But a Hydractive SHOULD ride better than an non-hydractive. If it doesnt then it can be made to ride better with different spheres etc.citroenxm wrote:I dont buy a Citroen for a controlled cornering Car... I buy them for Floating rides, like DS and CX..
Its just an unfortunate thing that crap-r-active is fitted to the XM and Top Xantias..
On XM's I also fit soft comfort spheres.. I dont care for body roll, its fun. I drove Renault 9's and Visa's when I first passed my test and they rolled and its brilliant! They also STICK in the corners too...
So no, chris, Agree to disagree, crap-r-active is a BIG NO NO for me...
A Citroen should float over bumps with little body movement but lots of wheel movement. Comfort spheres on a non-hydractive cause underdamping and in my experience this leads to a much worse and unsettled ride. Yes the initial hitting the bump is soft but it carries on responding to that bump after the bump has passed. Hydractives have active damping, as you know, which responds to bumps brilliantly, they ride it well but deal with the bump there, they do not have the underdamped nature as a non-hydractive on comfort spheres.
I would by a non-hydractive Xantia as a workhorse, like my C5s are, but I would not enjoy it nearly as much.
However, we all appreciate different things and I can see your favour for a non-hydractive on the symplicity terms