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> Earplugs for 914 Driving?, Plus a fun AI cartoon
Stev914
post Nov 9 2024, 02:19 PM
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Just returned from a very nice country drive in my 914-4. I'm putting it away for the Winter, so this was a great last drive of the year. I prefer to drive it with the top off, and it's about to get very chilly here in Michigan for late Fall and Winter. After owning it for a few months and putting about 800 miles on it, I feel like I am just starting to learn to drive it well. My motor memory has mastered the vague gearbox and the engine really purrs between 3,500 and 5,000 RPM. Tons of fun!

But... earplugs.

I prefer to wear foam earplugs when I drive it more than 10-15 minutes. I actually prefer the sound of the engine this way; I can really feel the low frequencies of the engine. Also, the 914 doesn't really create a lot of noticeable wind noise for me with the top down, even at 50mph+. But I said "noticeable." If I drive for longer than 10-15 minutes without earplugs, I can definitely feel that post-concert dullness in my ears. A simple pair of foam plugs that cut 32dB work perfectly: the same ones I use for operating power tools or going to rock concerts. I keep a little jar of them in the garage.

Anybody else use earplugs?

I've been wearing ear protection for noisy things since my college days of playing in rock bands, and then later in party and rock bands. While playing amplified music, I actually hear better with ear protection. Kind of funny: the sensation of feeling the engine behind me in the 914 is not unlike the feeling of my bass rig behind me on stage. The earplugs really make it more enjoyable... and that's to say nothing of the post-drive feeling of normal hearing when you put the car back in the garage.

Just thought I'd share. I hope you had a great drive in your 914 today!

Steve
1972 914-4

P.S. Here's a fun AI cartoon of my car.
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chmillman
post Nov 10 2024, 12:59 PM
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Well, IMO my 'teener is a bit loud, but not uncomfortably so. Its nowhere near as loud as my '57 T-Bird, and nothing compared to the motorcycle at speed. I wear plugs on the bike if I am going to do a stretch of motorway more than a half hour or so, just more comfortable (wind noise, not engine noise). Otherwise not.
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Stev914   Earplugs for 914 Driving?   Nov 9 2024, 02:19 PM
SirAndy   Anybody else use earplugs? My 914 is way too loud...   Nov 9 2024, 05:28 PM
Stev914   Anybody else use earplugs? My 914 is way too lou...   Nov 9 2024, 06:10 PM
windforfun   Anybody else use earplugs? My 914 is way too lou...   Nov 9 2024, 09:15 PM
SirAndy   [quote name='SirAndy' post='3176462' date='Nov 9 2...   Nov 10 2024, 09:37 AM
Ishley   A good friend of mine had a new 914 in 73. He dro...   Nov 9 2024, 07:52 PM
Stev914   I took him for a ride in my 72 this summer. Mine ...   Nov 9 2024, 08:05 PM
Eric_Ciampa   AirPod Pros have been a game changer. On transpare...   Nov 9 2024, 09:04 PM
windforfun   Why should you have to wear ear protection while d...   Nov 9 2024, 09:13 PM
Stev914   Why should you have to wear ear protection while ...   Nov 10 2024, 08:56 AM
87m491   Just returned from a very nice country drive in m...   Nov 9 2024, 09:52 PM
Geezer914   Ripped out the old heavy back pad and recovered it...   Nov 10 2024, 06:29 AM
Cairo94507   Yeah, on my other 914's, when I was younger, I...   Nov 10 2024, 08:03 AM
chmillman   Well, IMO my 'teener is a bit loud, but not un...   Nov 10 2024, 12:59 PM
bkrantz   I guess with age, and with elevated expectations a...   Nov 10 2024, 09:20 PM
JamesM   When I restored my car this year I covered every i...   Nov 10 2024, 09:54 PM
Literati914   When I restored my car this year I covered every ...   Nov 10 2024, 11:05 PM
emerygt350   I have really enjoyed switching back to the stock ...   Nov 11 2024, 06:28 AM
87m491   I have really enjoyed switching back to the stock...   Nov 12 2024, 09:24 AM
VaccaRabite   For the past decade or so I have been trying to ma...   Nov 12 2024, 10:41 AM
mrholland2   Hearing is a tricky thing. Some ear plugs actually...   Nov 12 2024, 01:50 PM
campbellcj   My car is about as loud as any 914 could get, part...   Nov 13 2024, 07:59 AM


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