Originally Posted by
Coal Buster
Going over pressure will raise the center of gravity of your vehicle. Probably not a big deal with a Subaru, but that was an issue with Jeep Wranglers from a while back. I've been out of the game a while. The biggest culprit as i recall was the Ford Exploder. The only way to pass the rollover test was to set the fill pressure to a ridiculously low ~20psi, iirc. Ford then equipped the auto with tires that ran a minimum pressure of around 30psi. Under inflating led to dangerous overheating of the tire. Proper inflation of the tire led to increased rollover risk.
That particular Ford Explorer deserves its own category for engineering/design facepalms. What is the user supposed to do when the vehicle
can't perform safely as spec'd?