BraindG
03-05-2003, 02:15 PM
right, this is going to be hard to explain.. but before I take to garage, thought id share my problems with you, and see if anyone knows why, or what’s causing this.
okay, the other day i noticed the car was handling slightly odd, at the time it felt like one of the tires was going flat... turns out they are all at norm pressure.. then yesterday, while coming onto a motorway (long right bend for about 1/4 mile, then a small strait, then joins M6) i floored it to get past some cars, and when car hit 90 it felt like i was about to loose control of the car, i shat my self and promptly slowed down and was weaving here and there to get a feel of the car. It was unusual, like driving on jelly.
Now in the past I bought a set of Michelins (cant remember which were top rated ones anyways) and i managed to burn out the side walls of the tire after a rather enthusiastic journey up to the north of Scotland (single track roads etc) anyways, the car is feeling like that again now, yet ive not been pushing car hard (that much) and tire walls still look black, the other turned a blue/brown colour. Current tires are yokos..
so that ruled out flat tires and screwed tires.. Tonight i went of to tescos, and again strange things are happening, you floor the car and it pulls to either left or right depending on whether you have a degree left or right, when in the past it would just go strait on - no matter what..
weaving left and right quickly while running at 10mph, 20 mph and 30 mph brings up 3 bars on AYC when ive never notice this happen before (is this normal? only noticing it now, and never in the past - might just be paranoia)
finally i turned onto my road, which has this D shape junction, really nice chicane, anyways, while doing the left turn it felt like the back right tire sank away and the front left lifted of the ground, and i assure you around this s bend, this has never ever happened before..
you think this it could be suspension? Any ideas?
god, hope this isn’t going to cost to much to fix :shock:
okay, the other day i noticed the car was handling slightly odd, at the time it felt like one of the tires was going flat... turns out they are all at norm pressure.. then yesterday, while coming onto a motorway (long right bend for about 1/4 mile, then a small strait, then joins M6) i floored it to get past some cars, and when car hit 90 it felt like i was about to loose control of the car, i shat my self and promptly slowed down and was weaving here and there to get a feel of the car. It was unusual, like driving on jelly.
Now in the past I bought a set of Michelins (cant remember which were top rated ones anyways) and i managed to burn out the side walls of the tire after a rather enthusiastic journey up to the north of Scotland (single track roads etc) anyways, the car is feeling like that again now, yet ive not been pushing car hard (that much) and tire walls still look black, the other turned a blue/brown colour. Current tires are yokos..
so that ruled out flat tires and screwed tires.. Tonight i went of to tescos, and again strange things are happening, you floor the car and it pulls to either left or right depending on whether you have a degree left or right, when in the past it would just go strait on - no matter what..
weaving left and right quickly while running at 10mph, 20 mph and 30 mph brings up 3 bars on AYC when ive never notice this happen before (is this normal? only noticing it now, and never in the past - might just be paranoia)
finally i turned onto my road, which has this D shape junction, really nice chicane, anyways, while doing the left turn it felt like the back right tire sank away and the front left lifted of the ground, and i assure you around this s bend, this has never ever happened before..
you think this it could be suspension? Any ideas?
god, hope this isn’t going to cost to much to fix :shock: