That is pretty nifty technology. I'd hate to see the cost of repairs out of warranty but as with all new tech .. once it becomes more wide spread it would drop in price I suspect.

None the less, I think it's pretty nifty.

https://youtu.be/YK3UuAuLI5s

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its kinda like those old bose shocks that make your car do the bunny hop

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So what happens if you drive over a pothole while accelerating strongly? Does that wheel in the air cease to receive power for that millisecond, or does wheel speed increase for that brief period of time, until the tire again makes contact with the pavement?

Bose? More like Boing!!!!

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Under certain road conditions you might lose effective steering. Especially when cornering. To avoid that the systems become ever more complex. I was wondering if the trend to even larger and larger wheels with smaller tire thickness. Require this for rim protection. I have hit some pot holes with my older wheels that took the abuse where some newer setups would not have.

I fear that a lot of features that are arriving and increasingly so may make the ideal of a used car questionable down the road. Just too expensive to maintain as they age.

For example the local Honda dealer claimed one of their 2016 Hondas with the 1K self steering package made its way to a town 40 miles away and back last month.

It almost appears the marketing of simple cars is on the way out.

What happened to steering around a pothole?

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Around here at least, many potholes are the width of the road. If you don't expect it or have good vision up the road (if you're behind someone in traffic) you'll hit it.


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X2 We got a new road a year ago, but before that if I did not tell wifey to watch out for the pot hole up ahead, nine out of ten times "bullseye".

The video says monitors adjust the "front shock". Guess what is right behind the front wheel? I wonder if the system is inoperable if it throws a code that only the stealer can clear.

Hah! I'm driving 45-series tires on 20" rims, backed up by a pretty stiff suspension. I learned the hard way to not tailgate anyone for the very reason you describe.

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The rear wheel? That's an interesting point...

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Less weight on the rear wheels. So should not be the same bone shaking jolt you can get on a really bad pothole with a front wheel.

Before buying a car to get to the cottage I had to examine the suspension for strength at one time. That road could have taken many new cars apart or at least given serious damage.

They for whatever reasons took years back then to get around to repaving it. It was so bad it could drive the car off it in the really bad areas.

Ok, following the front wheel is the rear wheel. So they advertise this great new feature that detects a pot hole. So now the same people that can't go around a city block w/o GPS, can't monitor tire pressure, keep a safe interval between them and the vehicle in front of them while texting, etc, etc, Those drivers now also believe they no longer have to pay attention to road conditions. I can't wait for these self driving cars, to get some of these goofs from being behind a steering wheel. The second part when it fails what are the repair costs, and notice I mentioned WHEN it fails.

I did a quick check and couldn't find the specification on the F/R weight distribution. I doubt that there is more than a five percent differential between even distribution front to rear.