Why do modern cars/Trucks have such bad ride quality?I drove a 1964 C10 and a 1967 F100 truck recently.Both have factory rate springs and cheap shocks.They ride quality was WAY better than any modern truck I've been in.The difference was mind blowing.Are we going backwards?Do we need to return at 15s?
>>28918793>They ride quality was WAY better than any modern truckKek. This the joke thread?
>>289187931967 F100 is about 3,500 pounds.2024 F150 is about 5,200 pounds.
>>28918793Modern vehicles have handling requirements which typically require stiff suspension, stiff chassis' and low profile tires to achieve. Modern towing demands also require stiff springs and shocks. There are a lot of really nice riding modern pickup trucks out there. Everything else modern rides like shit imo.
>>28918793Modern trucks are built for big towing numbers to advertise.
>>28918795Minor spelling mistake Pic related >>28918796Idk about the f100, but the c10 was 3,321lbs on my scales.I was surprised it was that light.
I borrowed a friend's 75 f150, and it rode great even with an empty bed. That being said, I rode in a ram 1500 Laramie, and it was probably the most comfy riding thing I've ever been in.
>>28918793>Why do modern cars/Trucks have such bad ride quality?
>>28918875Weight was an average.There was extra cab longbed 4x4s in '67 so didnt want to over sell the weight difference with modern trucks.But you could get a short bed step side with a single wall bed that can be carried by 2 people and that truck could come in under 3,200 pounds (even with a big block).People dont inderstand how bad blaot is.That F100 weighs the same as a 2005 Camry.
>>28918793What? My 70s is miles worse than my new one
>>28918930there should be a push not to show off the fastest lap times, but the comfiest lap times.
Safety is why most vehicles are 'yuge' today. A new Civic is bigger than a 90s Accord. If a vehicle needs to be safer, making it larger is the easy button.Newer cars ride like shit because of the big wheel trend. Buy a FS pickup, unless you order the 17/18" steelies, it's gonna come with some twizzler twamp size wheels. There is no reason a modern passenger car sedan should have a wheel that is larger than 17".
>>28919253seriously there should be a standard test track with washboard and potholes and they could put a gyroscope and g-meter in it and everyone can compete for the lowest score
>>28918793>ride quality was WAY betterI wonder why
>>28918793Go ride a solid axle c30 from the 70's/80s' or a late 80's club cab ram power wagon and then come back to ask this question again.
Idk if you consider 1992 modern but my F-350 w/ the solid front axle is probably the worst riding vehicle I've driven
