Comments on: Audi TT gets ‘Vette suspension, too

By: 1c3d0g

1c3d0g — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 17:46:40 +0000

Eh…#10…my comment *wasn’t* meant as tongue-in-cheek…sorry. :-S I was dead serious.

By: Edward

Edward — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 17:17:25 +0000

MagneRide is ingenious. As an engineering student at a job fair, it always impresses the GM representatives when I explain how the system operates.
That, just before ****ting all ovber their inefficient engines. The line that seems to get the most attention is, “Hell, if Honda had SEVEN LITERS to work with…”

By: Shut Up

Shut Up — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 00:58:04 +0000

by still using pushrods?

By: afkris

afkris — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 22:48:47 +0000

Funny thing is it was originally put on the 2003 50th anniversary edition of the C5 corvette. Four years later the europeans are finally catching up with gm tech.

By: wtfbmx

wtfbmx — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 20:25:27 +0000

funny story

apparently GM was originally interested in the Magnaride suspension for the Hummer brand. You know for all those hardcore off-road H2s. just happened it works on a sports car too.

By: BAMF

BAMF — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 18:35:51 +0000

1c3d0g baaaaa zing!!!!!!!!

By: Bob Down

Bob Down — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 18:02:44 +0000

Dig your ironic sense of humor 1c3d0g.

By: jan trondsen

jan trondsen — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 18:01:25 +0000

1c3d0g gets +1 for the tongue-n-cheek reply! We know who has educated engineers computing Finite Element Analysis and Computation Fluid Dynamics with some level of proficientcy!
C’mon everyone, group hug for the big three! They’ll get it right soon!

Have a nice day,
j!

By: 1c3d0g

1c3d0g — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 17:49:52 +0000

Mike: because most people can’t handle the superiority of American cars.

By: gsh

gsh — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 17:39:28 +0000

MagneRide is actually a pretty ingenious suspension system…it uses electromagnets to generate a magnetic field that can change the viscosity of the fluid in the dampers because the fluid contains atomized iron particles.

By: jan trondsen

jan trondsen — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 17:23:51 +0000

“so, rather than praise a good gm piece, idiots come out of the woodwork to bash 4 other aspects of the Corvette not even mentioned in the article.
why am I not surprised? ”

A:Woodwork? Hardly young man… and take a joke!
Your lifes not THAT bad!
j!

By: MuuMuu

MuuMuu — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 17:06:15 +0000

GM doesnt own Delphi so its not a GM piece that the TT uses its a Delphi part. And the TT does not have transverse leaf springs so it hardly has the Vettes suspension

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 17:02:52 +0000

people complained when GM annoucned investing in a new RWD/AWD six-speed auto tran plant.

Why hasn;t anyone praised GM now for using this suspension?

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 16:57:39 +0000

so, rather than praise a good gm piece, idiots come out of the woodwork to bash 4 other aspects of the Corvette not even mentioned in the article.

why am I not surprised?

By: jan trondsen

jan trondsen — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 16:48:50 +0000

‘Vette suspension?…Does the new TT’s roof rip off on the freeway too?!!
j!

By: wtfbmx

wtfbmx — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 16:44:02 +0000

the magneride suspension, if i remember correct, was developed by Rod Millen. It uses magnets to instantly change the viscosity of a metalic dampening fluid. pretty impressive stuff.

By: MuuMuu

MuuMuu — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 16:38:26 +0000

I want to see the headline “Vette gets TT interior and mechanical sophistication”

Actually the TT doesn’t get the transverse leaf spring thank goodness, had me worried for a moment