alohart
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I have not read this complaint previously, so this isn't typical at all.GuyD said:But this car has an unpleasant thrummy/booming noise (like an open window) above about 50mph which really distracts from the pleasure.
A long shot… If this car has 20" tires, early Bridgestone 20" tires had a design problem that caused an irritating noise. Our i3 has 19" tires, so I never heard this noise. It was described as a "whoop-whoop-whoop" noise, maybe synchronized to the driving speed.
I don't recall when the redesigned 20" tires began appearing on i3's, but in the U.S. at least, I'm pretty certain that it was before 2016 models were built.