sport suspension=harsh ride on bumpy roads

[Random Variable]

Why does this always have to be the case?

 

[0roo0roo]

suspension is passive in nature.
maybe when mr bose gets it right..=

 

[Toastedlightly]

And when Mr. Bose decides to sell it for a billion dollars each.

 

[Bootprint]

Isn't sport suspension a tight suspension with very little give?

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Why isn't sh!t like this on a driver's ed test?

- M4H

 

[Zenmervolt]

Originally posted by: Vespasian
Why does this always have to be the case?

Because the more firmly damped the suspension is the more controlled the wheels are and the less they deviate from optimum positioning. It's just the nature of how suspension works.

ZV

 

[sniperruff]

sport suspension = firm = better handling

comfortable = mushy suspension = suck at cornering

 

[dethman]

duh.

 

[91TTZ]

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
suspension is passive in nature.
maybe when mr bose gets it right..=

I have a switch to change between sport and touring. Corvettes have this too.

 

[Stumps]

Of course it is rough, it's a lot stiffer than factory suspension, could be worse..it could the circuit based suspesion that i have in my 1978 Falcon, man thats rough even on good roads, but damn doesn't that car hang on through corners

 

[vi edit]

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt

Originally posted by: Vespasian
Why does this always have to be the case?

Because the more firmly damped the suspension is the more controlled the wheels are and the less they deviate from optimum positioning. It's just the nature of how suspension works.

ZV

That and sport suspensions are usually accompanied by larger wheels and lower profile tires that make for a more jaring ride as well.

 

[Random Variable]

My question was poorly worded. I know why sports suspensions have a rougher ride. What I want to know is why you can't combine the handling of a sport suspension with the ride of of a "softer" suspension.

 

[boyRacer]

Originally posted by: Vespasian
My question was poorly worded. I know why sports suspensions have a rougher ride. What I want to know is why you can't combine the handling of a sport suspension with the ride of of a "softer" suspension.

I dunno... physics?

 

[MazerRackham]

Originally posted by: Vespasian
My question was poorly worded. I know why sports suspensions have a rougher ride. What I want to know is why you can't combine the handling of a sport suspension with the ride of of a "softer" suspension.

You'd end up with too much body roll in corners if you softened the suspension up.

 

[sniperruff]

Originally posted by: Vespasian
My question was poorly worded. I know why sports suspensions have a rougher ride. What I want to know is why you can't combine the handling of a sport suspension with the ride of of a "softer" suspension.

because it is simply impossible. this is like asking how can you get a zero on every midterms and still get an A in a class.

 

[sharkeeper]

You can have your cake and eat it too.

1) Give up on ground transportation. The wheel is like a million years old!
2) Spend a bucketload of cash and have an active suspension built. Whee! Now you can drive through parking lots at 50mph running over parking stops and hardly feel a thing. Of course your wheels and tires are really fvcked up right now...

 

[Ornery]

...because it is simply impossible.

:roll:

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[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: Bootprint
Isn't sport suspension a tight suspension with very little give?

Captain Obvious says it is so.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: Vespasian
My question was poorly worded. I know why sports suspensions have a rougher ride. What I want to know is why you can't combine the handling of a sport suspension with the ride of of a "softer" suspension.

The two are mutually exclusive of the other...that's why.

Oh, and physics...yeah.

 

[91TTZ]

Originally posted by: Vespasian
My question was poorly worded. I know why sports suspensions have a rougher ride. What I want to know is why you can't combine the handling of a sport suspension with the ride of of a "softer" suspension.

Slowly but surely they are.

The average car of today can handle with sports cars of decades past. Put a Dodge Neon vs. a 1970's sports car and you'd be surprised.

 

[b0mbrman]

Originally posted by: Vespasian
My question was poorly worded. I know why sports suspensions have a rougher ride. What I want to know is why you can't combine the handling of a sport suspension with the ride of of a "softer" suspension.

Uh...reread the previous posts. You can compromise between the two--that is, give up some handling for additional comfort--but you can't have all of both

 

[Ornery]

Uh...reread the previous posts... ...you can have all of both.

 

[91TTZ]

Originally posted by: b0mbrman
Uh...reread the previous posts. You can compromise between the two--that is, give up some handling for additional comfort--but you can't have all of both

With newer technology you can have both. Old cars handled like crap and had a bad ride. Newer cars handle good and have a smoother ride. And the improvements continue to be made. Soon cars will handle like the sports cars of today while delivering the smooth ride of one of today's luxury cars.

 

[kextyn]

Look up the magnetic dampening system on some of the newer Corvettes and Cadillacs.

 

[GTaudiophile]

It's not. Drive a BMW