While my colleagues counter that our Mini rides firmly because it's equipped with an optional sport suspension, I note that a Volkswagen Golf GTI has far sportier handling
yet absorbs bumps with a smoothness that the Cooper can only dream of.
Not exact matches
The suspension helps the tires grip in the corners,
yet there's plenty of wheel travel to
absorb bumps.
I typically leave the magnetorheological dampers in Touring to
absorb the
bumps from the expansion joints of the highway,
yet separately set the two - mode exhaust to Sport so I can always hear the 6.2 - liter V - 8 rumbling.
The car
absorbs road
bumps, which are aplenty in Cleveland,
yet maintains excellent control and feel in curves and during avoidance maneuvers.
Yet, over speed
bumps and other minor nuisances, the suspension system
absorbs the trauma without telegraphing the ruckus to the driver.
Bill Gray has a favorite diagram, taken from a 1985 climate model, showing little nodules in the center with such labels as «thermal inertia» and «net energy balance» and «latent heat flux» and «subsurface heat storage» and «
absorbed heat radiation» and so on, and they are emitting arrows that curve and loop in all directions,
bumping into
yet more jargon, like «soil moisture» and «surface roughness» and «vertical wind» and «meltwater» and «volcanoes.»