Thinking of buying a Lacrosse but has stiff ride complaints

[Human]

If you're looking for the mushy, wallowy ride of the Electras, LeSabres, and Park Avenues of old, you're probably out of luck. It's not going to go around curves on its door handles and you won't be able to turn the steering an eighth of a turn without any response from the front wheels. Those days, thankfully, are gone. Bear in mind these later LaCrosses have some German engineering at their core. The Epsilon platform originated with Opel, Although the extended variant on which the LaCrosse is based was never used by Opel it's nonetheless engineered for much more competent handling than the old school Buicks. To my mind, that's a good thing, but then, everything's subjective. For my tastes, my two 2013 LaCrosse eAssist hybrids strike a good balance between comfort and handling, responsive without being overly aggressive, and the leather edition does add some mice creature comforts, even if the pseudo-hybrid four-banger under the hood can hardly get out of its own way. Still, I'll take 35mpg on the highway as an equitable tradeoff.

 

[RealRicheRich]

Such an old post, but, I have to say, for anyone ever looking. As stated above and from my experience. The hybrid model, eAssist model, 2nd gen Lacrosse with the factory 17' inch wheels have the best ride of all the Lacrosse's ever built. You get into any model with larger wheels than 18' and it makes a significant difference in ride. And even in the 18's you will want to look for a tire with a softer compound and less sidewall reinforcement, Say something with a treadwear of 200 - 300. Again with the softer compound tire you are sacrificing tire wear/longevity for ride comfort. Where as on the 17' wheels you can generally get away with a 360+ treadwear tire, like the factory Michelins that wear, ride and perform phenomenally. Even Tire pressure has a minor impact, You can get a better ride with lower pressure and nitrogen, 32/33lbs on nitro and 34/35(cold pressure this will rise to 37/39 on a warm tire, longer trip) on air seems to be the best for comfort and stability in the OE Michelin tire in my experience.