when you make a 90 degree turn, do you get a draft in your car?
02-02-2006, 08:59 AM
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when you make a 90 degree turn, do you get a draft in your car?
i do, even with all windows up. it's genuinely bizarre, and i wonder if anyone else has this. i can't really put my finger on it. i notice it more when i make a right hand turn with the heat on. the heat will suddenly seem to be displaced by a cold draft of outside air from my right.
i know it sounds crazy, right? i don't have any leaks in my car, and i don't see how this is. i don't have dual climate control on or anything, so that probably isn't it.....anyone have any suggestions? it's driving me insane, and i have never had this problem with any car in my life. it's not like it happens when a 40mph wind is coming from my right, either; it happens in my underground garage at work as well.
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i know it sounds crazy, right? i don't have any leaks in my car, and i don't see how this is. i don't have dual climate control on or anything, so that probably isn't it.....anyone have any suggestions? it's driving me insane, and i have never had this problem with any car in my life. it's not like it happens when a 40mph wind is coming from my right, either; it happens in my underground garage at work as well.
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02-02-2006, 10:03 AM
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I remember being forced off of Turn 1 at Shannonville, in my Civic Si - a relatively fast 90 degree right-hander (normally flat out at about 110 kph in/ 130 kph out for me) by a slow, badly driven BMW 325 I'd been drafting and trying to pass, cutting onto the infield, then backwards back onto and over the track with my wheels locked, and finally facing backwards but going sideways with my wheels now unlocked, hoping not to roll, and grass flying up everywhere and into the car through the open window.
Sure, it was entertaining, especially for me, and I was told two things: I was doing it right and I needed a bit more power!
Sure, it was entertaining, especially for me, and I was told two things: I was doing it right and I needed a bit more power!
02-02-2006, 10:09 AM
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Originally Posted by gdcwatt
I remember being forced off of Turn 1 at Shannonville, in my Civic Si - a relatively fast 90 degree right-hander (normally flat out at about 110 kph in/ 130 kph out for me) by a slow, badly driven BMW 325 I'd been drafting and trying to pass, cutting onto the infield, then backwards back onto and over the track with my wheels locked, and finally facing backwards but going sideways with my wheels now unlocked, hoping not to roll, and grass flying up everywhere and into the car through the open window.
Sure, it was entertaining, especially for me, and I was told two things: I was doing it right and I needed a bit more power!
Sure, it was entertaining, especially for me, and I was told two things: I was doing it right and I needed a bit more power!
does this have to do with the thread?
02-02-2006, 10:12 AM
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I've noticed this in larger vehicles like busses. Cold air is heavier than hot air so you may be feeling it respond to the centripetal forces during a turn (much like water in a glass when you move the glass around)
02-02-2006, 10:12 AM
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Originally Posted by gdcwatt
I remember being forced off of Turn 1 at Shannonville, in my Civic Si - a relatively fast 90 degree right-hander (normally flat out at about 110 kph in/ 130 kph out for me) by a slow, badly driven BMW 325 I'd been drafting and trying to pass, cutting onto the infield, then backwards back onto and over the track with my wheels locked, and finally facing backwards but going sideways with my wheels now unlocked, hoping not to roll, and grass flying up everywhere and into the car through the open window.
Sure, it was entertaining, especially for me, and I was told two things: I was doing it right and I needed a bit more power!
Sure, it was entertaining, especially for me, and I was told two things: I was doing it right and I needed a bit more power!
I can feel a draft in this thread.
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02-02-2006, 10:34 AM
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Originally Posted by jlukja
I've noticed this in larger vehicles like busses. Cold air is heavier than hot air so you may be feeling it respond to the centripetal forces during a turn (much like water in a glass when you move the glass around)
02-02-2006, 10:37 AM
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Originally Posted by frescagod
weird. it's not like i'm taking fast turns or anything, just normal driving in a parking lot will yield strange drafts in my car.....it's pissing me off so much that i want to sell it and buy an '06.
02-02-2006, 10:40 AM
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Originally Posted by YOTH
Air will move inside your car as you change directions like a 90 degree turn but nothing that I would call a draft.
02-02-2006, 10:43 AM
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Originally Posted by frescagod
i don't have dual climate on, so it's blowing 72 degree air front and back, left and right. 72 degree air all around, right? UGH.
02-02-2006, 10:44 AM
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Originally Posted by frescagod
i don't have dual climate on, so it's blowing 72 degree air front and back, left and right. 72 degree air all around, right? UGH.
02-02-2006, 10:54 AM
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Since I have 2 air-freshener sitting @ each corner of the front dash (In b/w the air vent and tweeter), I understand what you mean. These 2 air-freshener smells very light and probably won't notice @ all in normal, but whenever I make a turn, their smell will be stronger and the whole car smell good. I'm guessing the air get moving from when moving from 1 direction to another, and cause a draft of air. However, I would not call this draft of air because it's only draft in very slightly.
02-02-2006, 11:11 AM
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Originally Posted by moda_way
I'll get a blast of hot air from the back seat on a rare occassion....
But I think it has to do with my son farting in his car seat.
But I think it has to do with my son farting in his car seat.
02-02-2006, 11:18 AM
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Originally Posted by jlukja
or your wife saying, "slow down" or "turn here" or "you're going too fast" etc.
Point taken though!!!
02-02-2006, 12:43 PM
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Do you have your vent setting on Fresh or recycled air? If it is set on fresh air, you will feel a draft sometimes.
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02-02-2006, 12:56 PM
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there has been a few occasions where the climate control in my car suddenly blows cooler air into the cabin (i leave my temp set to 74).
going off topic but i like that one license plate fram that says:
"I'm not tailgating, I'm drafting"
going off topic but i like that one license plate fram that says:
"I'm not tailgating, I'm drafting"
02-02-2006, 02:07 PM
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I actually had the same thing happening....but not only in my TSX
and from I've noticed, if you're in the driver's seat, it happens at times when you make left turns, and if you're in the passenger's seat, it happens when you make a right.
I think it's because how the warm air is traveling striaght back to the rear, and when you make a turn, the air's direction change relative to the car's direction (more like the car's direction changed, actually). Nothing fancy really.
and from I've noticed, if you're in the driver's seat, it happens at times when you make left turns, and if you're in the passenger's seat, it happens when you make a right.
I think it's because how the warm air is traveling striaght back to the rear, and when you make a turn, the air's direction change relative to the car's direction (more like the car's direction changed, actually). Nothing fancy really.
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