Question about the Panoramic roof and rain noise

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I know the glass is thicker than a typical sunroof, and UV protected, but how much does this all add up to helping block out the sound? I'm very concerned with rain noise. For example, my current car has a sun/moonroof with a shade I can close. I can tell you that any time it is raining, I HAVE to close that shade because a hard rain is extremely loud inside the car. I do NOT want this type of rain noise in the Mach-E. That's probably what I'm most worried about (outside of cracking it).

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I know the glass is thicker than a typical sunroof, and UV protected, but how much does this all add up to helping block out the sound? I'm very concerned with rain noise. For example, my current car has a sun/moonroof with a shade I can close. I can tell you that any time it is raining, I HAVE to close that shade because a hard rain is extremely loud inside the car. I do NOT want this type of rain noise in the Mach-E. That's probably what I'm most worried about (outside of cracking it).

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Move to SoCal and you won't have to worry about rain noise . . . ;), just being able to avoid wildfires.
 

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I know the glass is thicker than a typical sunroof, and UV protected, but how much does this all add up to helping block out the sound? I'm very concerned with rain noise. For example, my current car has a sun/moonroof with a shade I can close. I can tell you that any time it is raining, I HAVE to close that shade because a hard rain is extremely loud inside the car. I do NOT want this type of rain noise in the Mach-E. That's probably what I'm most worried about (outside of cracking it).

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I would love to hear the rain.
That would mean it was raining here......that would be neat.
 

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I was also concerned about this, but there is no rain noise that I can discern - at least not any louder than on a normal car roof.
 


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I’ve been out and about in a couple good hard rain storms. Can’t say I’ve noticed any noise that bothered me.
 
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I would love to hear the rain.
That would mean it was raining here......that would be neat.
Actually, from what my buddy in Scottsdale tells me, driving in the rain there is pretty scary. As in drivers get all freaked out, kind of like the first day of snowy or icy roads here in Michigan.
 

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Rain? It’s a myth. At least it it in California.
 

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I sold my 2011 f150 in the process of getting my mme. The rain noise on the roof of the F-150 was so loud that when driving at highway speeds in the rain I couldn't hear conversations happening in the backseat.

The difference between my previous experience and my experiences now with the mme are night and day. You have nothing to worry about.
 

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Actually, from what my buddy in Scottsdale tells me, driving in the rain there is pretty scary. As in drivers get all freaked out, kind of like the first day of snowy or icy roads here in Michigan.
From my time in AZ, this is accurate. Part of the issue is that all the accumulated oil that never gets washed away seeps up in the rare rains and makes the roads quite slick. Part of it is that AZ drivers are awful.
 

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Actually, from what my buddy in Scottsdale tells me, driving in the rain there is pretty scary. As in drivers get all freaked out, kind of like the first day of snowy or icy roads here in Michigan.
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Driven through heavy downpours including today. Zero issue.
 

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Man we got DUMPED on last Friday here in San Diego. Came out of the blue, we even had LIGHTING, something you NEVER see in San Diego. I did not really notice it being overly loud, but then again I enjoy hearing the rain.
 

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I have driven through a heavy rainstorm with no noise issue.
 
 




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