Here, Krief brought over the 488 GTB's ace
bumpy road setting.
Put it into Sport and the extra firmness is evident, but
the bumpy road setting for the dampers means it's the best of both worlds, with taut body control and a more secure feeling in corners.
(
The bumpy road setting, which decouples the damping while leaving other systems in sport, is one of Ferrari's brilliant technologies.)
It was not a hit and so
the bumpy road sets in.
Not exact matches
Or simply put, the trade
road ahead is
set to get
bumpier.
When a friend described facing this same challenge with her newborn a few months back and
setting off on
bumpy dirt
roads in rural Texas to help her baby sleep, I sent her a neat little tool called the Munchkin Lulla - Vibe Vibrating Mattress Pad, something that I had stumbled across while researching natural tools to help babies get to sleep.
After the
set - up, the
road becomes
bumpy, with the introduction of a needless character in Judd's nympho sister and an equally needless subplot revolving around her affair with the military attorney originally assigned to the case.
Progress on
bumpy B -
roads is restricted by the abruptness of the
set - up, but few cars could keep up on smooth tarmac.
Hit the «
bumpy road» damper
setting, and the magnetorheological suspension backs off on its damping and improves what is already a relatively compliant ride, without ever making the car feel floaty or overly compliant.
So it's far from perfect and on a
bumpy, twisty B -
road in its current
set - up would struggle to match more nimble Japanese and European rivals.
The car is extremely comfortable, particularly so when using the «
bumpy road»
setting on less maintained
roads.
However, on our
bumpy English
roads it's best if you back the dampers off to their softest
setting, where they still offer substantial control but allow the body to remain composed over sharp bumps and undualtions.
Okay, jump out of a particularly well
set - up modern hot supermini and you'll find the Smart's body control laughable, and you spend a lot of time keeping things in a straight line on
bumpy roads (though the car's narrow width gives you more space to play with anyway).
The optional magnetorheological dampers can be
set to an intermediary «
bumpy road» mode when the manettino is
set to Sport.
There's also an Individual mode that's easily programmed through the multimedia screen, so if you're staring through the screen at a
bumpy mountain
road, you can have the powertrain in Race mode and the suspension in the softest Comfort
setting.
Extensive testing and tuning as per Indian
road conditions has been
set out to make handling of 4S fluidic Verna settled and planted, the rear shock absorber equipped with low velocity control valve ensures a smooth ride quality even at high speeds and
bumpy road conditions.
Then there's
road - sensing suspension, which adjusts suspension
settings automatically based on how lumpy or
bumpy the
road surface is, because StabiliTrak looks after horizontal movement, but
road sensing looks after vertical movement to keep you in control.
The springs are stiffer than in the standard car, but the electronically controlled dampers retain their «
bumpy road»
setting, which means it's never uncomfortable.
Active roll stabilization uses electronically controlled disconnecting roll bars so that maximum stiffness in a track
setting doesn't result in a jarring ride over
bumpy roads.
After some
bumpy roads through the countryside, we arrived just as my motion sickness was
setting in.