Personally I think you need to be very careful running with under inflated tyres, because if you were to have an accident in which someone was injured or killed & the police find that (during the course of their investigation) you have under inflated tyres they may put that down as a contributory factor, which would put you very deeply in the brown stuff!

I have to question the wisdom of it, not only do you increase your tyre wear, you'll probably use more fuel too, probably increase the chance of an accident.

Nah, sorry not worth the hassle, I'd put up with the harsher ride than take the chance of being in trouble with plod & some money grabbing lawyer..

i agree with you there, i have gone back to 32psi, does the ride get smoother after a while? are new suspension stiff at the start & open up abit latter? my octavia has only done 1100kms,

thanks..

I think you need to give the suspension & tyres time to "bed in", I think it's unfair for anyone to say that a brand new cars ride is harsh & unforgiving when, you haven't given the all of the brand new componentry time to bed in.

Give it a while and I'm absolutely certain that it will sort itself out & you'll subconsciously adjust to the cars ride.

Like I said don't faff around with your tyre pressures, you could adversely affect the handling of the car, you'll almost certainly increase tyre wear & the all important fuel consumption unnecessarily and if you're involved in an accident & your car's checked by police and found to have tyre pressures which are either under inflated or over inflated then you could be held culpable.

It's simply not worth the risk, not with the ambulance & compensation chasing lawyers that we have today!

(Are we in the UK or USA?)

Edited 4 November, 200916 yr by Indiana Jones

I think you need to give the suspension & tyres time to "bed in", I think it's unfair for anyone to say that a brand new cars ride is harsh & unforgiving when, you haven't given the all of the brand new componentry time to bed in.

Give it a while and I'm absolutely certain that it will sort itself out & you'll subconsciously adjust to the cars ride.

Like I said don't faff around with your tyre pressures, you could adversely affect the handling of the car, you'll almost certainly increase tyre wear & the all important fuel consumption unnecessarily and if you're involved in an accident & your car's checked by police and found to have tyre pressures which are either under inflated or over inflated then you could be held culpable.

It's simply not worth the risk, not with the ambulance & compensation chasing lawyers that we have today!

(Are we in the UK or USA?)

thanks for the info, will give it some time, i m from india. far away from Uk & USA

There have been many here who have reported the ride being harsh though and some who have said that he pre FL cars were okay so what has changed. I don't think the suspension is a different design so maybe they've change the spring/damper settings or are the tyres now a lower profile ?

I've a suspicion they've stiffened the suspension and/or removed some soundproofing weight to get better mileage figures, but I don't have any pre-FL figures to confirm that.

Dad''s Maxda 3 MPS is like a go cart. The suspension is so hard and rigid - and yes he's checked the transport blocks are removed.

Getting back in to our Octy after a visit, even with the sports suspension, had me and SWMBO singing and bouncing like this on the way home -

If my Octy turns out like the one in the ad, I will want my money back.

I think you need to give the suspension & tyres time to "bed in", I think it's unfair for anyone to say that a brand new cars ride is harsh & unforgiving when, you haven't given the all of the brand new componentry time to bed in.

Give it a while and I'm absolutely certain that it will sort itself out & you'll subconsciously adjust to the cars ride.

Like I said don't faff around with your tyre pressures, you could adversely affect the handling of the car, you'll almost certainly increase tyre wear & the all important fuel consumption unnecessarily and if you're involved in an accident & your car's checked by police and found to have tyre pressures which are either under inflated or over inflated then you could be held culpable.

It's simply not worth the risk, not with the ambulance & compensation chasing lawyers that we have today!

(Are we in the UK or USA?)

any idea how many kms it will take to get the suspension & tires to "bed in"? anyone here got knowledge about it? cant find any info about suspension "bed in"

thanks..

I think it'd depend on the type of road you're going to be driving on.

A smooth road, like a motorway with no bumps/holes probably up to 2,000 miles

A mixture of smooth & bumpy/potholed then probably a lot less as everything is working that much harder.

I think it'd depend on the type of road you're going to be driving on.

A smooth road, like a motorway with no bumps/holes probably up to 2,000 miles

A mixture of smooth & bumpy/potholed then probably a lot less as everything is working that much harder.

Thanks for the info, guess will wait for another 1-2k kms & see if the suspension gets smoother:rolleyes: