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Originally Posted by 1990C4S View Post
That car should appear beside the term 'cowl shake' in the dictionary. Wow, the one I drove was bad...
I had to look it up and guess what?

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsche-911-technical-forum/245901-cowl-shake-can-somebody-please-define-me.html

My fav:

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Originally Posted by Bobboloo View Post
The two vibrations are...

1. "The Wiggle" when one of the front wheels hits a pothole and the chassis twists and shakes it off like a wet dog.

2. "The Hoppity Horse" when you go over uneven pavement like highway concrete and you bounce up and down in your seat ever so slightly like a little kid on his Hoppity Horse.

I prefer to think of these not as design problems but rather as built in entertainment.
I drove across country in a Saab 900 Turbo and it tracked perfectly...I will find out!

All part of the fun.

Sorry for the Jack!
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