clarity road noise

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ChrisL said:
Just bought Clarity. I have been educated that Clarity is very quiet car by many reviewers.
Yes, it's quiet but only in the low speed. When cruising in highway speed, the road noise is louder than my Toyota Sienna and Nissan Murano.
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Is it possible that rode noise is louder because there is no engine noise so you only hear road noise?

I have owned several Honda vehicles and they are all louder than similar vehicles from other brands. So I am just guessing.
 
ChrisL said:
Just bought Clarity. I have been educated that Clarity is very quiet car by many reviewers.
Yes, it's quiet but only in the low speed. When cruising in highway speed, the road noise is louder than my Toyota Sienna and Nissan Murano. I feel disappointed for the cabin quietness. Honda usually is not good to make quiet car. Accord is louder than Camry. Odyssey is louder than Sienna too. Now I keep convincing myself that it's just the car for daily commute not a car to compete with luxury brands. Do not have many unrealistic expectations.

Other than road noise, Clarity performs well and looks nice actually.
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I have a Sienna too, the noise level of the two cars are not in the same class at any speed.
 
Of course the electric motor makes no detectable sound, but the combination of 4000 lbs car and tires going across the road arguably makes quite a bit of noise -- and maybe even comparable to a gas-mobile in some situations.

What I find is my town has a few sections of brand new squeaky clean road. Not as much as one would like, but we do have some new smooth road surfaces. When I drive Clarity in electric mode on those surfaces the sound (or lack-thereof) is truly impressive.

Unfortunately, most of the roads I drive on are in relatively poor shape. And so driving on them produces a certain amount of noise. Likely both more noticible in Clarity because it's otherwise so quiet, but also when you drive a really heavy car the sound of the wheels meeting the road can be significant.
 
I just ran a check today. At 60mph in EV mode, but raining, my cell phone app read 85db. I held the phone up next to my face to record the sounds. I'm curious so I'll do it again when it isn't raining.
 
What I find very loud is the fan. I think it is much louder than my Prius, although maybe it is more powerful since it has a much bigger space to heat.

When I turn the heating on and it first starts to blow and full speed, I can't turn it down fast enough. I find the car quite warm enough at one or two bars on the fan. (Bear in mind that I keep my condo at a toasty 63F and the car temperature is set at 65 or 66, except when we have my 87 year old dance carpool in the car in which case I run it up to 68F.
 
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