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Message: <blockquote data-quote="shovel" data-source="post: 1518411" data-attributes="member: 29855">Just traveling on rough pavement through my neighborhood in a straight line I don't particularly notice a difference in the ride.  On the highway I don't really notice any difference either except that the GT has a tendency to pass people a lot faster   If I cross a drainage depression or railroad at an angle the GT feels more smooth,  the best way I can describe it is the GT feels more "modern" in those specific circumstances.    I expect that the quad shocks do their best work under heavy acceleration to prevent wheel hop, but their second best work when the axle articulates over substantially uneven surfaces because that necessarily puts a twisting load into it,  the rubber bushings take that up by design but the vertical shock absorbers can't do anything to control the rebound of those bushings.    Even though they have the same shocks and sway bars (the V6 did not come with a rear sway bar from the factory but I added one and it's the same diameter as my GT's rear sway bar) it should be pointed out that the 7.5" rear axle is roughly 50lbs lighter than the 8.8" axle - I don't know what if any difference that makes to ride comfort in general.</blockquote>