[ToySub1946]

Reading what we've both written this morning I realize I did not describe properly the sensation I felt when my car was new.

>What I felt, in my car when it was new...Try this. Sit in a chair,(actually toilet is best here...LOL) rock your upper torso to the left and to the right, moving it only slightly left and right, but constantly continuing the motion. That's what I felt with the new car/new tires, at freeway speeds. < Yet I've never felt this sensation before in any car I've driven or owned, and I've owned lots of cars.

Though different from what you describe, I did not notice any difference with throttle application or on deceleration. And this was on asphalt, what we have mostly around where I live.

Certainly I've noticed this car, with these tires, loves to stick in the grooves of concrete which has grooves designed to keep tires from hydroplaning. But that's normal for many tires. And these surfaces are not everywhere on concrete fortunately.

With about a thousand miles on my car, I took an 8000 mile cross country and back trip. I was very happy with this car as a freeway cruiser. Additionally, during that trip, I briefly, very briefly drove my car wide open. I was very surprised at how buttoned down it felt at that speed. During that trip I also drove the car in high winds, and it handled them very well, though now with over 26,000 miles on the car, not so well in winds.

I've never been happy with the lack of on center feel of the steering at freeway speeds. I think this car needs more caster in it's steering. The steering also lacks tactile feel of what the wheels are doing. Where the steering really does have that feel is on winding back roads, asphalt and dirt. Fortunately we have tons of those roads around here...and those are conditions in which this car totally rocks.