C Class Sport ride

[fuzzer]

The Ride on the W204 sport is the most compliant steel sprung sports suspension you are ever likely to come across. Its brilliant at making the ride smooth even with the 18" wheels on my car. It makes the W203 sport suspension cars positively back jolting.

When you say bouncy , are you talking french car bouncy like all over the shop im going to be sick soon bouncy , or are you meaning that its following the contours of the road and bouncing up and down without much damping?

If you had the transport chocks in the car it would be hard as hell to drive about in.

What are you used to driving pre W204?

 

[bmoster]

The Ride on the W204 sport is the most compliant steel sprung sports suspension you are ever likely to come across. Its brilliant at making the ride smooth even with the 18" wheels on my car. It makes the W203 sport suspension cars positively back jolting.

When you say bouncy , are you talking french car bouncy like all over the shop im going to be sick soon bouncy , or are you meaning that its following the contours of the road and bouncing up and down without much damping?

If you had the transport chocks in the car it would be hard as hell to drive about in.

What are you used to driving pre W204?

I seem to be able to feel all the contours in the road, some motorways are worse than others. When it goes over a bump say a cats eye then that dosen't seen to trouble it. Town driving is firm but not harsh so I cannot believe that there are any chocks left in.

Previous car was a Vectra which I must say had an excellent ride on the motorway, the C CLass is my first "premium" car.

 

[crockers]

My experience when test driving W204's is that the Elegance model has a far smoother ride. I found the sport model gave me a back ache after a few hours.

IMHO that is - obviously others may disagree..

But both handle much nicer than my W203...

 

[st4]

I seem to be able to feel all the contours in the road, some motorways are worse than others. When it goes over a bump say a cats eye then that dosen't seen to trouble it. Town driving is firm but not harsh so I cannot believe that there are any chocks left in.

Previous car was a Vectra which I must say had an excellent ride on the motorway, the C CLass is my first "premium" car.

Drove a C class sport and thought it was remarkably comfortable and not a million miles off the ride quality in my 211.

I'd go for a test drive in another C class sports car to see whether its your car that has issues, or just thats how C class sports are.

 

[fuzzer]

I seem to be able to feel all the contours in the road, some motorways are worse than others. When it goes over a bump say a cats eye then that dosen't seen to trouble it. Town driving is firm but not harsh so I cannot believe that there are any chocks left in.

Previous car was a Vectra which I must say had an excellent ride on the motorway, the C CLass is my first "premium" car.

Sounds quite normal for sports suspension. The suspension won't allow the car to bounce around uncontrolled and its much stiffer.

This will mean that when you do down a dip or over a bump the car will follow that a lot more than a car with slightly softer suspension.

the only way you will really know is to get a test drive in another one and see how that feels.

 

[Rory]

What brand and model of tyres are on it?

 

[bmoster]

What brand and model of tyres are on it?

Continental Premium Contact 3 17 inch