The official "my Yaris handles bad on the highway/with crosswinds" thread

[TheSilkySmooth]

Originally Posted by k r a y z e e . j o j o

Know how you guys feel. Most fwys here are unevenly surfaced. Sometimes I feel like I have to white-knuckle the wheel while doing 80, especially on windy days. The short wheel-base and track of the LB isn't well-suited for these conditions. Someday I'll get my TRD suspension upgrade to handle this...

The car has a crappy, rubbery strut front end that doesnt hold alignment too well. So that alignment has to be good. That said, make sure you dont have TOO MUCH air in the rear tires as this makes this car REALLY twitchy - I run no more than 26-28 psi on the stockers out back. And no more than 29 -31 in the fronts. IN the Operating range, the less air in the tire, the slower the steering response will be - Sport Motorcycle riders might know this. OTW, MORE aerodynamic shape means MORE response to wind directional changes - not less. My old Fiat 128 3dr (weighed 700lb less than yaris) was a box-on-box brick and was NOT affected by wind at all. Went 100mph all day - Just one hand on the tiller. In the Yar 3dr, I just pretend we are flying a PiperCub and go with the flow as they say - the bro