On Sun, 30 May 2004, Andrew Grebneff wrote: > Unfortunately US-market cars have soft suspensions, which reduces > primary safety considerably, even to the extent of making cars > downright dangerous There are reasons for that, though. In the U.S. we have a phenomenon called "frost heave" that probably isn't common in Australia. ;) Basically, on many of our freeways every expansion joint is like a little speed bump. If you plan to drive one of these roads at 70 mph, you either buy a car with a soft suspension, or your kidneys turn into jelly. Cars with tight sports-car suspensions are extremely tiring to drive on rough roads, and their low-profile tires do nothing to protect their soft alloy wheels from big potholes.
David Brodbeck, N8SRE '86 Volvo 240DL wagon '82 VW Vanagon Westfalia Diesel |
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