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Originally Posted by Ultramaroon
That's not a rookie question at all. Do you feel it equally in both directions? Did it come on suddenly?
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No traction control kicking in, I never reach a point of slipping and wouldn't want to test that theory on public roads. I wouldn't say I feel this suddenly, in fact it's hard to describe whether I always feel it or not. I tried a quick one today just for the sake of trying to replicate it and the car felt pretty solid. This was a tighter ramp so I'm sure I didn't go as quick and it was slightly uphill. To be a little more specific, yesterday, the ramp was a slight down slope and decently wide. Not sure what speed I held on it, maybe 40-50 mph.
I have only recently decided to think about this so I may need to actually do a few tests of right and left turns like this to get a better feel for when it happens.
But as far back as I can remember, this has happened many times in the past and has always felt normal. Normal in the sense that it seemed like that's just what happens when you begin to push the car a bit hard on a turn. Maybe the best way to describe it is it feels like the car is solid as I begin, and then there's a small wobble in suspension (as if the tire sidewalls are heavily flexing or I'm about to lose grip) that is quickly regained as the car feels like it plants back down. But this wobble continues to happen up and down several times over the course of several seconds. It feels pretty gradual and smooth.
I definitely don't think it's a malfunction of any sort. The car isn't old, I'm at 55K miles and take great care of it. It just doesn't feel solid as I would have imagined a great handling car such as this would. And I'm only curious as I want to understand - does this mean I'm at my tires limits and I should back off? Is it just a natural stock suspension feel when pushing a turn?