Incubaker

As I was driving around sunny Southern California, running errands with my windows open, blasting music, I realized that at each stoplight my music was too loud, so I would turn it down. Then, when I started again, the music would be too quiet. I did some research and found that the cars already have a system to compensate for this. Lexus and Toyota have “auto sound leveling” which I did not know that I had on my prius. I tested it out and it seems as though it does not compensate for having the windows open- only for speed. I still have to turn the volume up when I open my windows, and sometimes even when I enter the freeway. Hopefully we see more speed related options coming out on cars. For example: the windows rolling up and A/C turning on at a certain speed.

Another way of improving this would be to have different “environment settings”. Now cars have memory settings for seats and GPS software, but not yet for A/C, sound and windows which each affect each other (when one is changed, the other two are usually changed as well). It would be nice if you could simply press a button to open the windows, turn off the A/C and pump the TUNES!