Help- rough ride, Car rides really rough Options

[Teblhasa]

I am having a strange problem with my car. Whenever I hit a bump/pothole/crack in the road, depending how fast I hit it (usually over 20mph), the car skips to the side instead of bouncing over it. It also have a very rough ride and I swear I can feel even the pebbles on the road. I got new BF Goodrich tires last year to factory spec and my mechanic couldn't find any problems with the car. He suggested the ride was rough because its a small car, which is a bunch of bull. The ride is slowly getting worse and I don't know what to do, and I might end up having to sell the car because I cannot bear to ride in it. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! I am guessing its the struts, even though my mechanic swears they are fine and so is the alignment. If its the struts, are there any good but cheap brands of struts out there?

[97GTinKC]

What air pressure are you running? could be just too much air press. As the weather warms up, you may need to re-adjust, and depending on wear factors, may want to go around 32-34 lbs press. too much air and you ride hard and wear the center of the tread out, too low and you wear the edges and get soft/mushy handling ,,,