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Springs are what absorb impacts. Shocks, or hydraulic dampeners, are what keep you from bouncing on the springs forever after hitting a bump. They're a system,
by brookst 4y ago
Springs are what absorb impacts. Shocks, or hydraulic dampeners, are what keep you from bouncing on the springs forever after hitting a bump. They're a system, but a car with dead shocks will still absorb bumps without transmitting to the cabin, it will just make you seasick.
- Dylan16807 4y agoYou're using a strange and overly narrow definition of 'absorb'. The springs and dampers are both taking in the kinetic energy. And only one of them does it permanently, and it's not the springs. I'd rather drive a car with (pressurized) shocks and no springs than drive a car with near-ideal springs and no shocks. I bet the former would absorb bumps much better than the latter.