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do the bxs run lower at speed like my old cx used to? when you were on a motorway im sure my cx sispension lowered on the car? am i remembering correctly-it was 15 years ago-and does the bx do the same? thanks,john.
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nope, it might possibly run a couple of mm lower due to high speed air pressure i suppose, but i didn't think that cx's lowered themselves either?
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may be my memory then,sorry.
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My back end lifts on occasion... dragster mode :)
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scarecrow wrote:My back end lifts on occasion... dragster mode :)
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scarecrow wrote:My back end lifts on occasion... dragster mode :)
My Prestige lifts the back end loads in reverse... most disconcerting until you get used to it...
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