Leapin' Lexus

"Kake Bake" (kakebake) 06/20/2014 at 11:49 • Filed to: funnies

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And they say driving a Miata is supposed to be like riding a horse.

7:07 > Kake Bake 06/20/2014 at 11:55

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Milky > Kake Bake 06/20/2014 at 11:56

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Kake Bake > 7:07 06/20/2014 at 12:05

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It's a demonstration of a BOSE active suspension.

Kake Bake > Milky 06/20/2014 at 12:05

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It's from a video of a BOSE active suspension demo.

Milky > Kake Bake 06/20/2014 at 12:07

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But …. why …. but how is jumping a speed bump better than riding over it?

Kake Bake > Milky 06/20/2014 at 12:09

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That was just a novel way to showcase the system's abilities.

There's a YouTube video of the segment that shows how smooth it makes the ride.

Jayhawk Jake > Milky 06/20/2014 at 12:10

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I would totally jump speed bumps. EFF DA POE LEASE

Milky > Kake Bake 06/20/2014 at 12:23

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Okay, that was actually cool.

Milky > Jayhawk Jake 06/20/2014 at 12:25

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Evan, Pope Of Jalopnik by Self-Appointment > Milky 06/20/2014 at 12:46

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holy shit my brain is finished.

Evan, Pope Of Jalopnik by Self-Appointment > Kake Bake 06/20/2014 at 13:00

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Look at that body control. Damn impressive. Too bad this never made it to production.

Kake Bake > Evan, Pope Of Jalopnik by Self-Appointment 06/20/2014 at 15:30

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It was probably cost prohibitive.

Sure, some could take the hit with the cost of the car, but when a tiny valve breaks somewhere deep in the car's bowels and you need to limp to a specialist, you'll reconsider the virtues of a more common suspension.

Evan, Pope Of Jalopnik by Self-Appointment > Kake Bake 06/20/2014 at 15:52

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Sounds like no valves were involved...I believe it was electromagnetic...no fluids. I'm just thinking it would have been nice if they had gotten someone to use it so they could start covering R&D costs...maybe it would have started becoming a reasonably-priced option if they had.

Kake Bake > Evan, Pope Of Jalopnik by Self-Appointment 06/20/2014 at 16:01

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Yeah, I just realized that before I came back on here.

I must have old Citroën suspensions on the brain.

Evan, Pope Of Jalopnik by Self-Appointment > Kake Bake 06/21/2014 at 01:36

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I can definitely see that taking up a large portion of brain activity...considering it mostly works on witchcraft as far as I can tell.