Over the past few months, I've had plenty of seat time in our long-term 2006 Mitsubishi Eclipse GT. Overall, I still find it to be a reasonably enjoyable car when driven around town. But after taking it on a five-hour highway drive last week, I'm finding myself less willing to tolerate its elevated amount of wind and road noise. The Eclipse's constant road noise during this most recent long-distance drive reminded me of the similar droning sounds one encounters while being on an airplane. As was written in our May update, I'm hesitant to gripe too much...
The Eclipse is a sport coupe (hatchback), after all. But above all others, this issue is grating on me. Perhaps it's like a married couple – the more time the couple is together, the more niggling annoyances become real button-pushers. Alas, dark clouds happen to be brewing for next week – I'm scheduled to take our Mitsubishi Eclipse GT for a 500-mile round trip to northern California.
Brent Romans, Senior Automotive Editor, Edmunds.com
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