Raymond6
13-02-2007, 06:12 PM
In an article just published on The Hero website Autospeed Julian Edgar is would have could be said to be fairly critical of the new Holden Astra SRi in the past the Rcolts have been criticized for their ride over corrugated roads or over the concrete goat tracks that make up a large proportion of city roads but in comparison to the Sri's handling and ride wows their nothing.
A quick fix for the Rcolts ride in the city is to get a good tire pressure gauge and drop the tire pressure to 34 to 35 psi. Mark my words it makes a big difference in ride quality.
Anyway read below a quote from Autospeeds article on the Astra SRi Turbo
In addition to self-adjusting to the conditions, a driver over-ride Sport button is provided on the dash. Pressing it alters the electronic throttle gain, changes the steering assist and stiffens-up the dampers. But whatever the damping firmness selected, the ride jiggles and crashes over typically rough Australian urban roads manhole covers and filler strips – it feels as if the 40 series tyres are simply too low in profile for the rest of the suspension tune.
In fact, we think that the engineers have got the ride seriously wrong: over long wavelength bumps, the ride can wallow, while with the Sports button pressed, harshness is high. At the time we had the Astra we also had a Mitsubishi Colt Ralliart – despite having stiffer suspension (and vastly better handling!), the exemplary damping of the Colt made its ride consistently more acceptable than the Astra.
Click on this link if you wish to read the rest of the article
http://autospeed.drive.com.au/cms/A_108019/article.html
Then what did the Hero's at Autospeed have to say about our Rcolt
Quote:
For starters
The best small sporting car you can buy
Then later in the article Julian Edgar said
On a twisting road the Colt feels absolutely planted. The precision and weight of the steering, the millimetre-accurate placement that is easily achieved, and the grip provide by the 205/45 ZR Pirelli Dragons being worn on 16 x 6.5 inch wheels all mean that it’s easy to be embarrassed by your driving. Embarrassed? Yep, because at the end of the what you thought was a demanding section being taken fast, you wonder why the hell you hadn’t been entering every corner 10 or 15 or even 20 km/h faster... such was the ease with which the Ralliart Colt had been doing it.
Click on this link if you wish to read the rest of the article
http://autospeed.drive.com.au/cms/A_108017/article.html
Another win for the Rcolt::)
A quick fix for the Rcolts ride in the city is to get a good tire pressure gauge and drop the tire pressure to 34 to 35 psi. Mark my words it makes a big difference in ride quality.
Anyway read below a quote from Autospeeds article on the Astra SRi Turbo
In addition to self-adjusting to the conditions, a driver over-ride Sport button is provided on the dash. Pressing it alters the electronic throttle gain, changes the steering assist and stiffens-up the dampers. But whatever the damping firmness selected, the ride jiggles and crashes over typically rough Australian urban roads manhole covers and filler strips – it feels as if the 40 series tyres are simply too low in profile for the rest of the suspension tune.
In fact, we think that the engineers have got the ride seriously wrong: over long wavelength bumps, the ride can wallow, while with the Sports button pressed, harshness is high. At the time we had the Astra we also had a Mitsubishi Colt Ralliart – despite having stiffer suspension (and vastly better handling!), the exemplary damping of the Colt made its ride consistently more acceptable than the Astra.
Click on this link if you wish to read the rest of the article
http://autospeed.drive.com.au/cms/A_108019/article.html
Then what did the Hero's at Autospeed have to say about our Rcolt
Quote:
For starters
The best small sporting car you can buy
Then later in the article Julian Edgar said
On a twisting road the Colt feels absolutely planted. The precision and weight of the steering, the millimetre-accurate placement that is easily achieved, and the grip provide by the 205/45 ZR Pirelli Dragons being worn on 16 x 6.5 inch wheels all mean that it’s easy to be embarrassed by your driving. Embarrassed? Yep, because at the end of the what you thought was a demanding section being taken fast, you wonder why the hell you hadn’t been entering every corner 10 or 15 or even 20 km/h faster... such was the ease with which the Ralliart Colt had been doing it.
Click on this link if you wish to read the rest of the article
http://autospeed.drive.com.au/cms/A_108017/article.html
Another win for the Rcolt::)