• Noxy@pawb.social
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    6 days ago

    bigger cars react worse to speed bumps, not better.

    more mass is more inertia to dampen.

    more height is more leverage you feel sitting up higher.

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      6 days ago

      A lifted Ford Ranger Raptor doesn’t even need to brake for them.

      A lowered hot hatch at the same speed goes airborne.

      It’s all about the amount of travel on the shock absorbers. Small and sporty cars have almost none.

      The “more mass = more intertia to dampen” rule doesn’t come into play until it’s your face absorbing the radiator grill.

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        6 days ago

        If you’re driving a truck over a speed bump at a speed that would launch a hatchback into the air, you are driving way too fucking fast over that speedbump.