I'd like to hear your impressions of top-UP driving in your 124, especially if it's an Abarth.
Specifically, when the top is UP...
• how's the noise level at freeway speeds?
• is the cabin quiet enough to have good Bluetooth sound quality?
• are conversations effortless with your passenger?
• would a long drive be relaxing, with regard to noise?
• does the cabin seem visually dark and cramped when closed?
• are the blind spots irritating?
Thanks!
top up coming from a hard top chrysler 200 the noise from the top is loud but is way less than any jeep wrangler or Lebanon soft top i have been in, and definitely not bad. top down i think this car is quieter than my 200 was. there was a section of highway that i never bothered with radio or phone conversations in my 200 and that area seems better.
i have had no issue top up or top down(with windows up) making a bluetooth call, actually haven't made tons yet but not once has someone said yet that they can't understand me.
conversations seem ok, maybe a bit harder than the 200 was but ok.
i am good at tuning out the top noise so not sure a long trip would bother me. just becomes a background drone. though large trucks right on top of me make it annoying.
after spending some decent time in the 124 when i get into my other car now it seems way to big. i actually feel like the 124 envelopes me and feel real comfortable in it. i might feel cramped come spring when i pull it out of storage but right now love it. always love the open feeling with the top down and i feel warmer in the 124 over the 200. i am still running it top down at 60 in the sun, never wanted the top down on the 200 with temps under 70.
blind spots not too bothersome but it is the trade off for a convertible. they are more pronounced than the 200 as i still had rear windows on that. blind spot monitoring and good mirror setting helps eliminate that