Sway Bar.

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Originally Posted by ddongbap

The sway bar doesn't help you drive. You drive as you drive. It just helps the car do what you want it to do.

partly incorrect. it does help you drive.

it can help reduce fatigue on a long drive
(less demand and focus keeping the car planted on highway, easier cornering)


less fatigue = making you a better more attentive driver

sway bar owners...amirite ?

[ddongbap]

Originally Posted by 127.0.0.1

partly incorrect. it does help you drive.

it can help reduce fatigue on a long drive
(less demand and focus keeping the car planted on highway, easier cornering)


less fatigue = making you a better more attentive driver

sway bar owners...amirite ?

I don't how a sway bar helps fatigue. Sway bars don't really do much in a straight line.

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Originally Posted by ddongbap

I don't how a sway bar helps fatigue. Sway bars don't really do much in a straight line.

it does nothing in a straight line.

but please, unless you are in Iowa, there is rarely 1 continual mile of highway when you are going exactly straight. you are always lane changing or the road curves, or there are ruts, crosswinds, truck vortex...

the sway bar helps with these minor turns too.


on the highways in NE I already notice:

less steering effort when I am buffeted by 18 wheelers
drag vortex

less steering input for crosswinds

less steering effort over the rain 'humps', and grooves from
'sun baked pavement and rush hour traffic' undulating ruts
and lane changes


so, I stand by what I said: less overall fatigue. your mileage may vary

it takes a lot of mental energy to take long trips in a Yaris HB
because it is squirrelly by default. the fat sway bar in back cuts that
way down.

I already tested my new sway bar in a lot of conditions (it has been installed for 16 hours now) and have 350 miles on it already. 40 in town, 310 on interstate highway and off ramps.