widu13
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
It's down to conditioning I think. I have driven land rovers since the 80's learning to drive in a 1 tonner (101/FC) and I love the noise they make especially with off road tyres. The hum/drone makes me sleepy immediately as I must have spent 100s of hours in the back of them in a maggot getting my head down.On of the most overlooked problems with driving a good 4WD on-road is the noise. Many good 4WDs have more than adequate road performance as such; at least on rural roads for shorter everyday driving. However they subject the driver and passengers to a mind numbing amount of road noise on long road trips, especially on the motorway.
I've just got a Dacia Duster (you may know it as a Renault, or Nissan Terrano) and have put A/Ts on it which hums above 25mph and make me smile every time I drive it. Other than the tyres there is little other noise (it's not a proper of roader) but I know what you mean.