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Old Feb 5, 2009 | 02:11 PM
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Has anyone experience this: Recently it has been around 20-30 degrees in the morning when I leave and I warm the car up for 5-10 minutes in my driveway. This week I have been noticing that when I first leave it feels like I have a flat tire and after about a mile or so it stops. I have a 2005 and I have about 72k miles on it. I've never noticed this before, but then again it doesn't normally get this cold in GA.
Old Feb 5, 2009 | 02:17 PM
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What do you mean that it feels flat? Steering wheel wobble? Vibration? What?
Old Feb 5, 2009 | 02:21 PM
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its normal.. air molecules tend be compressed closer each other while cold. but try checking and reinflating your tires to specs while the tires are cold
Old Feb 5, 2009 | 02:25 PM
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i get that sometimes to, usually stops after a couple of min
Old Feb 5, 2009 | 02:26 PM
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Originally Posted by captainlaziness
What do you mean that it feels flat? Steering wheel wobble? Vibration? What?
x2....???
Old Feb 5, 2009 | 02:34 PM
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with mine it just feels like a lil stiffer ride until it warms up, no wibble or wobble
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Originally Posted by faux_ghost
with mine it just feels like a lil stiffer ride until it warms up, no wibble or wobble
I think that may have more to do with the struts being cold...
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Originally Posted by captainlaziness
Originally Posted by faux_ghost
with mine it just feels like a lil stiffer ride until it warms up, no wibble or wobble
I think that may have more to do with the struts being cold...
could be, nothing that i think much about though
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mind over matter....maybe
Old Feb 5, 2009 | 03:06 PM
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thanks for all the feedback. You guys hit it on the head, it feels like the suspension is really stiff and I get a slight vibration/wobble for a minute or two and it goes away.
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