Rims ideally shouldn't be any bigger than 18 inches in diameter; 19 - inch alloys lead to
a crashy ride, tramlining and less grip in poor conditions.
The price to be paid for this handling precision is a somewhat
crashy ride over expansion joints and potholes, particularly from the front suspension.
The X1's is mostly polished, though the 19» wheels of our tester contribute to
a crashy ride over the worst of city pavement.
Not exact matches
The Sport is a decent compromise, offering a slightly less
crashy, busy
ride for a bit more compliance along with a greater degree of control and enthusiasm in corners.
The wallow has been replaced by a much flatter cornering attitude, the
ride is firmer but not
crashy or uncomfortable and the whole thing feels very well sorted.
The transmission controls the clutch more positively in manoeuvring than other F1 types, but just as smoothly; the throttle and brake have good weight and feel; the low - speed
ride is firm but not
crashy.
City cars sometimes struggle on
ride quality, but even on larger 16 - inch wheels with firmer springs and dampers, the Mii FR Line feels busy but never
crashy or too unsettled.
I won't call
ride quality violent, but it's definitely on the
crashy side of things.
The 5008 GT is a comfortable cruiser on well - paved surfaces, but
ride quality becomes
crashy when cracks and potholes begin to appear.
Yet the
ride is never as
crashy as the Volvo's, even in the stiffer setting.
The unladen
ride is on the firm side but the suspension takes the edge off the bumps with impressive suppleness and never becomes
crashy, even over major craters in the surface.
Ride quality is decent, but can get a bit
crashy at times.
The downside is a
ride that's always firm, although not
crashy or jarring, and that may be enough to put some potential «daily drivers» off the Type R. Others will love the car for its uncompromising feel and ostentatiously aggressive styling.
On these roads the AMG is best left out of sport plus for its suspension, which makes the
ride thoroughly
crashy and is therefore a smooth circuit setting.
Admittedly, the
ride can be a little bit
crashy over rougher surfaces, but everywhere else the Legacy managed to iron out the imperfections in the road with admirable ease, and a decent job is made of quashing wind and tire roar.
I am anxious to know whether this Honda has do away with traces of «
crashy»
ride and road noise as the earlier H cars were noted for.