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In addition to wearing out dampers quickly, driving on bad roads accelerates the wear of all of the bushings in the suspension. You will get play in steering and tracking and metal clunks where there were none before. Once the bushings are gone then the hard jarring will begin to take a toll on all manner of things which will appear as interior squeaks and rattles, a loosening of all parts of the car. The first thing I would do if I had no choice but drive on nothing but bad pavement would be to eliminate low profile tires. The difference in softness and ride quality between the 16" wheels on my wife's 98 boxster and my 17" wheels on my 01 is striking, I would imagine that a 19" would be unbearable for me.