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Old 07-31-2010, 07:41 AM
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2003 help

I bought a mazda rx8 2003 189 bhp,it drove very smoothly but then i did a normal u-turn and when i acceralted on the straight it felt like the tire was flat,i stop straight away and checked but hey were fine,just wondering what this could be??
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welcome to the forum. tried the search already?
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Were you accelerating hard and still finishing up the u-turn when you got that flat tire feeling? If so, it could have been the traction control. That's kind of rough when it kicks in.

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