Daily on my way home from work (not on the way there, oddly enough) I have to battle with my poor Punto to keep her in lane, especially when passing trucks or going along stretches of motorway with no trees either side...

The thing is catching the wind like a sail, sometimes scares the hell out of me!

It's the M4 westbound, Swindon-Bristol which bats me about so much.

Is this common, as I swear I've never seen anyone else battle with a car as much as I have to...

I get blown about a bit too I even have to put both hands on the steering wheel sometimes Im pretty sure most other people driving smaller cars have the same problem though.

My fuel gauge seems to move down faster in the wind aswell......

yeah me to, side effect of the small light car i am affraid need one of them american humvees

It is scary especially when passing trucks - think what it must be like for the trucks! Punto's are particularly light being made largely of cardboard i believe so I guess they do suffer with the worst of them.

My letter box keeps getting blown open and shut

Somebody in my flat has a wind problem.

the wind here is really blowin bad its really noisey as well i am scared

My letter box keeps getting blown open and shut

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You have a letterbox on your car sweet !
I've been battling against the wind also.. why is it always at the side of you and never behind

ha ha... have you tried the actimel challenge ? pharrp... See if you notice the difference after 2 weeks !!!

I got my refund from them didn't notice any difference....they didn't have cctv where I live haha!!!

have trouble with side winds too, although if your going fast enough it doesn't seem to effect

Its because puntos are quite tall and flat sided for their weight (860kg's like lotus elise light, but not cos of fancy carbon fibre and plastic windows, cos they're made from mash potato and cling film)

pghstochaj said:

Somebody in my flat has a wind problem.

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lol, i thinnk u misunderstood what wind we on about

Ignore pghstochaj, they only let him out of the 'unit' on certain days

faster4_tec said:

have trouble with side winds too, although if your going fast enough it doesn't seem to effect

Its because puntos are quite tall and flat sided for their weight (860kg's like lotus elise light, but not cos of fancy carbon fibre and plastic windows, cos they're made from mash potato and cling film)

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Hahahah, and jam, probably.

Wanna try driving a Seicento now that's a challenge in high winds A kite would handle better IMHO

i drove over the thelwall viaduct the other day (my god, northbound.. its actually finished ). and rain was going sideways across my screen - the kinda way you see it going up and over the screen when hurtling along the m'way.

very very windy, and the cinq is only ickle. I just hid next to a truck. sorted