Improving ride quality
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Improving ride quality
Hi All,
I've inherited a Mazda 2 'Black edition from 2011. It's a nice car and it goes, stops and handles well. I'm inclined to keep it and use it for 'junk' miles - my daily trip to work, as it's economical to run.
The only thing that I find rather hard going, is that on roads with pot-holes - which are increasingly becoming commonplace, I notice every lump and bump. On smooth roads, the car is great - but not many roads are like this nowadays.
The car has 195/45 R16 tyres (which were/are standard fitting to this model) and I was wondering if it might be possible/sensible, to have a higher profile tyre fitted to the existing alloy wheels, or to get some 2nd hand 15 inch wheels and fit a higher profile tyre which keeps the rolling radius the same and will provide a higher degree of ride comfort ?
I've inherited a Mazda 2 'Black edition from 2011. It's a nice car and it goes, stops and handles well. I'm inclined to keep it and use it for 'junk' miles - my daily trip to work, as it's economical to run.
The only thing that I find rather hard going, is that on roads with pot-holes - which are increasingly becoming commonplace, I notice every lump and bump. On smooth roads, the car is great - but not many roads are like this nowadays.
The car has 195/45 R16 tyres (which were/are standard fitting to this model) and I was wondering if it might be possible/sensible, to have a higher profile tyre fitted to the existing alloy wheels, or to get some 2nd hand 15 inch wheels and fit a higher profile tyre which keeps the rolling radius the same and will provide a higher degree of ride comfort ?
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Hi All,
I've inherited a Mazda 2 'Black edition from 2011. It's a nice car and it goes, stops and handles well. I'm inclined to keep it and use it for 'junk' miles - my daily trip to work, as it's economical to run.
The only thing that I find rather hard going, is that on roads with pot-holes - which are increasingly becoming commonplace, I notice every lump and bump. On smooth roads, the car is great - but not many roads are like this nowadays.
The car has 195/45 R16 tyres (which were/are standard fitting to this model) and I was wondering if it might be possible/sensible, to have a higher profile tyre fitted to the existing alloy wheels, or to get some 2nd hand 15 inch wheels and fit a higher profile tyre which keeps the rolling radius the same and will provide a higher degree of ride comfort ?
I've inherited a Mazda 2 'Black edition from 2011. It's a nice car and it goes, stops and handles well. I'm inclined to keep it and use it for 'junk' miles - my daily trip to work, as it's economical to run.
The only thing that I find rather hard going, is that on roads with pot-holes - which are increasingly becoming commonplace, I notice every lump and bump. On smooth roads, the car is great - but not many roads are like this nowadays.
The car has 195/45 R16 tyres (which were/are standard fitting to this model) and I was wondering if it might be possible/sensible, to have a higher profile tyre fitted to the existing alloy wheels, or to get some 2nd hand 15 inch wheels and fit a higher profile tyre which keeps the rolling radius the same and will provide a higher degree of ride comfort ?
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