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

SailDesign · 03-22-2009, 10:14 PM

While I wouldn't go as far as PK, at least with the Dood thang, I will say that the OPs, and some later joiners, just wouldn't accept that some of us do not have trouble in the wind. I live on a small island with only the Atlntic Ocena to the south, and drive over a 2-mile long bridge, tall enough to let aircraft carriers through, every day (well, I did for the last 5 years when I had a job) at all times of day, and at all seasons. Yes, we have hurricanes and Yes we have strong winds in the winter. The bridge is occasionally closed due to that, and the only way home is to go up and around Narragansett Bay and over the OTHER bridge to the island (a mere 1.25 miles long).
I have only put on wider, lower-profile tires, 204/45-16 vs the OEM 185/65-15. No suspension work.
I have no trouble with cross-winds. Yes, I sometimes have to work a bit harder to keep the car in a straight line when it blows, but folks, that is the nature of wind. If you don't want to have to do that, then hire a chauffeur and let HIM do it. You will not escape it, but you can reduce it.
I hope the point has now been made, and if us "reg'lars" here have turned on a little humour, don't take it personally. We would have done this somewhere, anyway.

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03-22-2009, 10:14 PM	#19
SailDesign Drives: . Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: . Posts: 1,931	While I wouldn't go as far as PK, at least with the Dood thang, I will say that the OPs, and some later joiners, just wouldn't accept that some of us do not have trouble in the wind. I live on a small island with only the Atlntic Ocena to the south, and drive over a 2-mile long bridge, tall enough to let aircraft carriers through, every day (well, I did for the last 5 years when I had a job) at all times of day, and at all seasons. Yes, we have hurricanes and Yes we have strong winds in the winter. The bridge is occasionally closed due to that, and the only way home is to go up and around Narragansett Bay and over the OTHER bridge to the island (a mere 1.25 miles long). I have only put on wider, lower-profile tires, 204/45-16 vs the OEM 185/65-15. No suspension work. I have no trouble with cross-winds. Yes, I sometimes have to work a bit harder to keep the car in a straight line when it blows, but folks, that is the nature of wind. If you don't want to have to do that, then hire a chauffeur and let HIM do it. You will not escape it, but you can reduce it. I hope the point has now been made, and if us "reg'lars" here have turned on a little humour, don't take it personally. We would have done this somewhere, anyway.