Having a shocking tuning

Last week I had to go to service the Kembara in Seberang Prai. But because of some problems of not having stock of shock absorbers I had to do that part here in Ipoh. Before this for some reason humans, non-living objects and probably pebbles have start bouncing higher and higher at the rear seat and the boot area every time I go over a speed bump. So it was the rear shock absorbers not doing its job absorbing the fricking shocks properly. So it was a no brainer that it had to be replaced. That took probably 6 month for me to remember. HAHA…

Now its less bouncier at the rear every time I run over someone or some cute cuddly animal or the speed bumps. Fact, I have never run over anything that has a soul nor did I have ever killed a bear with a toothpick. Nope, don’t remember. Replacing the shock absorbers made me remember of a friend that has a love-hate relationship with his shock absorbers in his car. The person, an old single man late in his 20’s has gout, and several other old age characteristics like dementia and senility. Heck, his name is Adline Sanuza. He’s my roommate. WOOOT!!! He’s probably going to be my murderer if I suddenly die when I sleep. (He’s the 2nd from the right) hahahahahaha…

Now back to whatever the topic is. Knowing he has to travel long distances and have to use the car(a 1st gen Proton Satria 1.3) on bumpy roads he decided to put in sporty shock absorbers(or was it the springs?). In the car world, sporty means hard…HARD suspension. Hard suspension would give his car good handling and probably a sore back, neck and his old skeletal frame. Now, he loves that. But his body would probably rather he put soft suspension for comfort. The thing about his car I liked was the looks of the sport rims. They’re good looking. And I mean good looking. I really hope he doesn’t break his back in it. He also doesn’t drive above than 100kmph. WHY!!! It’s got more potential than that!!!

The thing is, I like soft suspension. Not because I’m not a hard cornering person. I can’t. You try to drive the tall Kembara like any other car and it would probably result in a humorous Kembara on its side like the picture below. Surprisingly, I could only find one picture of a Kembara on its side. And its not me so shut up.

So if I cant corner like a go-kart, why the hell would I want sporty suspension. I would rather ride in comfort with some soft suspension that doesn’t reduce the lifespan of my back and probably my skeletal frame also. Speed is a different matter. My straight line speed does not differ. I’ll still go fast but in comfort and not in some 9 Richter scale earthquake. Wonder why busses don’t have sporty suspension? They want comfort. But they still go like morons on the Malaysian highways…