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Originally Posted by Bristecom
Tracks are usually very smooth though unless you're riding up on the curbs. It sounds like the biggest advantage of these shocks is how it handles bumps so I think it will have a pretty noticeable advantage for street. But somebody will have to do a back-to-back comparison to know for sure I guess. Tsuchiya said in the Touge that the car felt immediately different as he started accelerating in how much less roll there was and how responsive it turned and he also said it was much more planted and "not scary" over the bumpy section. Sure, it was mostly aggressive driving but those are all factors that can be felt on the street unless you drive it like a grandpa/grandma all the time.
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Originally Posted by Tcoat
The streets are not a track and track capable equipment is not required. You do not need to drive like a grandparent but the MAJOR benefits are lost unless you are driving like an asshat. Again can you feel it? sure. Is it a huge benefit on the street? No. You make the assumption that everybody that buys the package is at a high skill level and can take advantage of all the aspects of the car. This is the real world and most people driving the car can not and never will use it even close to the capacity it had with the regular parts much less with the upgrade. Sure a professional driver on a closed course says they are better (and I am not saying they are not) but that does not mean that Joe Blow can use them to advantage.
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It just seems silly to say that better suspension is not useful on the street unless you're driving recklessly. Body roll and rough pavement are things you deal with when you turn into the 7 eleven parking lot too, not just at the track or when you're pushing the limits of the car. Comfort and preference comes into play, it doesn't have to be about track times.
This is all premature talk anyway, all of the things being thrown around as fact are just marketing jargon until someone actually drives an equipped model. The only comment on the performance package suspension that I read in a review thus far wasn't even positive
