[sandworm101]

Cars with "bad" suspension tend to survive potholes. A car with slow-to-move suspension will see the wheel dip less down into the hole when traveling at speed. But that is the exact opposite behabior you want when dealing with debris, which requires the supension to move up rather than down. "Good" systems will have different responce curves for up than down. Quazi-luxury cars fake this by having slow suspension in both directions, to give the sense of "floating over potholes".

[Cut, google ai provided wrong numbers]