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Need a New Car for the Motion Sickness Prone!

11 messages,  Last post on Nov 07, 2012 at 12:11 PM

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#6 of 11 motion sick too by needsnewcar

Jan 27, 2011 (4:08 pm)

I have been test driving the smaller suvs after being in a sedan and feel sick as the driver!
Makes no sense to me...yesterday felt sick in a crosstour (not just cause of the price and style) someone suggested to me that it is the new aerodynamic slant to the windshields especially in people with glass others have said its the side motion in the suvs
Any thoughts and/or suggestions...looking for nice mix of awd and mpg willing to give up on the awd if I have to as I drive 25,000 plus a year, but I live in the woods.....thoughts?

#7 of 11 Re: motion sick too [needsnewcar] by nathan118

Jan 27, 2011 (6:42 pm)

Replying to: needsnewcar (Jan 27, 2011 4:08 pm)
I ended up with an 07 Jetta, and I love it. Amazing how different it drives than most of the cars on the market. I swear VW engineers them differently than everybody else. I even tried a Nissan with a CVT...and it still felt all mushy and non responsive.
 
I swear with the Jetta....I push the pedal and it goes, and I let off the pedal and it slows naturally. There's no weird downshifting like in the Camry, and it doesn't feel floaty. I love it.
 
In fact, I love it so much that I'd absolutely look at a VW in the future.

#8 of 11 Re: Need a New Car for the Motion Sickness Prone! [nathan118] by tabonifacio_95

Dec 01, 2011 (3:07 pm)

Replying to: nathan118 (Aug 21, 2007 4:18 pm)
Honestly I know exactly how you feel, I rode to Vegas many times and in some vehicles I'm 100% okay and in other's I'm just bleh out the window. The last time I actually had a comfy ride to Vegas was in an 05' Chevrolet Cobalt. Very firm, not floaty, but just a really enoyable ride. I now own a 95 Jeep Cherokee and it doesn't make me sick at all, Generally a higher more being able to see over everything makes a dramatic difference. I've had it from the day I hit the planet, Believe me I know it sucks.

#10 of 11 Re: Need a New Car for the Motion Sickness Prone! [tabonifacio_95] by csgirl

Nov 07, 2012 (12:04 pm)

Replying to: tabonifacio_95 (Dec 01, 2011 3:07 pm)
I have had the inner ear problem since a baby so I can relate. I also had a camaro and sold it fast as I could because I'd get so dizzy in that car ( not while driving....just when I would get out I would be staggering) that's my problem I get so carsick dizzy wise and no balance when we get out. I do pretty good in a truck that's high up, like a ford, or chevy the big z71 ect but my car I get even more sick. Here's the weird thing I road in a chevy trailblazer and got pretty sick oh and test drove a Buick rendezvous and got sick, is there something to this SUV thing? I thought maybe I needed to get away from a car into a truck what do you guys think?

#11 of 11 Re: Need a New Car for the Motion Sickness Prone! [csgirl] by nathan118

Nov 07, 2012 (12:11 pm)

Replying to: csgirl (Nov 07, 2012 12:04 pm)
For me, it hasn't been about car size...but the way the transmission shifts.
 
I recently test drove both passats...the standard and the TDI(diesel). The transmission in the TDI made me sick, but the standard was great.
 
For me it's about how the car drives. Does it go smoothly when I tell it to, and does it slow down smoothly when I let off the gas and break. If it starts aggressively downshifting on it's own...barf city.

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