Moreover, steering mechanisms of higher efficiency were also more reversible; that is, road shocks were transmitted more completely from the wheels and had to be overcome to a greater extent by the driver.
The seats are low and hard, there is very little cushioning, inside or out, and road shocks ring through you like the starting gun at a poorly attended sports day.
The primary function of the suspension system is to minimize the transmission of road shocks.
Unlike those old boats, though, the SS wears ultra-low-profile high performance tires whose short sidewalls transmit road shocks to the car with more directness than the old balloon-tired traditionalists.
This particular Sierra has a wider, 73-inch track for greater stability, three additional inches of ground clearance, specially constructed Fox off-road shocks with remote fluid reservoirs, and 35-inch-tall BFGoodrich KM2 "mud terrain" tires mounted on 20-inch aluminum wheels.
"When he got here in '05," Bellavia says, "people may have turned off the road in shock at what he said.
Should you change your mind about overtaking, try not to follow the car in front into the ditch when he drives off the road in shock when you suddenly appear as if from nowhere.
It has never recovered from the acrimony of his departure from Arsenal to Chelsea in 2006 and his acquisition of the less-than-affectionate nickname "Cashley" when he claimed he "almost swerved off the road in shock" when he discovered a new contract offer from the Gunners amounted to merely £55,000-a-week.
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