Worst riding car you've had/been in?
Discussion
Nickbrapp said:
Close between my old fiesta ST, which you kinda expected to be hard and my step dads current 2008 A6 s line, a car like that has no business having that hard riding suspension
Closely followed by my mums Leon FR, awful ride. And it’s just not needed in a family hatch back
Currently looking for the car with the best suspension to buy
I think this is the point, isn't it? If the car has sporting pretensions, or is intended to perform well off road, we have lower expectations of the ride and can forgive these cars being a bit on the firm side. Indeed, it can be a very pleasant surprise to find a car with sporty handling that rides well too.Closely followed by my mums Leon FR, awful ride. And it’s just not needed in a family hatch back
Currently looking for the car with the best suspension to buy
As a former owner of an FN1, 1.8 Civic, I would agree that the ride is awful - the worst feature of the car (along with the daft split rear screen!) and my car was only running on 17" wheels. I dread to think what they're like with even stiffer springs and on 19" wheels.
And yes, I did have a test drive and the ride was ... ok. Having read reviews, I expected it to not be great - coming from an Alfa 147, it felt about the same. I can only assume that the one I drove was on 16" wheels. I made the mistake of going for the "bigger wheels for no reason" model, although it did also have the advantage of xenons.
I think stiff suspension is a bit of a Honda trait but agree, there isn't really a reason for this on a family car. Which is why I find the popularity of the M-Sport, AMG-line, S & R-Line variants so difficult to understand, although I do have to acknowledge that I made the same mistake by buying a Civic "Sport"!
Aside for a mate's Mk2 Cavalier SRi130 on chopped springs with utterly knackered Koni adjustables way back in 97... the worst I've had by a long margin was my old P2 Volvo V70R. Even completely rebuilt with new shocks, bushes and almost every other suspension and steering component... on anything but billiard table smooth tarmac is was just terrible. The shopping trolley on cobbles cliche is well used but in this case, it's about the closet thing I could liken it to. It was just utterly crap at dealing with broken surfaces, even in comfort mode. It was one of the main reasons I sold it.
stickleback123 said:
Muddle238 said:
My old Series Land Rover, by a long shot. Leaf springs could do with renewing, you can jump up and down on the front bumper and the only thing that “gives” are the tyre sidewalls. Doesn’t help that it’s usually unladen and without a roof, so with no weight it just crashes from one bump to the next.
I’m convinced it would find imperfections on a smooth runway, appalling ride quality....
There has been a fair bit of comment on the awfulness of the Defender/Series Landrover on here, and yet 300bhp/ton hasn't jumped in to tell us all they ride better than Rolls Royce, we are wrong, and our mums are all slags.I’m convinced it would find imperfections on a smooth runway, appalling ride quality....
Has anyone checked in on him lately??
A very very early X3. Totally hateful thing.
Would also declare the Shogun Sport of a similar age as a terrible vehicle but only had the misfortune to ride as a passenger in the back. Awful suspension coupled with no leg depth (knees up by your ears) made far an awful experience.
Would also declare the Shogun Sport of a similar age as a terrible vehicle but only had the misfortune to ride as a passenger in the back. Awful suspension coupled with no leg depth (knees up by your ears) made far an awful experience.
Edited by bobthemonkey on Friday 30th April 22:12
Not surprised by all the m sport / Amg line / s line comments
I test drove a BMW 3 series m sport and se back to back, the latter was significantly better, I can except the compromise in a real m car as you get the performance but in a 320d... No thanks
My lottery win garage would include the highest spec 5 series se I could find
I test drove a BMW 3 series m sport and se back to back, the latter was significantly better, I can except the compromise in a real m car as you get the performance but in a 320d... No thanks
My lottery win garage would include the highest spec 5 series se I could find
ajap1979 said:
Probably my up! GTI. I don't mind a hard ride, but there is such a lack of sophistication to the way the up! is damped, and in particular the rebound damping. A change from 195 to 205 section tyres, and a tweak of the pressures helped, but it can still be very harsh over imperfect surfaces.
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Yes, the only thing worse is to spend £800.00 on coilovers in an attempt to fix it, only to find that it is just crashy in a different way. That’s what I did........
Great car in so many ways, but the suspension is a real dampener (excuse the pun)
2004 Audi A3 sporty one (what ever it was called before S-line).
I borrowed it from a colleague for half an hour. I was actually angry after I got out of it. Speed bumps were wince inducing and the crappy roads of south London shook every squeaky piece of trim.
My old R56 Mini Cooper S. fun little car but got shot of it after 6 months after because of the rock hard suspension and the fact the engine felt it was about to grenade itself all the time. It needed two timing chain replacements in the time I had it. Probably shook them to pieces.
I borrowed it from a colleague for half an hour. I was actually angry after I got out of it. Speed bumps were wince inducing and the crappy roads of south London shook every squeaky piece of trim.
My old R56 Mini Cooper S. fun little car but got shot of it after 6 months after because of the rock hard suspension and the fact the engine felt it was about to grenade itself all the time. It needed two timing chain replacements in the time I had it. Probably shook them to pieces.
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