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04-04-2016, 09:39 AM | #29 |
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I always put new tires on the rear. If I get a flat in the rear, I move my front tires to the back and put the spare up front. It takes longer, but if you understand what happens to the rear tires around a corner, you'll want to have good tires there to come around a corner safely. Since your front can be corrected using the steering wheel, always keep your worn tires or spare up front.
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I left my print out at the dealer so I'm going back this week. It looks like the toe in the rear is fighting between left and right. When applying throttle, it's more noticeable than without. Although it could also be the tires. I did drive it again at night without the heavy gusts of wind, and it wasn't as bad as during the day. So that definitely played a part in my experience. I'll follow up later this week with more updates. |
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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. Last edited by ToySub1946; 04-04-2016 at 11:28 AM. |
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Something is screwed up in the alignment IMO. Either that or something is loose in your suspension.
Doubt it has anything to do with tires, when the car has less than 1,000 miles on it. Why was the alignment messed up from the factory? Any explanation / story there? |
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Surprised no one has said this yet, but have you checked your tire pressures? If they aren't even it can cause handling issues that seem alignment based.
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I have felt that "shifting" sensation also but it was after experiencing one of my rear tires exploded going 80mph on the freeway. After getting a replacement tire I felt every shift the car was making at highway speeds because I was traumatized and paid more attention to it. From what others are saying it seems the shifting feel is a character of the car. Suddenly pulling into another lane while cornering, however, doesn't seem normal.
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My car had an alignment done as part as the PDI? I was told that they get "shook up" in shipping and that they align every car that comes in the dealership? Maybe my dealership just went above and beyond though... |
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They get "shook up" from a boat and truck ride? Should we be getting daily alignments from driving? If the dealer told you that they are bullshiting you for some weird unknown reason.
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Hey Captain...........better make sure those cars get an alignment when they unload........... |
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Are the tires on there bigger than the stock ones? I've had cars with bigger tires installed over stock size and they sometimes tend to wallow in the ruts in the road more than a stock size and make it steer goofy.
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Sounds like something happened to that car. Sorry man, but that is some really weird bs.
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