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harsh ride. 900

posted by  someone claiming to be Steve C on  Mon Feb 16 00:59 CST 2004 [RELATED]

Sounds like your shocks/struts were due 60k miles ago. I find that the bouncing bumper test is unreliable. If your car oscillates several times when you lean on one corner, the shocks obviously need replacement. However, my experience has been that even cars that behave normally under this test have had ride/handling problems long before that fail this test, problems that are resolved w/ new shocks/struts. My test is now more subjective - if it feels like it is riding bad, floating at highway speeds, or feeling less than solid in turns, the shocks/struts get gets replaced. Commuting in NJ gets me 100K - 120 K miles per set on all my cars.

I just did my 92 945t at 115K. I used Sachs Advantage, reportedly same as Boge Turbo Gas, and found that they are definitely on the stiff side. Next time, Boge OEM.

Change your shocks and struts, it will feel like a whole new car. If you do it yourself, you can get parts at places like fcpgroton for under $200. I wrote a detailed description of my experience replacing shocks/strts a few weeks ago on this forum - search on Steve C.

Steve C





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