Modern family cars that ride smoothly and handle well?
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I'm not sure that a merc is the answer. As far as I know all UK e classes now come with sports suspension fitted.
I ran a '15 e350cdi for a few years and although I liked the car, the ride and handling were crap. It managed to be both crashy and wallowy/stodgy at the same time. Amazingly my 17 year old sheddy accord tourer is miles ahead on both fronts and can carry a lot more speed over a twisty road with less effort.
I ran a '15 e350cdi for a few years and although I liked the car, the ride and handling were crap. It managed to be both crashy and wallowy/stodgy at the same time. Amazingly my 17 year old sheddy accord tourer is miles ahead on both fronts and can carry a lot more speed over a twisty road with less effort.
ZX10R NIN said:
I'd say all cars handle well these days it would help narrow it down if you gave us an idea of budget.
I wasn't looking to buy, but the thread was moved here.... It was a fairly general enquiry about modern cars.
Good handling includes good steering feel, responding predictably and riding well on a bumpy, twisty road, not just sharp steering.
ZX10R NIN said:
I'd say all cars handle well these days it would help narrow it down if you gave us an idea of budget.
They really don't. Cars that manage to flow nicely at speed over a broken stretch of rough country road are actually quite difficult to find. Lots of cars are capable of cornering quickly on smooth roads and some cars have a comfortable ride, but cars that can combine the two are few and far between.
Short of going back to stuff like the 406 which are almost all knackered now, then a mondeo on small wheels does a reasonable job of it. An SE spec 5 series on the smallest wheel option probably isn't too bad either.
HustleRussell said:
What’s the Peugeot 508 like? Handsome thing.
We have a couple at work in estate guise in GT Line spec. Lovely cars inside, very big and comfortable to be in, nice dashboard stereo etc. Ours are 1.6 TDI's so not the fastest things but they move ok. The one real bugbear for me is the a pillar trims appears to be only held in by the rubber seals at either side of them so you can hold the alarm sensor on the trim and literally slide the trim from front to back and vice versa. I feel things like that which would be easily engineered out just let the car down slightly.
Overall though a very nice place to be
The Citroen C5 (especially in Exclusive trim with massage seats and double glazed windows) on Hydropneumatic suspension was also legendary. On extremely broken asphalt (rural Romania) the suspension was maybe a tad bit slow to react, but still supremely comfortable. The road holding ability was also top, once you got used to the slight "wallowing" of the body and the totally disconnected steering (the HP suspension kept the wheels absolutely planted).
Jamescrs said:
HustleRussell said:
What’s the Peugeot 508 like? Handsome thing.
We have a couple at work in estate guise in GT Line spec. Lovely cars inside, very big and comfortable to be in, nice dashboard stereo etc. Ours are 1.6 TDI's so not the fastest things but they move ok. The one real bugbear for me is the a pillar trims appears to be only held in by the rubber seals at either side of them so you can hold the alarm sensor on the trim and literally slide the trim from front to back and vice versa. I feel things like that which would be easily engineered out just let the car down slightly.
Overall though a very nice place to be
snowandrocks said:
They really don't.
Cars that manage to flow nicely at speed over a broken stretch of rough country road are actually quite difficult to find. Lots of cars are capable of cornering quickly on smooth roads and some cars have a comfortable ride, but cars that can combine the two are few and far between.
Exactly. Cars that manage to flow nicely at speed over a broken stretch of rough country road are actually quite difficult to find. Lots of cars are capable of cornering quickly on smooth roads and some cars have a comfortable ride, but cars that can combine the two are few and far between.
MC Bodge said:
snowandrocks said:
They really don't.
Cars that manage to flow nicely at speed over a broken stretch of rough country road are actually quite difficult to find. Lots of cars are capable of cornering quickly on smooth roads and some cars have a comfortable ride, but cars that can combine the two are few and far between.
Exactly. Cars that manage to flow nicely at speed over a broken stretch of rough country road are actually quite difficult to find. Lots of cars are capable of cornering quickly on smooth roads and some cars have a comfortable ride, but cars that can combine the two are few and far between.
CustardOnChips said:
MC Bodge said:
snowandrocks said:
They really don't.
Cars that manage to flow nicely at speed over a broken stretch of rough country road are actually quite difficult to find. Lots of cars are capable of cornering quickly on smooth roads and some cars have a comfortable ride, but cars that can combine the two are few and far between.
Exactly. Cars that manage to flow nicely at speed over a broken stretch of rough country road are actually quite difficult to find. Lots of cars are capable of cornering quickly on smooth roads and some cars have a comfortable ride, but cars that can combine the two are few and far between.
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