Cars for country roads

mav79

Hey all, i do about 40 miles a day on country roads that have the car bouncing and shaking around, currently driving a 1.6 civic and wondering with the state of the roads around the country what do you find a good car to handle them. Previously had a 98 laguna 1.8 and it was a great powerful heavy car that stuck to the road.

MayoForSam

M1 Abrams tank - but seriously, I have a Focus Zetec with sports suspension and it has great handling for bendy country roads (I am doing a hundred miles a day, half of that over regional and local roads), but the road surfaces are so bad at the moment, its only a matter of time before my suspension goes wallop. No car in the world is designed to cope with the potholes in Ireland.

Matt Simis

Audi S8, quattro and sports suspension.

CiniO

I have a fiat bravo 1.2, and i have eibach lowering for it + strut bar.
Springs work great on country roads. I didn't fit the strut bar yet, so I can't tell how much will it give.

bazz26

Something like a Peugeot 406 or Citroen C5 have a comfy ride.

ltdslipdiff

Or similar......

wildefalcon

French car, steel wheels and high profile tyres.

The french motor industry builds cars for northern Africa - French Algiers, and as a result have a lot of expertise in long travel (deep pothole) suspension.

Steel wheel are much less likely to crack under a severe shock, like a pot hole

and finally, the high profile tyre has a lot more rubber between the road and you, easing the discomfort.

The Honda Civic is probably the least suitable car, designed, as it is , for good roads.

Anan1

bazz26 wrote: »

Something like a Peugeot 406 or Citroen C5 have a comfy ride.

+1. If you want to go fast on Irish back-roads then you need good suspension travel - lowering is slowering. Same for big wheels.

martydunf

Country roads eh? WRX..:D

acier

Given the state of the roads here the Citroen 2CV might be making a comeback.