 Sliding on wet roads? |
 Apr 23, 2004 - 8:58 AM
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Enthusiast  Joined Nov 9, '03 From Dayton, OH Currently Offline Reputation: 2 (100%)  |
Whats the deal with these cars steering? Its like when you go around a corner on a wet road and the wheel is turned to a certain point the car wants to slide. Its also very hard to feel the road with these things, the steering is pretty tight but its hard too and you cant feel when your tires are starting to break loose. When my g/f got her GT she almost crashed it getting off the highway when the roads were wet. She just turned the wheel alittle and the thing started sliding and the rear end broke loose also. You cant feel the road at all with this car, i even have 17's with low pro performance tires and you still cant feel crap. Anyone else find this out about yours? It does handle really well but the steering is alittle funky...what do you think?
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Apr 23, 2004 - 6:14 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Apr 15, '04 From United Kingdom Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
The GT-Four comes with 16" wheels as standard, its a performance car, which demands a performance tire. The Eagle F1 is a very good tire, Just because the totally different Goodyear tire you tried on a completely different car wasn't any good it doesn't mean they are all trash. A tire is your sole contact with the road, not worth being cheap on in my opinion. 67k miles is plenty to have some wear creep in, perhaps you could try changing the belt. Check your running the right pressures in the tires. Check the springs and dampers, there are any number of components that could cause this. If you can't feel the amount of grip that the wheel has then there is something wrong with the car. |
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bufferdan Sliding on wet roads? Apr 23, 2004 - 8:58 AM
Digndoug I would first tell you an your g/f to learn how to... Apr 23, 2004 - 9:52 AM subsolo_21 I have the same prob and I have 17's w/ low pr... Apr 23, 2004 - 9:52 AM bufferdan First of all..Both I and her have 6G celica's.... Apr 23, 2004 - 10:00 AM bufferdan QUOTE (subsolo_21 @ Apr 23, 2004 - 2:52 PM) I have... Apr 23, 2004 - 10:02 AM shid I have never run into this problem. Apr 23, 2004 - 11:20 AM turboinduction well i've driven REAL sports cars many times. ... Apr 23, 2004 - 11:57 AM bufferdan She wasnt accelerating into the corner..her foot w... Apr 23, 2004 - 12:18 PM Junior QUOTE She has new Michelin Energy MXV4 Plus tires ... Apr 23, 2004 - 2:21 PM Sirius Perhaps there is some excessive play in the steeri... Apr 23, 2004 - 2:42 PM x_itchy_b_x haahaha this happend to me today. screwed um my ca... Apr 23, 2004 - 2:47 PM bufferdan QUOTE (Sirius @ Apr 23, 2004 - 7:42 PM) Perhaps th... Apr 23, 2004 - 3:11 PM Silver94CelicaOwner I ran my dads old '87 Mazda B2200 off a wet ro... Apr 23, 2004 - 3:14 PM Junior QUOTE If you pay 180$ for each 15in tire then... Apr 23, 2004 - 3:35 PM playr158 its called UNDERSTEER, typical of all front wheel ... Apr 23, 2004 - 6:19 PM ghostdog I know what he's talking about. I used to have... Apr 23, 2004 - 6:38 PM Digndoug ok, guys its called learning to drive your car... ... Apr 23, 2004 - 7:41 PM bufferdan QUOTE (Sirius @ Apr 23, 2004 - 11:14 PM) QUOTE (bu... Apr 23, 2004 - 7:59 PM Digndoug QUOTE (bufferdan @ Apr 24, 2004 - 12:59 AM)
Anywa... Apr 23, 2004 - 8:01 PM bufferdan Understeer...I guess thats what you can call it...... Apr 23, 2004 - 8:08 PM JDM7afe know your cars limits, i know all 4 tires can slid... Apr 23, 2004 - 8:12 PM bufferdan QUOTE (JDM7afe @ Apr 24, 2004 - 1:12 AM) know your... Apr 23, 2004 - 8:20 PM bufferdan BTW...the tires on my celica were about 130$ ... Apr 23, 2004 - 8:23 PM Clipsetuner Yeah Just sayin I had the Same Problem expect I le... Apr 23, 2004 - 8:28 PM JDM7afe QUOTE They are nice tires i have to say but not an... Apr 23, 2004 - 8:41 PM bufferdan QUOTE (JDM7afe @ Apr 24, 2004 - 1:41 AM) QUOTE The... Apr 23, 2004 - 11:05 PM Kwanza26 Heh... honestly now guys... you need to re-think y... Apr 24, 2004 - 12:58 AM bufferdan i drive this car slow...the freaking thing bearly ... Apr 24, 2004 - 1:49 AM aaronc222 I don't know what kind of Kumho's you have... Apr 24, 2004 - 11:26 AM Kwanza26 QUOTE (aaronc222 @ Apr 24, 2004 - 4:26 PM) As far ... Apr 24, 2004 - 11:34 AM 97GTinKC The Michelin Pilots that came on my 97GT were terr... Apr 24, 2004 - 12:26 PM bufferdan QUOTE (aaronc222 @ Apr 24, 2004 - 4:26 PM) I don... Apr 24, 2004 - 12:31 PM aaronc222 QUOTE (bufferdan @ Apr 24, 2004 - 1:31 PM) Im gett... Apr 24, 2004 - 2:13 PM Kwanza26 QUOTE (aaronc222 @ Apr 24, 2004 - 7:13 PM) As for ... Apr 24, 2004 - 3:16 PM KAMiX Kwanza you are wrong mate, you can get them out wi... Apr 24, 2004 - 9:19 PM macavely New Wet/Dry Tires Apr 24, 2004 - 10:13 PM Kwanza26 QUOTE (KAMiX @ Apr 25, 2004 - 2:19 AM) Kwanza... Apr 24, 2004 - 11:23 PM acidbyte7 thread was too long to read through but i don... Apr 24, 2004 - 11:58 PM Kwanza26 QUOTE (KAMiX @ Apr 25, 2004 - 2:19 AM) Bufferdan I... Apr 25, 2004 - 12:21 AM
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