Suspension questions for Equus Owners

[flyboy2]

How does the ride compare on bumpy city back roads? I have the 4.6 Genesis and might consider a change.

Can you elaborate on the suspension system and how you are able to change it.

THx

 

[BacktoHyundaibychoice]

How does the ride compare on bumpy city back roads? I have the 4.6 Genesis and might consider a change.

Can you elaborate on the suspension system and how you are able to change it.

THx

Like night and day. I actually liked the Gen's ride for the most part, though some concrete streets were rough. The Equus exhibits none of the harshness, or at worst, the harshness is greatly diminished.
I don't know if that's due to the air suspension, increased weight (400lbs?), different tires, or a combo platter of all.

As for changing it, the manual is very vague on the matter. It says to use 'sport' on twisty-windy roads or at highway speeds. I understand the twisty roads, but don't know why I'd want to do that on the highway.

Ride height is so vague that I called Hyundai for an explanation: it says to raise the vehicle on 'rough' roads, and that the suspension will lower automatically at 100 MPH. It adds that "low" can't be selected manually (though high and normal can be). Hyundai is 'researching' the question and will get back to me...

Bottom line, it is a totally different experience so far (all good).

Oh: if you do test one, bring a tire gauge with you. If they're above 30 they're overinflated and won't give you the true picture.

 

[ctrcbob]

Like night and day. I actually liked the Gen's ride for the most part, though some concrete streets were rough. The Equus exhibits none of the harshness, or at worst, the harshness is greatly diminished.
I don't know if that's due to the air suspension, increased weight (400lbs?), different tires, or a combo platter of all.

As for changing it, the manual is very vague on the matter. It says to use 'sport' on twisty-windy roads or at highway speeds. I understand the twisty roads, but don't know why I'd want to do that on the highway.

Ride height is so vague that I called Hyundai for an explanation: it says to raise the vehicle on 'rough' roads, and that the suspension will lower automatically at 100 MPH. It adds that "low" can't be selected manually (though high and normal can be). Hyundai is 'researching' the question and will get back to me...

Bottom line, it is a totally different experience so far (all good).

Oh: if you do test one, bring a tire gauge with you. If they're above 30 they're overinflated and won't give you the true picture.

Question for you (A horse is a horse, of course of course)

If you buy one, will you name it "Mister Ed"?

 

[BacktoHyundaibychoice]

Question for you (A horse is a horse, of course of course)

If you buy one, will you name it "Mister Ed"?

I already did. I thought of Black Beauty and Fury but decided I wasn't pretentious.

Btw, in further reply to the original question:
Sport mode does create different shifting, especially off the line. More aggressive.

 

[JPW]

I'm not an Equus owner, but I did test drive two different models for quite a while so I thought I might give my early opinion. First, I currently drive a 2006 BMW 750LI. I thought about the Genesis before I purchased, but I am very fickle about the suspension and I felt BMW got it right over the Genesis. I was always eager to see what the Equus might offer.

From what I could tell the ride was significantly different from the Genesis. I was probably comparing quite a bit with my BMW. What I noticed was that the comfort option was way too springy for my tastes. As it went over bumps at high speed it did undulate quite a bit, but I don't think it was quite as pronounced as the Genesis. What I really preferred was moving it into the Sport mode. I'm not sure how this affects the transmission, but at least from a suspension perspective it didn't seem to undulate nearly as much and ironically I felt it came pretty close to the way my BMW handles.

I know this deviates a little off-topic, but I'll just say one of the things I don't really care for on my BMW is the "dead pedal." I think it is designed this way so that you have a very smooth approach from being completely stopped. I've gotten used to it, but had forgotten how other cars respond just by hitting the accelerator. This made the Equus just a lot of fun for me.

I really started to wonder if I had both cars (750LI and Equus) which I would drive more. I'm just not sure, but I like them both. Too bad I can't afford to do this comparison over the long-term in reality

 

[NOLa]

I just got back from a trip to New Orleans-and 1300 miles back and forth and during.

Sorry to bash where I was born and raised-but the roads there are terrible, worst I've ever encountered. I have had a '09 Genesis and an '11 Genesis and whenever I'd go there, I'd think to myself that it is worthless to purchase a nice car down there 'cause nothing rides nice. And by the way-it wasn't just the Genesis because I rode in other cars when down there and the result was the same (BMW, Mazda SUV, INfiniti, Honda and a Jeep Liberty).

As BTHBC mentioned, it was night and day driving the Equus. The bridge over the Pascagoula River in MS is an older cement bridge with prominent expansion joints and there was no undulation at all. I'd never ridden in ANY car that handled it well. I couldn't believe how great the Equus handled it.

There is another bad area on I-10 between Slidell and New Orleans East. The road basically goes through a swamp and the DOT acknowledges they should made it a raised roadway. It is like a roller coaster particularly when you get to New Orleans East. As I approached this area I thought, well here's the true test. No bouncing, no undulation at all. Even on local roads that have worsened since Katrina-I was very pleased with the ride. I called my husband and raved about it.

I also read the manual concerning the vehicle height. It is normal all the time and the car is supposed to lower when you travel at high speeds. I was told the same thing about the higher suspension setting, that it was for rough and gravel roads, and the manual says it cannot be in "high" mode over 42 mph and I tried to do it, and it will not. I will say when I turn the car off and get out of it, it lowers and raises when I start it up.

NOLa