Although the suspension tuning is distinctly firmer than the sedan's, it's also compliant enough to take the edge
off sharp bumps and expansion joints.
The wide, summer tires (Bridgestone Potenzas, size 225 / 45R19 up front, 245 / 40R19 at the rear) provide plenty of grip, and the firm suspension shrugs off the most tightly coiled canyon road yet still takes the edge
off sharp bumps.
The difference in ride quality between the two cars isn't dramatic, but the M56 gets knocked around a bit on patched, lumpy two - lanes, while the Jag is slightly more effective at taking the edge
off sharper bumps.
The Countryman's suspension does a good job of taking the edge
off sharper bumps, but when we did hit some of those potholes — only the small ones, mind you — the Countryman did so with a rather resounding and undignified crash.
Not exact matches
Limits were
bumped to 25K early, and we do have a good bit of
sharp Falcons money, but we're just waiting this marinate a bit before considering a move
off the key number.»
This means that the wheel stays in better contact with the road surface after, say, hitting a
sharp bump that would otherwise bounce it
off the deck.
Sharp crests and compressions are shrugged
off with disdain, while mid-corner
bumps are steamrollered into submission.
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.
It's only over
sharp bumps that the SVR gets caught
off - guard as the suspension tends to crash through them.
The four - wheel independent suspension in the Lumina sedan takes the
sharp edge
off most
bumps while still delivering a very capable and athletic ride.
The four - wheel independent suspension takes the
sharp edge
off most
bumps while still delivering a very capable and athletic ride.
The dampers also take the edge
off sharp impacts, while the car floats serenely over bigger
bumps.
The front suspension - consisting of short - and long - arms - and a solid axle in the rear take the
sharp edges
off hard
bumps.
The trade -
off is the ride, which is by no means uncomfortable, but got caught out by some of the
sharpest bumps on our rural test route.
It looks and feels like a piece of
sharp rice and you just pick it
off her, but then a few weeks later she gets a large
bump and you really have to dig as it is full of puss first but there is a white lump and you must get it out or it just keeps coming back and gets bigger each time.