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Old Apr 7, 2007 | 09:44 AM
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I was wondering if anyone has any problems controlling the car with "grooves" on a road or highway? Man, I don't know if it is the car, design, wheelbase, tires, etc...but when I hit "grooves" in the road, the car sways left and right until I can get to a flat piece of road. It's really strange, but I have only encountered this problem when I'm towing...Anyone?
 
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Old Apr 7, 2007 | 09:48 AM
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i have noticed this in some cases... but mainly when the tires are below half tread on the freeways.

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It's really strange, but I have only encountered this problem when I'm towing...
~ towing... do you have a hitch??
 
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Old Apr 7, 2007 | 09:58 AM
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Originally Posted by andrew
i have noticed this in some cases... but mainly when the tires are below half tread on the freeways.

~ towing... do you have a hitch??
Not with the crossfire. I tow a race car with my suburban and an open trailer. I notice if there are grooves in the road the trailer wants to sway...
 
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Old Apr 7, 2007 | 12:19 PM
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Old Apr 7, 2007 | 06:44 PM
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Mine does the same thing on certain roads here where I live and my 300M does also at the same areas where my xfire does so I don't think its the car.
 
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Old Apr 7, 2007 | 08:19 PM
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I thought it had to do with low profile tires.
 
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Old Apr 8, 2007 | 12:48 PM
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i thought it had to do with the width or the tires. every car that I have had that had wide tires I always felt the ridges in the road.
 
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Old Apr 9, 2007 | 08:32 AM
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I have noticed when I have my autocross tires on (Falken Azenis) my car does do this very badly, but with the stock Pilot's I don't notice it very much.

I haven't tested it, but it might have something to do with my pressures too. I run the Azenis up around 42-44 psi, and the Pilots are around 35-38 (roughly).
 
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Old Apr 9, 2007 | 08:03 PM
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It can be helped by adjusting the toe settings. If they are anywhere near neutral or toed-out the car will wander. A bit if toe-in will help. You can also set the rear on the SRT (not sure on the standard car).
 
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