Sentences with phrase «softer damper settings»

Lower and stiffer suspension is designed to sharpen up the handling, although this can mean the car crashes over bumps and imperfections in the road, so it's worth selecting the softer damper setting.

Mercedes - Benz went for a softer dampers setting, even though our test car came with AMG suspension, while the BMW had adaptive dampers with three different settings: ECO PRO (or comfort), NORMAL and SPORT.

It is still frustrating that Honda won't allow you to configure the car how you'd like it, because what you really want is the sharper throttle map combined with the softest damper setting.

The ride, in the softest damper setting, is excellent both around town and out on the open road.

Not exact matches

Body rigidity has been improved, and a special track - biased suspension set - up has been achieved - but customers can switch the dampers back to a softer road setting for nomal use.

The XF SV8 had two - stage dampers with a soft and a firm setting.

Swapping to the Öhlins - equipped car, we first drive the route with the dampers set to Renaultsport's factory road settings of five clicks on the front and ten on the rear (both from a possible 40 clicks, zero being fully stiff, 40 fully soft).

A day spent meandering through backroads conveys an overall impression biased toward purposefulness, not plushness, though the three - mode Bilstein dampers offer a noticeably more forgiving ride in their softer settings.

You can also create an Individual mode, allowing you to have softer dampers but the most aggressive engine mapping and ESP set to «Sport Handling» mode, for example.

For the most time the Giulia at its best, and calmest, with the dampers in their softest settings.

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.

For less favourable conditions there are the «ice» and «low grip» (read: wet road) settings, which make the dampers softer, while regular ASR takes over from F1 - Trac, allowing less slip and activating individual brakes if necessary to maintain stability.

Instead, it has a four - level damper control system with soft (ish) settings for normal road use.

And this is with the softest of the three available damper settings.

Both cars feature Bilstein dampers, though the GTS has standard two - mode adjustable units with a softer - than - SRT road setting and a firmer - than - SRT track setting.

The stiffer damper mode is worth exploring on the road — so often these firmer settings are really only appropriate for smooth circuits — because having a touch more support at each corner does take away the very small degree of floatiness in the body that can be felt in the softer mode, without completely ruining pliancy over bumps.

The miles vanish beneath the M5's wheels with a distant murmur, the adjustable dampers are on the middle setting (I find full soft a bit too soft; even for motorway driving it's nice to feel the surface through the seat and steering wheel) and the chassis feels totally assured; even the seven - speed SMG gearbox shifts much more smoothly than previous M5s and M6s I've driven.

All told, the Spider weighs only 50 kilos more than the coupe (for comparison, opting for an Audi R8 Spyder adds around 100 kilos to the coupe's weight) and, as you might expect, Ferrari's engineers have made various mechanical adjustments to finesse the car for its perceived clientele: slightly softer damper rates (though the spring and anti-roll bar settings are unchanged), a gentler throttle map (more on this is a moment) and specific induction and exhaust tuning to re-master the 458's V8 soundtrack for maximum aural gratification.

They're Dynamic Suspensions Spool Valve dampers from Multimatic, and they use a set of unique, proprietary fluctuating orifices to flow fluid through the shock tubes to better control both soft and harsh compressions and rebounds.

However, as a general rule, if you keep the standard adaptive dampers in their softest setting and select Efficient mode via the Drive Performance button - for tamer accelerator response and less aggressive gearchanges, etc - the M5 bumbles around in a more relaxed fashion than the always more aggressive - feeling Mercedes - AMG E63.

MagneRide ™ dampers offer infinitely variable damper settings between soft (comfort) and hard (sports) extremes, and operate by using a special damping fluid which contains magnetic particles.

Set the three - mode chassis to Comfort, with the dampers and electric - assist steering at their softest, and the big - body Dodge is downright floaty.

Damper harshness, in turn, is adjusted by externally fitted valves controlling the flow of damper fluid, giving the dampers either a harder or softer set - up in accordance with current conditions and driving requireDamper harshness, in turn, is adjusted by externally fitted valves controlling the flow of damper fluid, giving the dampers either a harder or softer set - up in accordance with current conditions and driving requiredamper fluid, giving the dampers either a harder or softer set - up in accordance with current conditions and driving requirements.

Despite the lack of an available air suspension as in some other trim levels, the Power Wagon rides remarkably well on - road, its softer spring and damper settings absorb most rough road surfaces with ease.

Dynamic Damper Control: By instantly adjusting your shock absorbers from their softest to firmest settings, Dynamic Damper Control — available as part of the optional Dynamic Handling Package — allows you to choose a ride that's smooth and comfortable for cruising, or sporty and firm for spirited drives.

Dynamic Damper Control: By instantly adjusting your shock absorbers from their softest to firmest settings, Dynamic Damper Control — available as part of the optional Dynamic Handling Package — allows you to choose ride that's smooth and comfortable for cruising, or sporty and firm for spirited drives.

Dynamic Damper Control: By instantly adjusting your shock absorbers from their softest to firmest settings, Dynamic Damper Control — added as an option or included with the available Dynamic Handling Package — allows you to choose ride that's smooth and comfortable for cruising, or sporty and firm for spirited drives.

The predictive technology enables damper settings on each wheel to be continuously refined between «soft», comfort oriented settings and «hard», firm body control settings; damper pressure on each wheel is monitored 500 times per second.

With the active dampers in their softest Comfort setting, ride quality felt reasonably pliant on the lumpiest bits of road in western Portugal where we tested the car.

The Select Series is a steel body monotube damper with two sets of independent internal valving so you can choose between «cruise - mode» with a soft compliant ride or a firmer «sport mode» for handling performance... all at the touch of a switch!

Best keep those adaptive dampers in the softer setting away from the track.