weird feeling with sunroof open

trevor 325i · #1 (**permalink**) 11-24-2005, 12:12 PM

i very rarely use my sunroof cause its a little offtrack or something. when you open it all the way it scratches it but, my drivers side window is messed up it wont roll up or down i have to replace the regulator. well this morning i was smoking and cracked the sunroof about 5 inches all the other windows were up. well a acura integra was wanting to play so i dropped and sped up to around a 100 and when i hit 110 the car felt almost like it was lifting off the ground very strange feeling this has never happened before did the sunroof have anything to do with this?

DuskShatters · #2 (**permalink**) 11-24-2005, 05:28 PM

was it windy when you were driving? at 110.

trevor 325i · #3 (**permalink**) 11-24-2005, 05:29 PM

no not any more than normal

sjpgoalie · #4 (**permalink**) 11-24-2005, 05:52 PM

Meh you might have just been getting a tailwind or something. Just your sunroof being open or being cracked wouldn't cause enough force to make your car feel like it was lifting off. Thats wierd though. I'm sure it was just a tailwind. Or maybe you were going to fast that you came up quick over a small crest in the hill thats all. Im sure its no big deal.

trevor 325i · #5 (**permalink**) 11-24-2005, 05:53 PM

i dont know but it tripped me out a little

Pizdous · #6 (**permalink**) 11-24-2005, 11:46 PM

I would think with the sunroof cracked up it would actually keep your car lower to the ground... so i doubt it was that. probably just a lump in the road.

komet · #7 (**permalink**) 11-25-2005, 09:31 AM

I think it might have more to do with what you were smoking

e30Schwarzes · #8 (**permalink**) 11-25-2005, 09:34 AM

i second that. ^^

haveing ONLY your sunroof open is bad for you ears. i was reading an article about a year ago saying that its similar to blowing over the top of a pop/beer bottle. it creates high pressure in your car unless you crack another window. and you cant hear the damage its doing as with loud music or something. on the subject of loud music... were all probably half deaf anyway from it anyway. so i doubt the sunroof thing will do any more damage...

disregard.

trevor 325i · #9 (**permalink**) 11-25-2005, 07:08 PM

well marlboro menthol lights must have a kick to it then if thats what was causing it

DTM325PWR · #10 (**permalink**) 11-25-2005, 07:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by trevor 325i

well marlboro menthol lights must have a kick to it then if thats what was causing it

matter's whats inside it?

Dogeeseegod · #11 (**permalink**) 11-26-2005, 01:44 PM

The high pressure in the car caused by the sunroof being open may have given your body the feeling of lift, when actually nothing unusual was happening at all. Your ears are what control your balance, so a shift in air pressure may have fooled your other senses. But, then again, who knows what crazy things menthols can do

trevor 325i · #12 (**permalink**) 11-26-2005, 01:47 PM

yea those menthols are pretty stout

so it could actually be the sunroof kinda just throwing my equilibrium off balance

Dogeeseegod · #13 (**permalink**) 11-28-2005, 01:13 PM

Very well could be. If you think the about the way the sunroof being open is having an effect on the air pressure in the car, it could be a very feasible hypothesis.