Ibiza Rear Suspension?

[yusuf_1977]

As an aside if people start having trouble and complaints as the car gets older it wouldn't be 1 set of tyres older would it?

Tyres make a large difference not just to comfort and noise but also handling. A good tyre will help a bad suspension but a bad tyre... well the welcoming embrace of the ditch awaits those who press hard on poor tyres (or worse). But I guess most on this site know that.

Shock absorbers/dampers what ever you want to call them (if you want to get all physics then absorbing the energy from the system to introduce control or damping does point to dampers but it's personal choice) also make a difference - take a look at the difference in braking distance from worn shocks if you want to scare yourself (and no I don't work for a tyre shop). However I'd be concerned if in 12 months the damping on the car degraded to the point it changed the handling/noise that much.

Drove a few mk5s when looking around and didn't notice any really issues - unlike the MiTo we drove (playstation 3 steering in a car I do not need). Will admit I didn't take the car to the edge - try and avoid doing that sort of thing on the road these days.

Still waiting our mk5 to be delivered - options means long wait given down sizing of the factory throughput........ guess we'll see for ourselves.

i guess you got me wrong it was not the quality of the tyre it was the size of the tyre as 175x70x14 which i am planing to replace with 185x65x15 dude.

Also i would like to inform i am very happy with the steering wheel and etc.

Regards

 

[Tigrian]

Hey Yusuf no offense intended.

We've gone for the 17s which should prove interesting, with less side wall it means the suspension will have to work harder over the rough stuff. Still as the other half says they look nice (oh and there's the bit about less tyre flex, unsprung wieght and all that but to be honest they looked nice)!

The comment around the steering came from test driving the Alfa MiTo while looking for a new small car. The choice came down to Ibiza or MiTo. The MiTo's electrically 'assisted' steering felt like the force feedback playstation wheel my mate has on his PS3 and was way to unlike driving a car for me. Did like the DNA switch though, although I'm not sure why anyone would want the N or A modes. Well OK I can see the point of them but D was so much more fun!

Also on the Mito the variable power assist seemed to be too much for me below 25 with no feel and then artifically high feedback above 30. Braking into a corner only to have the steering go very light without losing grip is a very strange sensation! It was a demo car so one hopes it wasn't faulty....

Other half liked the new fiesta too, until the salesman told her the best colour for a girl was pink and wasn't she being looked after getting a new car. If looks could kill!

 

[Nath.]

As an aside if people start having trouble and complaints as the car gets older it wouldn't be 1 set of tyres older would it?

Tyres make a large difference not just to comfort and noise but also handling. A good tyre will help a bad suspension but a bad tyre... well the welcoming embrace of the ditch awaits those who press hard on poor tyres (or worse). But I guess most on this site know that.

Shock absorbers/dampers what ever you want to call them (if you want to get all physics then absorbing the energy from the system to introduce control or damping does point to dampers but it's personal choice) also make a difference - take a look at the difference in braking distance from worn shocks if you want to scare yourself (and no I don't work for a tyre shop). However I'd be concerned if in 12 months the damping on the car degraded to the point it changed the handling/noise that much.

Drove a few mk5s when looking around and didn't notice any really issues - unlike the MiTo we drove (playstation 3 steering in a car I do not need). Will admit I didn't take the car to the edge - try and avoid doing that sort of thing on the road these days.

Still waiting our mk5 to be delivered - options means long wait given down sizing of the factory throughput........ guess we'll see for ourselves.

Dampers are normally recamended to be replaced at about 40k miles. This of course doesn't normally happen due to the cost of them.

I once had a damper fail to the point that my wife, whilst following me said that she could see one of my rear wheels bouncing and skipping along the motorway. It was a company car with about 50k on the clock. 4 new dampers later the car had a very much better ride indeed. It was like night and day.

On the subject of noise from the rear suspension. My experience from mk4 ownership is that the rain gets into the rubber bushings and makes a noise like wet trainers on a lyno floor every time you go over a bump. I fully expect the mk5 to be the same. I also fully expect the front suspension void bushes to fail after about 40k miles and make clonking noises, same as the mk4 as they seem to share the same design.

 

[yusuf_1977]

Hey Yusuf no offense intended.

We've gone for the 17s which should prove interesting, with less side wall it means the suspension will have to work harder over the rough stuff. Still as the other half says they look nice (oh and there's the bit about less tyre flex, unsprung wieght and all that but to be honest they looked nice)!

The comment around the steering came from test driving the Alfa MiTo while looking for a new small car. The choice came down to Ibiza or MiTo. The MiTo's electrically 'assisted' steering felt like the force feedback playstation wheel my mate has on his PS3 and was way to unlike driving a car for me. Did like the DNA switch though, although I'm not sure why anyone would want the N or A modes. Well OK I can see the point of them but D was so much more fun!

Also on the Mito the variable power assist seemed to be too much for me below 25 with no feel and then artifically high feedback above 30. Braking into a corner only to have the steering go very light without losing grip is a very strange sensation! It was a demo car so one hopes it wasn't faulty....

Other half liked the new fiesta too, until the salesman told her the best colour for a girl was pink and wasn't she being looked after getting a new car. If looks could kill!

hi tigrian

thank you for the information.

regards

 

[RUM4MO]

First new post in this thread for 11 years, hummm?

 

[Legojon]

First new post in this thread for 11 years, hummm?

Yup... and then he started spamming! Booted him. I ask myself why they keep bothering.