German Pathfinder Commercial

[Chuck Tribolet]

This showed up on CorvetteForum. com:

To our engineering Friends ....

If you are considering a Nissan Pathfinder or any other car with an 'independent front suspension', this little commercial should prove to be helpful in understanding the concept before making your purchasing decision.

An 'independent front suspension' system, is when one front wheel of a vehicle hits a bump or pothole, will move up or down to compensate while the other wheel remains steady. Both wheels are independent of each other, and hence the expression.

Watch the attached video all the way to the end. It is a German commercial for the Nissan Pathfinder. This gives a moving experience which should benefit your understanding of this piece of engineering. It's arguably the best explanation I've ever seen.

P.S. The Germans obviously have much better ads than we do.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKO-tZGuFDg

[miamiheat3332]

seen it before, but intriguing. with the hard suspension on mine, there would be about 4 more inches of up and down bounce on that hahah.

[donald]

haha! seen it too... but doesn't hurt to see it again