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Re the road noise. I have no complaints at all. Tires are quiet. The fastest I've gone is 150K or 93mph. The exhaust settles into a beautiful thrum at that speed and I wish i could do it all day. My license place frame says "I'd rather be... Doin' 200K!" That's 124 mph for you Americans EH.

I'm worried I'm going crazy VegasStinger. I started paying better attention to the suspension at speed (thanks to your comments) and it is very deceptive. It is soft. Normally too soft for my liking. But it is controlled. The body is stable, doesn't dip or pitch, and roll, dive, and squat...

VegasStinger. Thank you for the insight. That's what I was looking for and I hope we can find deeper details. Did that quote come from a magazine or from Kia? I took some friends out during lunch, (both are engineers) and they immediately noticed the soft back end.

That's interesting and I understand your concern. Ask your dealer because I've never had warranty affected by changing springs, shocks, exhaust, or even chips and ECU's. Of course you lose warranty coverage for those items, but not for the rest of the car. If the mod(s) craps out, you have...

I've never needed to go coil over before. Eibachs are what I've had in every car since my 1997 VW GTI VR6. I've found stock shocks just right in my cars when combined with the Eibachs. Mind, that VW was followed by a Ford Contour SVT, A Saab Viggen, and Saab 9-5 AERO's until now. All those...

What I'm saying is that the rear suspension is soft and out of phase with the front. That means if you go through a dip at high speed the front and the rear compress equally, then the front comes up and stabilizes (good) but the rear comes up more and comes down before stabilizing. So the...

I'll take a well tuned suspension over an active suspension. I'm going to learn more about the coil over kit mentioned because my shocks are too soft. I'm going to make sure they are operating properly because they are so soft I'm thinking they must be defective. Changing springs won't...

The body size can be misleading on the power a shock has to control the suspension. Shocks are 'puny' relative to struts because they don't have to bear any location loads. These could be monotubes with the valve solenoids controlling rod displacement into the expansion reservoir. If that's...

Great feedback all. I wonder if the suspension stiffens up with lateral loads. Hence the roll, pitch, squat and yaw are all well controlled. I don't mind soft if those things are working. But the back is softer than the front in my car. That is my biggest problem. Now to find a corner with...

Thanks for that. You say sport is the stiffest. The rear end is downright soft no matter the setting. I think my suspension may have something wrong with it. I'm going to take it to the dealer after living with it for a bit. How about others... Are you happy with the suspension in sport...

Hi All. does anyone know how the adaptive suspension works? Is it variable damping or modulated on/off (super stiff/super soft) or multiple position valving??? Im disappointed in the suspension in general. Here's my lowdown: Pitch and Squat control are fantastic. Roll control is fantastic...

Now look whachoove done! Just when I thought the Stinger was perfect, I prefer the Alfa staggered tips. I had a 164S back in 92. Great car. Great sounds. Stinger is waaaay better!

Sorry. Apparently the exhaust was changed for the SEMA drift show. &*^&%^*&!!!

Finally a video with the Norht American exhaust sound. Check it out and enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9EBAYdT7a0

Yes. A GT AWD with 'the whole shootin' match' of options. Red with black interior. I'm hoping to get it mid Dec. How about you?

If we get that sound ill be thrilled. Unforfunately i also heard they are softening the suspension for North America, cuz im Canadian... Anyway I am trusting in Albert Biermann that he'll make it right for a buttoned down no float connection with the road.

I much prefer the sound of the bi-modal system developed for Australia. Throatier and less 'tinny'.

I've chipped my last three turbo cars and the hp and torque increases are real. This is not achievable without the ability to increase the turbo boost. So normally aspirated chipping is a waste of time. Turbo chipping - GO FLOOR IT!