squelch
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A very odd thing happened suspension-wise this afternoon on the way to the Ace Cafe and I was hoping someone could perhaps shed some light...
I was heading along the M40 / A40 at around 65mph and hit a raised ridge in the road (along with every other car going with the flow of traffic including the 996 Turbo I was following) and felt the usual mild thump as you do over motorway ridges and expansion joints etc. However, immediately afterwards the car was pulling to the right and the steering became heavy and it felt like I had a bad puncture. I pulled over to examine the tyres and BOTH front wheels were significantly tucked under the arches as if both front coil springs were broken. I then gently turned the steering wheel to one side so I could investigate further and as I did so, there was a bit of a "ga-dunk" noise as if something had re-seated itself and the suspension rose by 1.5 to 2 inches back to its original position!! I gently drove off and continued to the Ace and the car drove fine, straight and true with no noises or clonks etc. Upon further inspection in the Ace car park it appears that the left side sits about 5mm lower now. The journey home was also fine but obviously I am concerned that it will happen again.
I will call Porsche tomorrow, but wondered if anyone has any experience of this or has ideas....??? :dont know:
I was heading along the M40 / A40 at around 65mph and hit a raised ridge in the road (along with every other car going with the flow of traffic including the 996 Turbo I was following) and felt the usual mild thump as you do over motorway ridges and expansion joints etc. However, immediately afterwards the car was pulling to the right and the steering became heavy and it felt like I had a bad puncture. I pulled over to examine the tyres and BOTH front wheels were significantly tucked under the arches as if both front coil springs were broken. I then gently turned the steering wheel to one side so I could investigate further and as I did so, there was a bit of a "ga-dunk" noise as if something had re-seated itself and the suspension rose by 1.5 to 2 inches back to its original position!! I gently drove off and continued to the Ace and the car drove fine, straight and true with no noises or clonks etc. Upon further inspection in the Ace car park it appears that the left side sits about 5mm lower now. The journey home was also fine but obviously I am concerned that it will happen again.
I will call Porsche tomorrow, but wondered if anyone has any experience of this or has ideas....??? :dont know: