Odd handling

[Bobbywhacker]

Chaps,

Got a 3month old 182 with the Cup packs. Ever since I've had it, the car seems to pull all over the shop under braking - even during light applications. Generally it seems to really follow the road - tramlining in a sense I suppose. Are they supposed to do this?? I can understand perhaps some torque steer under acceleration, but there's been times when I'm fighting the steering wheel!!! Is this normal???

 

[ant]

my 172 seems to want to follow dips and troughs in the road.

i think of it as feedback!!

 

[RobertCL]

Same here with my full fat 172. It will follows the dips and weave like crazy if I accelerate hard on an unsmooth road in 1st or 2nd. Tends to do the same thing if I brake hard too, but I try not to do that too much, so don't notice it as much.

I think it's something to do with having wide tyres... ?

 

[Bobbywhacker]

Yeah, I'm wondering if perhaps I should my tyres nitrogen filled - from experience in the past this tends to keep the pressures almost spot on most of the time. 182 isn't fun to drive after a nice long 2hr night shift I can tell yer!! Perhaps I should get a V6
;-)

 

[Steve]

Its Alive!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Rob669]

I've found the handling gets worse when the tyres are about 50% worn. I might try getting mine aligned and re-balanced, just a thought!

Rob669

 

[Lagerlout]

They're not the most of sedate cars to drive and do tramline and weave about a bit. Check your tyre pressures.

 

[Bobbywhacker]

The tyres have got loads of tread left still - I haven't been caning it quite enough! I guess its just a feature of the car