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Is harsh ride normal or bad suspension? 850 1995

posted by  someone claiming to be Yuri on  Sun Mar 18 17:28 CST 2001 [RELATED]

Since I bought my Volvo 9 month and 12K miles ago I have this question: when the car goes over short deep holes on the road (concrete seams, potholes), I feel how hard the front is hit. When the pothole is big, I believe the front suspension hits its [limiting] rubber bumpers (sorry I do not know the right technical term for this). It feels like my tires are made of metal and there are no springs and shocks on the front.

The car handles well, and is silky smooth on a good road. But boy we have horrible roards in NYC! No word can describe this.

I have somewhat worn (buit still good) tires (GoodYear Eagle), usually drive the car alone, keep tires at 36psi. The front suspension looks good, at least visually, and the car, though has 76K on it, was not particularly abused (or so I believe).

I just drove friend's Acura 3.5RL and it took these road holes easy.

Is this something all 850s do, I have to look into my suspension (it is all stock as far as I know)?

Yuri





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