Just how rough riding is the Sports Pak option? - Page 2 - 6SpeedOnline

Sep 5, 2012 | 08:42 PM

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spinecho

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Originally Posted by Speedraser

Spinecho,
Or maybe the roads on Pluto are even worse than those in the Northeast US.

Ha! Pluto, rural Ontario, one and the same. Take your frost heaves, multiply a few times over, hear loud sucking noise of my tax dollars disappearing into Toronto to maintain their roads and not mine, and you get the idea.

Sep 7, 2012 | 09:41 PM

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FatFrank

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Originally Posted by sunir

On my DB9 the sport pack feels awesome, very stiff, car sits lower, is much tighter and really transforms the car, with that and the manual gearbox it makes it much more or a sports car rather the simply a GT ... You do feel everything on the road, so in the city maybe not best but for spirited driving and corner carving even on a bigger car like the DB series, Aston got it just right with the sport pack!

I am actually impressed with how well-rounded the Sports pack is on my DB9, I'd actually swear it was more compliant than the 2012 550 Beamer that I borrowed the other week. I'd supposed that the V8V pack must be a completely different set-up from the comments here and was pretty surprised to read that you "feel everything on the road" in your 9 Sunir?

FF

Last edited by FatFrank; Sep 7, 2012 at 09:46 PM. Reason: Incomplete comment

Sep 7, 2012 | 11:09 PM

#18

Jay_Davis

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Originally Posted by Speedraser

Spinecho,
The standard 4.7 suspension gives the best ride quality of the V8Vs.

I agree. That's what I have and its great as a daily driver on the roads around here.

Sep 11, 2012 | 06:55 PM

#19

sunir

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Originally Posted by FatFrank

Yeah it's not unbearable by any means; it's just a nice stiff sporty ride. I really love the sport pack it totally transforms the DB9 into a great handling car and with the 6speed gearbox it's more of a sports car then a soft tourer. I do feel almost everything but then again I sit with the seat low and maybe the roads are not as good so I feel more, on the highways not so much at all, or who knows maybe I just have a boney **** lol!!