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Ramps - looking for best car

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  • 20-12-2009 3:22pm
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    Tigerbaby
    Registered Users Posts: 574 ✭✭✭


    Folks,

    My back is in bits from driving over street ramps. Currently have a Primera 2006 . nice car but sharp suspension. Looking for a smaller car ( Auris size ) .

    Any ideas what is the most comfortable car in this class. I will be doing 99% city driving.

    thanks in advance.


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    ianobrien
    Registered Users Posts: 2,756 ✭✭✭ianobrien


    Tigerbaby wrote: »
    Folks,

    My back is in bits from driving over street ramps. Currently have a Primera 2006 . nice car but sharp suspension. Looking for a smaller car ( Auris size ) .

    Any ideas what is the most comfortable car in this class. I will be doing 99% city driving.

    thanks in advance.

    I always thought that model Primera had soft suspension. If you think that's bad, don't drive the '00 Primera!

    Maybe just slow down over the bumps, easier on the back and car!


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    langdang
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,864 ✭✭✭langdang


    Get a 1968 Dodge Charger. Best car for ramping.
    Paint it orange, with the confederate flag on the roof.
    Weld the doors shut so you have to get in the window...

    Sorry, couldn't resist that.
    My only serious input here would be that maybe petrol cars would have better front suspension for going over ramps? Diesel engines are heavier so usually would have stiffer suspension on the front to cope with the weight.


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    Matt Simis
    Registered Users Posts: 8,718 ✭✭✭Matt Simis


    Our E39 (BMW 5 series '00 to '04) with its super soft stock (not Sports model) suspension can simply drive over bumps and small ramps I have to slow down to a crawl in other cars for. Too soft for fast driving though.


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    EPM
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    Something French like a c4 might suit. French cars tend to be smoother riding for the most part


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    mike65
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    Yep old and French works with humps.


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    high horse
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    EPM wrote: »
    Something French like a c4 might suit. French cars tend to be smoother riding for the most part

    +1 on that. My old Pug 406 was great on the speed bumps


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    EPM
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    mike65 wrote: »
    Yep old and French works with humps.

    That could be taken in so many different ways:D


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    squod
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    French cars, also don't drive straight over the ramp. Drive diagonally accross them, from the outer part of the driving lane to the inner. This increaes the lenght of the gradient, making a more comfortable journey.


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    Captain Slow IRL
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    Passat or A4 - make sure wheels are no bigger than 16"


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    Tigerbaby
    Registered Users Posts: 574 ✭✭✭Tigerbaby


    thanks to all of you for the kind and humerous advice !!

    Was looking at a C4 to be sure. Will look harder now.

    Happy Christmas.


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    BlackWizard
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    I think the C4 comes with different types of suspension? Don't they have some fancy air suspension and a regular one?

    edit: never mind, I thought you said a C6. But I don't even think that car has what I was thinking about. :S


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    EPM
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    BlackWizard wrote: »
    I think the C4 comes with different types of suspension? Don't they have some fancy air suspension and a regular one?

    Think C4 is springs but the C5 can be springs or pneumatic afaik.


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    Tigerbaby
    Registered Users Posts: 574 ✭✭✭Tigerbaby


    Yes, its good advice to slow down over the ramps. I travel down Blackhorse avenue to work, and it has practically alpine ramps. They are so sharp and severe. Anyways, I used to have a second car, a Yaris, which I loved driving to work in. Some toe-rags danced on it a couple of Christmasses ago, it was a write off. However, it was a far smoother car than the Primera. I could take the ramps at 40kph. I have to drop to 30 Kph in the primera for similar comfort.

    cheers again, and thanks.


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    Johnny Utah
    Registered Users Posts: 2,157 ✭✭✭Johnny Utah


    You'd need one of these for some of the ramps around Dublin:







    bowler-wildcat-jump.jpg


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    NewApproach
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    Citroen have that something-pneumatic suspension which is supposed to be excellent. Not sure about the rest of the car though... Ha only joking! Ive never driven in one but they are supposed to be comfortable.
    Or a hovercraft


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    biko
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F17elcB5CsM


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    Rovi
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    Johnny Utah wrote: »
    You'd need one of these for some of the ramps around Dublin:
    Yep, off-road racecars laugh in the face of 'traffic calming' measures.

    Can be quite entertaining when being tailgated by our backwards-hat wearing brethren in their low-slung plastic creations. :D



    Incidentally, I was told one time that whenever you encounter a speedbump on your travels, that you should give a merry toot of your horn as you negotiate it so that the local residents who campaigned for its installation know that you support and approve of their efforts to restrict the flow of traffic through 'their' area. :)


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    Tigerbaby
    Registered Users Posts: 574 ✭✭✭Tigerbaby


    yes!! a hovercraft ... i love it. and no need to rotate tyres etc. will also try that horn thing especially as i commute past there at about 7 a.m. :D.
    I did see one low-down scobie on that road, man that guy was raisin sparks. didnt see him again. friction on the undercarriage is such a sore thing.

    Happy Christmas y'all !


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    Theanswers
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    Any car with air suspension should be good for ramps. I drive a mates 06 RR at times and she can take the biggest speed bumps at 50mph. We've found the faster you go into them the less effect they have on you!!! I know it's not the car your looking for but anything with air suspension should be good...


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