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MetroMPG · 09-18-2018, 05:52 PM

Road condition was the first thing I wondered about.

I literally had a bulb (turn signal) come loose from its socket in the MPGiata last month due to tire pressure. Oh, and due to road condition: I drove a short distance on a very coarse gravel road. "Gravel" is too nice a word for it, really -- more like a "rocky chunks" road. I'm running more than 42 PSI, though.

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