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Mon 19 Oct 2009 21:22

Car suspension and speed bumps - jsc

I live in a city with many speed bumps. Are any common cars better for coping with these whilst maintaining observation of speed limits? I don't mean 4x4s etc just ordinary bog standard estates or saloons.

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Mon 19 Oct 2009 21:25

Car suspension and speed bumps - bell boy

i was in a merc 190 the other day and it just wafted over them
bumped my head getting out of the thing mind

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Mon 19 Oct 2009 21:42

Car suspension and speed bumps - martint123

Anything with hydraulic or pneumatic spheres instead of springs.
Any of the hydraulic sprung Citroens (Xantia, C5, C6, etc) or an S-Class with the air suspension

Or anything French of 10 years ago or more.

Edited by martint123 on 19/10/2009 at 21:44

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Mon 19 Oct 2009 21:56

Car suspension and speed bumps - gordonbennet

A few spring to mind (Mart123 is right about the French)....Nissan Note, Berlingo and old shape Picasso (same car underneath), older MB's on 15" 65 aspect tyres, 306 and 406, older Hyundai Accents...in fact probably many of the older designed Korean cars on high profile tyres now i think of it.

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