I’ve torn the entire dash out of multiple cars to chase down rattles/squeaks. Turning the radio up only goes so far.

On stuff that’s really old it’s just part of the experience.

Yes, so much, but I keep buying miatas so i’m basically cursed with dealing with it.

I hit components like Han Solo in the Falcon. There, see, it stopped

My old FR-S would rattle like a USGI 1911A1, but I couldn’t really hear it over the loud music and the shrieking tires.

Abso-freaking-lutely.

I have torn car interiors down to the bare metal to find offending noises. Sometimes they’re caused by crazy stuff, like on one 92 BMW 525i where a creak in the rear parcel shelf was being caused by two sheets of metal where the spot welds had popped (from hard driving and chassis flex). I had to sit in the bare metal rear seat area of the car while a friend drove me around some intentionally awful roads while I poked everything. I drilled a bunch of holes and used some bolts to fasten the sheetmetal together, problem solved.

My current daily driver is a 2003 BMW 530i with 316,000 miles, and it thankfully does not have a single rattle or squeak. I religiously condition/lubricate the rubber door seals with Gummi Pflege, lubricate the latches and hinges with white lithium grease, and condition the leather seats, all to reduce squeaking. The other day I noticed my clutch pedal was starting to creak when depressed, so I took off the kick panel and lubricated all the pivot points, it’s nice and quiet now.

The key is to stay on top of the rattles and squeaks, because if I let them accumulate I get angry and end up selling the car. Wind noise is also a big no-no, I have to have the windshield sealed up perfectly and the window + sunroof seals need to be perfect so I can drive 90mph in complete silence.

Next up is replacing all 4 wheel bearings because I’m starting to be able to hear them at certain speeds and that bothers me.

I hate rattles, they ruin my driving experience.

I’ve used quite a bit of energy on fixing rattles on the shitty cars I can afford.

Chassis creaks I also hate, but they are harder to fix.

Absolutely hate them , my Renault drives me nuts on inner Sydney roads .

I’ve practically given up after 5 years of enduring it with my ‘19 Jetta. I won some battles but I definitely lost the war. I’ll just have to make sure my next car doesn’t have it.

I drove a 2000 Jeep Cherokee for 4 years so I’m broken of being bothered by rattles of any kind

First time I drove a giardo I thought it felt like a kit car.

Till I opened it up.

Hate it, glad my car doesn’t have any. Drove a car not to long ago that started to rattle everywhere when there was to much bass in a song and it killed the whole music

Audi quoted me $450 an hour to diagnose a rattle in my door on the R8

I liked driving with the windows down more anyways

My ex husband was obsessive about them. Me? Crank up the tunes and forget about it!!!

Not too much. I don’t like it but I am not some weird anal freak about it. I have better things to do with my time, and I also have a diamond audio amp and components to help. The amp and sub also help.

I always pack my truck a few days before any road trip and drive it to work so I can take care of any gear rattling. I will not drive with a rattle, I have to fix it.

My last car had speaker rattle and I had the dealer take the doors apart to fix it because I hated it so much.