Just curious, why is my bass louder inside the car when the doors are open?

Anonymous	Posted on Monday, January 23, 2006 - 20:49 GMT Why is my bass louder,deeper and more powerful inside the car when the doors are open?
Casey Wood Gold Member Username: Southern_bass Paris, Tennessee U.S. Post Number: 1008 Registered: Dec-05	Posted on Monday, January 23, 2006 - 21:16 GMT it allows it to escape unlike when the doors are shut its trapped in
Casey Wood Gold Member Username: Southern_bass Paris, Tennessee U.S. Post Number: 1009 Registered: Dec-05	Posted on Monday, January 23, 2006 - 21:16 GMT not a very good answer lol but you get the idea , theres people in here that can really explain it
jemone m. james Bronze Member Username: Jemone Stone Mountain, Georgia United States Post Number: 40 Registered: Jan-06	Posted on Monday, January 23, 2006 - 21:23 GMT simple , your car is acting like a large ported box( as we all know car manufactures do tune their vehicles to account for road noise surpression,thats also why you have to take vehicle resonace into account when you build a box some times)allowing your speakers to move more air