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I have a Volvo V50 D 2005. I have had it for 4 years, from day one the ride is not a nice experience. Due to most of our roads being full of pot holes large and small the drive experience is bad. The car does not ride the holes and there is a lot of noise from the back and front as if the car has not got tyres fitted. It feels as if it is running on just the rims. I have fitted new front wish bones and fitted new shock absorbers at the rear. I have had all the rear rubbers checked out and they are fine. Is it possible that the springs have been changed to give a stiffer ride, however I would not have thought so on a Volvo. Any ideas on this matter would be much appreciated.
I bought a 2010 V50 last year. It is the second-worst ride I have ever experienced in a car I owned (Worst was an Opel Manta). It rides like an iron-shod farm cart - I feel every bump and seam in the road.
Previously I have had French cars, and have got used to a smooth ride and a comfortable interior.
My V50 came with 17" alloys and 205/50 tyres. I am working on replacing them with 16" wheels with 195/60 tyres.
I am also working on isolating the seats from the floor pan with either rubber buffers or a sprung frame.
If I can't greatly improve the ride, I will change the car.
This is the first (and possibly only) Volvo I have ever owned, so it's not possible to make comparisons with other models; I assume they are better or we would have heard about it.
I think this car, like other makes, is suffering from the makers' idea that we want "sporty" cars with big wheels and low-profile, high pressure tyres.
That may be true of adolescents and boy racers, but where do you go if you want a grown-up car?
If you come up with any good ideas for making this car give a smooth comfortable ride, please post on here.
I will do the same with the outcome of my experiments.
Regards
Previously I have had French cars, and have got used to a smooth ride and a comfortable interior.
My V50 came with 17" alloys and 205/50 tyres. I am working on replacing them with 16" wheels with 195/60 tyres.
I am also working on isolating the seats from the floor pan with either rubber buffers or a sprung frame.
If I can't greatly improve the ride, I will change the car.
This is the first (and possibly only) Volvo I have ever owned, so it's not possible to make comparisons with other models; I assume they are better or we would have heard about it.
I think this car, like other makes, is suffering from the makers' idea that we want "sporty" cars with big wheels and low-profile, high pressure tyres.
That may be true of adolescents and boy racers, but where do you go if you want a grown-up car?
If you come up with any good ideas for making this car give a smooth comfortable ride, please post on here.
I will do the same with the outcome of my experiments.
Regards
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