bumpiest car

emmemm

my vote goes to my nissan primera.
its great on an even surface but when the road deteriorates it nearly lands you in the ditch.Anyone one with the same problem?

Furp

Yep My 1.8 Primera is the same realy nice and smooth, you can go over small dents in the road i.e. somthing smaller then the tyre but as soon as you hit anyhting else even a small level change running across the road it feels like the engine is about to fall out of the car.

Actually it was only this morning that i was thinking that it seemed to be more bone shattering then usual.

I think though its a case of having a hard suspension setup and in my case the wheels which are the standard 1.8 alloys with the 225-50 R16 which are fairly wide i think when compared to standard on other similar cars.

Apart from that I like my Primera I like the way it looks and think it could be improved a lot by de badging, the only thing i don't like that much is the interior.

MarkR

My wee starlet. I lowered it and the springs are fcuking HARSH! I've been in lots of modded cars, and mine is the hardest i'ce come across. Think i'll keep standard on my next car. For a while.

mudflapgirl

My ole punto used to be fierce for it - backseat passengers always got it worse. Nearly missed it for a while after I got my new car - wasn't used to the feeling of not bouncing down the road. It seems to be a punto thing I still see them bouncing along. It didn't matter how smooth or rough the road was (though obviously rougher roads were worse)

/me wipes tear of rememberence

Discovering

I got a new mini cooper s.

This car has a lower and stiffer suspension than the standard car, add to that the run flat tyres and you got one real bumpy car.

Probably not as bad as your cars but for a new car it is quite suprising.

Still a great car though!

smokey2

MarkR wrote:

My wee starlet. I lowered it and the springs are fcuking HARSH! I've been in lots of modded cars, and mine is the hardest i'ce come across. Think i'll keep standard on my next car. For a while.

it's got to do with your make of lowering springs used!!

some are really harsh and just lower the car and others are more comfortable!! a good tip is you get what you pay for!!

as for primeras I've ona and it's lowered with 17s and it's actually smooth on the road!! what models you got emmemm and Furp???

Furp

Smokey2 I have a 2000 Primera 1.8 ex Saloon in Silver, it has skirts and front and rear lower spoilers I'm pretty sure that these are standard on thet mopdel though.

Its a good car and i like it but i bought it more for having a family reliable car rather than anyhting else.

I'd love to get under the engine though and make some changes its already quite powerful but i'd like to put in a new air intake and exhaust plus a few other things but i don't think i will be doing that anytime soon.

mike65

I 've never had a truely smooth-riding car and I'm not sure such a thing can exist on Irish streets...but the worst so far was a horrid 1980 Ford Escort 1.3 with the imfamous CVH engine. The ride was in every respect poor and not cos it handled well. The pre-production car was praised for its smooth ride but then the 1979/1980 ressesion hit and Ford ditched the intended design and went for something very cheap to manufacture.

Mike.

BrianD3

It isn't only sporty cars and those with lowered suspension that are uncomfortable. I sometimes drive a Mitsubishi crew cab jeep and the ride comfort is far worse than any other vehicle I've been in. It manages to be hard and bouncy at the same time. Terrible.

I've driven/been driven in a few smooth riding cars in my time though. The best was probably a Jag XJ6 (XJ40 version) followed by numerous Peugeots, Renaults and Citroens. French cars have a great rep for comfort - fully justified in my opinion, they really do slaughter most of the opposition in this respect.

BrianD3

jayok

For road noise and rough rides, try a Civic Type R. At 60mph over a rough road, it's like standing in a wind tunnel :eek:

Great for ignore the girlfriend though!!

smokey2

Furp wrote:

Smokey2 I have a 2000 Primera 1.8 ex Saloon in Silver, it has skirts and front and rear lower spoilers I'm pretty sure that these are standard on thet mopdel though.

Its a good car and i like it but i bought it more for having a family reliable car rather than anyhting else.

I'd love to get under the engine though and make some changes its already quite powerful but i'd like to put in a new air intake and exhaust plus a few other things but i don't think i will be doing that anytime soon.

I've the older model 1.8 the P10 but it's got the same gear underneath as yours!!

I got mine as a family car also but it had the 17s when I got it and I done the rest out of habit of modifying cars!!

I've a k&n air filter and nismo freeflow exhaust system!!

flushed boot and the bumper extensions!!

pair of reclining bucket seats and a full sound system with 2 12" subwoofers in the boot 2 way component speakers up front and a mid level pioneer mp3 sterio!! quite the job I must say!!

klaus23

I've got a Fiat Punto HGT (130 bhp) which is lowered and stiffened by the manufacturer. It's a bumpy, jiggly ride in this car, but it has to be otherwise there'd be a lot of body roll (as in the standard Punto) and heaps of oversteer if you even touch the accelerator.

emmemm

Thanks for replies.I have a Primera 1.6 saloon 2000. Hit bumps at 50mph and the car can jump across the road!
Anyone know the best way to rectify this and the likely cost?

mike65

You could try some gas shocks rather than oil-filled which the standard ones almost certainly are. Although your car should'nt have brittle suspension bushes it might just be worth changing them if the shocks dont make things as smooth as you want.

Mike.

unkel

BrianD3 wrote:

French cars have a great rep for comfort - fully justified in my opinion, they really do slaughter most of the opposition in this respect.

Not sure about the slaughter or French cars in general - a lot of them are just wobbly

Have to agree that Citroen has the edge but only on their cars with hydropneumatic suspension. Unbeatable indeed on potholed country lanes or when you burst your tyre as CDG found out and lived

Jaysis, can you imagine it'll be 50 years this time next year since the introduction of the DS?

There's a '54 Bentley in the car park at work and the model looks decades older than even the earliest DS

mike65

I ran a BX for a couple of years and found it a mixed bag, the hydro suspension is easily upset over urban surfaces and I found at speed it could be a bit sloppy/boaty. Maybe mine was'nt as well set up as it could have been...a Pug 305 I used to drive in work was overall much better.

Mike.

unkel

mike65 wrote:

I ran a BX for a couple of years and found it a mixed bag, the hydro suspension is easily upset over urban surfaces and I found at speed it could be a bit sloppy/boaty. Maybe mine was'nt as well set up as it could have been...

The hydro in the BX was inferior

If you came from other Citroëns, most notably CX or DS, you might be disappointed. Citroën—to save room in the engine compartment but also for economical reasons, to share some components with Peugeots—redesigned the front suspension

from
here

But then again the BX was designed by the same dude that did the Lamborghini Countach :eek: