Ride comfort,...or lack of !!

[Shrodinger's Cat]

I have my tyres at 2.4 bar (that's what it says in the manual), which is 34-35 psi.  Although I don't see how increasing the tyre pressure would make the ride any more forgiving.

[Mr Lees]

I will probably get used to it, the rest of the car is so good it more than makes up for it, maybe i should have stuck with the 17" alloys but the 18" look the part.
I suppose i concentrate on the ride when im stuck trundling along the M1 at 50mph as there is nob all else to do!, once i get on a windy road I can honestly say the ride is forgotten ! 
Plus we have a 1.6 nissan note to ferry people around so we can use that for the ride sensitive types!

[Ollieb7]

Plus we have a 1.6 nissan note to ferry people around so we can use that for the ride sensitive types!

Not the image conscious types then?

[Phil mcavity]

go and trade in your GTI and buy a 1.6 FSI For your wife, then her bum wont get bumped as much (If shes not into that sorta thing) 

[Mr Lees]

only had the car a week! best leave it a while before i swap again, nothing wrong with the Nissan, apart from the badge, lifeless engines , awful leather seats and stupid indicator bing! 

[Hurdy]

I find the ride a little too soft as well.

The only issue I have is the rebound when driving slow over ruttled surfaces or bl00dy cattle grids

Oh no another Cattle grid

BrrrBrrrBrrrBrrrBrrrBrrrBrrrBrrrBrrr

[Mr Lees]

Right, I actually pumped my tyres upto the reccomended 2.4 Bar last night and moved the drivers seat up 2 notches, i usually sit with it on the lowest setting, and the ride is much better? maybe my ass was too near the floor.
still firm, but not as jiggly... the ride, not my ass.

[phope]

I agree, from coming from a lotus exige and before that an RS Focus i find the ride to be very good and not harsh at all! in fact i wish it was harder and a little lower!

Well i've made my mind up - H&R -25mm springs or eibach -15mm fitted and correct alignment adjustment seems to be the solution! Unfortunately the latter i think i'll have to pay full biffta prices at the main dealer as there is no trustworthy specialists up where i live. Prob. keep the warranty secure though!

2007GTI - Hard on the M25!!!!!

Hamish...if you want a local specialist, take a trip to Fife and go see Jim at Star Performance, Kirkcaldy..less than 2 hours down the road

Top notch guy, knows his VWs and Audis inside out and has full laser alignment kit for suspension work...did a great job fitting Koni SSK kit to my old Beetle 1.8t

I was speaking to him at the weekend, and I know he'd love to have an Edition 30 for a few days to examine the ECU mapping.. I'm quite tempted to have it remapped there as well 

[Ollieb7]

Hamish...if you want a local specialist, take a trip to Fife and go see Jim at Star Performance, Kirkcaldy..less than 2 hours down the road

Top notch guy, knows his VWs and Audis inside out and has full laser alignment kit for suspension work...did a great job fitting Koni SSK kit to my old Beetle 1.8t

I was speaking to him at the weekend, and I know he'd love to have an Edition 30 for a few days to examine the ECU mapping.. I'm quite tempted to have it remapped there as well 

Good call Phope - no doubt about it the car has potential to make more of an animal - seem wrong not too. I'll wait on the management front until there's a few tried and tested out there - suspension - the sooner the better!

[Teutonic_Tamer]

, on dunlop sport Maxx tyres ( standard),

any suggestions?

Change your tyres for either Michelin Pilot Sport PS2: http://www.michelin.co.uk/uk/front/affich.jsp?codeRubrique=20060215151339, or Michelin Pilot Exalto PE2: http://www.michelin.co.uk/uk/front/affich.jsp?codeRubrique=20060301144538 - both will give you much better low speed comfort, and both are a considerably better tyre than the Sh!tMa . . . sorry, SportMaxx!