981 tyres scrubbing when turning
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I took the wifes Boxster to work today and although she has been complaining about funny noises when reversing off the drive, I kind of dismissed it having experienced this skipping sensation myself in various cars in the past.
However this sounds like the suspension snapping, the car skips a good few inches each time, is this normal??
Also the bloody heaters/blowers have packed up, had a right game getting home, the stupid thing can stay on the drive from now on!!
However this sounds like the suspension snapping, the car skips a good few inches each time, is this normal??
Also the bloody heaters/blowers have packed up, had a right game getting home, the stupid thing can stay on the drive from now on!!
All the recent kettles do it, especially on near full to full lock, and so do a good number of other modern cars. Think it's something to do with the size of the tyres and steering geometry, can't remember the explanation but it comes up on here loads. I had a chat with an OPC salesman about it.
Happens to mine as well, particularly when reversing with full lock. I mentioned it to the OPC to learn that most of their stock does it in cold weather with new or newish tyres. It's the tread blocks catching the road surface and then flicking free. I imagine that winter tyres, with their softer compound, probably do not suffer in the same way.
supersport said:
All the recent kettles do it, especially on near full to full lock, and so do a good number of other modern cars. Think it's something to do with the size of the tyres and steering geometry, can't remember the explanation but it comes up on here loads. I had a chat with an OPC salesman about it.
i have same issue with my Cayman S and Porsche advised it is for the reasons above and "they all do that".supersport said:
All the recent kettles do it, especially on near full to full lock, and so do a good number of other modern cars. Think it's something to do with the size of the tyres and steering geometry, can't remember the explanation but it comes up on here loads. I had a chat with an OPC salesman about it.
i have same issue with my Cayman S and Porsche advised it is for the reasons above and "they all do that".Magic919 said:
Ackerman. Usual on a lot of cars. Sounds worse in cold conditions.
I'm aware that the Ackerman angle has been used in steering geometry for over 100 years, so I'm pretty sure it will have been on all the cars I have driven for the last 40. I think my point was, although I have experienced the skipping to some extent before, it is massively more pronounced on my 981 Cayman than any other vehicle I have ever driven.JonN981 said:
I'm aware that the Ackerman angle has been used in steering geometry for over 100 years, so I'm pretty sure it will have been on all the cars I have driven for the last 40. I think my point was, although I have experienced the skipping to some extent before, it is massively more pronounced on my 981 Cayman than any other vehicle I have ever driven.
You should try a 1980's Lotus Esprit. truck71 said:
Well, just done the obligatory umpteen point turn at the end of the street in my freshly collected Cayman.... and it doesn't do it at all. Experienced it in both test drives but not this one. Odd.
My OPC salesman warned me when I collected my 981 Cayman that it would do it and not to worry.....but said it was only the 20" wheels? What size wheels have you got, mate?BTW....my tyres now have 20,500 miles on them and still do it...
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