Sound-absorbing front door glass (laminated) vs. non-laminated noise level

[smokey_mountain]

Hope folks here can speak. In another Telly group I saw an opinion from people that compared both that S trim is noticeably noisier than EX at 60+ MPH due to non-soundabsorbing glass. Somehow, I missed that S comes without sound-absorbing glass, everything else in S fits my bill. We do drive 12-hour roundtrips 2-3 times a month on highways and our Tahoe was quietest vehicle at 80mph and noise at highway speeds will be a big problem for us. Has anyone compared S with EX directly? What was the difference in noise levels?

 

[2020Telly]

I have an S with 50k miles from many road trips and I guess I don’t know what I’m missing because the noise level seems acceptable to me. Because it is larger and more vertical it is noisier than my car, but I feel about the same as my minivan was.

I’m waiting for the glass that absorbs noise from inside my car.

 

[Visvism]

I have an S with 50k miles from many road trips and I guess I don’t know what I’m missing because the noise level seems acceptable to me. Because it is larger and more vertical it is noisier than my car, but I feel about the same as my minivan was.

I’m waiting for the glass that absorbs noise from inside my car.

That's called noise cancelling headphones lol.

Note: I do not advise that any driver wear noise cancelling headphones while driving.

 

[smokey_mountain]

I have a great dealer who is helping me out and willing to re-order the EX. I test drove EX and SX and those were the quietest vehicles I ever was in. My mass-loaded vinyl treated Sienna was very quiet after 140 hours of labor, quieter than my Lexus but EX/SX were very close, thus my questions.