I am familiar with all the complaints, but having experienced none of these issues myself, I think they must be more prevalent in certain models. Perhaps this is also a function of expectations. I am happy the MME is no Lincoln. I've driven many of these freeway floaters over the years and hated every one of them.
I’m guessing the Rally rides better now. But honestly not sure. Depends on how they lifted the car an inch. But it was true for the year of car the OP had.
I’m sure you actually have experienced all the same issues.
Pitch isn’t the problem. Pitch is the positioning of the car rotated around the transverse axis. IOW, the height of the nose as compared with the tail. Dynamically, pitch is affected by braking, acceleration, and road inputs. Braking pitch dynamics are controlled by designing anti-dive into the suspension. Acceleration pitch dynamics are controlled by designing anti-squat into the suspension. Road input there is not much one can do about others than spring and damp the suspension properly. This is the problem. The dampers are not correct for the springs chosen. This causes the uncomfortable oscillation harmonics (bounciness) that people are experiencing. ??
It’s also travel for some of us lucky ones. We used to have melted and moved pieces of road around here that were bigger than the tire sidewall. Finally they started milling those down, but not before I bent 3 wheels due to hitting those in different places around town.
On a related note, I’m currently driving a loaner 2024 RWD ER.
I am nowhere near the suspension expert you are my reason for thinking this is a factor is the forum members using stiffer rear shocks seems to tamp down some of the perceived bounciness. This is the way I understood pitch if the front is softer than the rear the driver will perceive the pitch less hence it makes the car feel less bouncy.
considerably less weight in the front is likely a huge contributor to the ride difference
I'm sure I have not, actually. Declaring this to be a defect of the car's design, and irrespective of the model, doesn't help anyone, either. In fact it seems you just admitted as much.
Maybe the RWD ER does ride different due to the weight difference. ?
Does explain what you’re noticing but no way to make the OP’s car lighter in the front.
Could be something to do with RWD vs. AWD, battery weight, or (my own theory), the profile of the tires. Some combination thereof seems entirely plausible. The MME wouldn't be the first car I've owned where the rear seat passengers complained of being bucked around, but then rear seats are often located right over the rear wheel wells, as they are in the MME.Maybe the RWD ER does ride different due to the weight difference. ?
People do note it’s noticeably worse for passengers in the rear seat, telling us it’s more of a rear suspension issue.
You have several hundred pounds less weight in the front AND back. Which is why it's the best riding out of the bunch from the reports around here.
When you think about it this makes sense. The original reports say the MME was originally designed to be about a 200 horsepower front wheel drive compliance car so the suspension and the battery were designed for that application.
