3 years ago, now it's louder than ever. moonroof, door panels, B pillar....
but i am no longer annoyed by rattles. I don't poke my head high and low while driving, trying to listen for rattles and looking like a crazy man.
I am happy to say that I am cured of rattle OCD and rattle anxiety disorder.
Thanks to the advice of the internets, I now turn up the music to drown out rattles.
why let rattles ruin your driving experience..............
but i am no longer annoyed by rattles. I don't poke my head high and low while driving, trying to listen for rattles and looking like a crazy man.
I am happy to say that I am cured of rattle OCD and rattle anxiety disorder.
Thanks to the advice of the internets, I now turn up the music to drown out rattles.
why let rattles ruin your driving experience..............
I was getting tired of so many guys complaining about it. I never did. I've always driven with the music too loud to hear most anything. So does my wife. Her 06 rattles way more than my 07 but she doesn't hear a thing. We both love music and always turn the jam on. I have a sub and amp in my car so rattles don't have a chance. Neither do my ears. JK...I don't play it as loud as the kids but I do push the bass quite a bit.
Welcome to the world of rattle-free driving.
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I think the issue is also how quiet the car is. If you were driving a Jeep wrangler you wouldnt hear any rattles because it would all be rattling.
I still think that the Jeep wrangler is the worst car I have ever had the displeasure of driving. It had technology and build quality equal to that of my moms old Datsun 210 station wagon from 1981. seriously
I still think that the Jeep wrangler is the worst car I have ever had the displeasure of driving. It had technology and build quality equal to that of my moms old Datsun 210 station wagon from 1981. seriously