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14" T1-S feel a bit slippy ... ?



 
 
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Old August 30th 05, 11:01 PM
josh
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Default 14" T1-S feel a bit slippy ... ?

OK I have about 3K miles on my T1-S now, 2000 M2, 195/55-14's.

I posted the alignment numbers a few months ago. They were reasonably close
to the recommended numbers but with max neg. camber on the front (one side
worse than the other).

@29psi the tires definitely can grip and I've adjusted to the vague/flexy
feel of the tires. On right-hand 90-degree turns I find it slips A LOT,
mostly in the rear, and no tire noise when it does it (not that I can hear
in the car with the top down anyway). Dry pavement. I can readily make it
slip this way on my commute home, making a right turn from the highway onto
my side road, @ under 30mph the car is real sensitive to throttle position
and oversteers quite a bit, again with no feedback from the tires like they
are going to slip and no noise. There are no marks/tracks on the road either.

Lower tire pressure seems to just reduce grip. Higher tire pressure
increases the vague feeling of the tires but may improve grip (tried as high
as 32).

???

Is this normal? Feels odd to me. I'd expect the tires to talk to me a bit
before getting as loose as these do, and even leave some mark on the road.
What does it all mean?

FWIW some said these tires had wet traction nearly as good as their dry
traction. No way. Their wet traction is maybe a hair better than the
Falken Ziex ZE-512's that were on there before but nothing to write home
about.

I'm really beginning to miss the departed Pirelli P7000's.
 




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