18-05-2008
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| Hard ride I have been told that with 16 inch wheels, the ride is "horrible" compared to the standard 15". Is that true?
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19-05-2008
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 | Re: Hard ride hope not.
__________________ --------------------------------------------------- Now enjoying my 1.2 Lounge - Crossover Black, Dualogic, Red Leather with Black Amb., 16" Multispoke, Full Fiat Bodykit, Chrome Mirrors. 1st tank= ~48MPG, 2nd tank= ~55MPG and Tank 8= ~62MPG (but i did drive at ~55MPH) --------------------------------------------------- | ||
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21-05-2008
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| 005 Licence to thrill  | Re: Hard ride Mine's got 16" ers and the ride is fine, apart from really pot-holed roads.
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21-05-2008
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 | Re: Hard ride same here 16's are fine 
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23-05-2008
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| Northern Ireland  | Re: Hard ride The ride is awful on all 500's...  | ||
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27-05-2008
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 | Re: Hard ride I found that when I test drove a 1.4 before purchase it was to noisy on the motorway with 16's can't really remeber if the ride was bad. I chose 15's over 16's as a lot of my driving is on the motorway. However I also chose a 1.2 over the 1.4 and I think its also a lot quieter than the 1.4.
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31-05-2008
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| Re: Hard ride her indoors 1.4 on 15's has got a lot better, ride wise, now it's done 1200 miles
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02-06-2008
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| Re: Hard ride It's all subjective really. We've got 16's on our sport with the 1.4 engine, and it all seems to just suit it really well. They're a little louder and harder but it's kinda what you'd expect or even want on a sport model.
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11-06-2008
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 | Re: Hard ride Got 16's on mine and it's fine, no jarring over pot holes or the like. But then again, I also have a BMW on 19" run-flats and the ride is truly awful, so my 500 is like a breath of fresh air.
__________________  LUIGI. 1.4 Sport, Red Leather, Full Roof, 16" wheels,'500' reg., Eibach, re-mapped. | ||
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12-06-2008
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| Backseat driver installed  | Re: Hard ride Tried a 1.3 Sport on 15" and I thought that it was a firm ride with a fair amount of road noise so I was in two minds as to whether I should put 16s on mine. Went for the 16" and found the ride seemed better and the road noise was less which would seem to be the opposite of what I was expecting. I wonder if the tyres have any bearing on this anomaly. I don't know which make were on the demo model but I have Bridgestones on mine and I am very pleased with the overall ride.
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30-07-2008
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| Re: Hard ride Thanks everyone. I have gone ahead and ordered 16" on a 1.2 lounge. FYI - I tested out the interscope and found it annoying - too bassy, and the standard kit is extremely good anyway.
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30-07-2008
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| | Re: Hard ride Nice one. By pure chance I tried a 500 on 15's yesterday. The ride is a little better, but it didn't make me wish I had gone for them over the 16's. As ever, it's personal choice, both have good and bad points.
__________________ LUIGI. 1.4 Sport, Red Leather, Full Roof, 16" wheels,'500' reg., Eibach, re-mapped. | ||
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4 Weeks Ago
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| | Re: Hard ride Having found out my 500 had 3.0 bar of pressure in the tyres, which made the car very very hard with a lot of (and i mean a lot) of road noise, I wonder if that is what was wrong with the 500s with 16"s someone tried when comparing it to a 500 with 15"s?
__________________ --------------------------------------------------- Now enjoying my 1.2 Lounge - Crossover Black, Dualogic, Red Leather with Black Amb., 16" Multispoke, Full Fiat Bodykit, Chrome Mirrors. 1st tank= ~48MPG, 2nd tank= ~55MPG and Tank 8= ~62MPG (but i did drive at ~55MPH) --------------------------------------------------- | ||
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4 Weeks Ago
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 | Re: Hard ride The 16" alloys have lower profile tyres which will make the ride a bit firmer than the 15" ones.
__________________ Brian 500 on order (Breakbeat grey 1.3 Multi-Jet Sport, Full Black leather, 16" 5 "O" Spoke alloys, ESP, Auto climate, Italian Flag Badges) | ||
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