Ive been thinking,ouch
Discussion
Assuming my royal wedgeiness passes the mot before bbwf which would mean I drive it up, I could do with someone else driving mine to give an opinion on handling coz having never driven another wedge or tvr for that matter I could do with some pointers as im sure it aint right. No head cases though coz I gotta get home.
Like I said never driven another tvr so characteristics I no not.
I drive a van daily loaded to the hilt with everything including the sink and a pretty well balanced Octavia and the wedge is like neither of em, in fact I can better predict the van at 40 on a bend loaded up than I can the old git, so if someone else with some experience in this field were to sample it at least I might get a definitive answer as to whether im flapping with reason or not, going to bed now so i'll look tomorrow, cheers for now.
I drive a van daily loaded to the hilt with everything including the sink and a pretty well balanced Octavia and the wedge is like neither of em, in fact I can better predict the van at 40 on a bend loaded up than I can the old git, so if someone else with some experience in this field were to sample it at least I might get a definitive answer as to whether im flapping with reason or not, going to bed now so i'll look tomorrow, cheers for now.
Mmmm...I must be honest..A few times i have entered a roundabout faster than i would in a modern car and delilah didnt even twitch!..No wheels skidding just a rush of blood to my ticker..There is feedback from the steering that makes you aware what you are driving..Lately though i have been driving modern cars where you breath on the brake pedal and you end up going through the screen!..When i drove delilah briefly last week i thought i had no brakes and it felt like a laurel & hardy car again..Check all your steering column UJ's..Bushes/control arms..Ball joints and tyre pressures if you are concerned..Or get it up in the air at a garage and have a good check with a pry bar..It might be where you havent driven it much and things need to start moving again..Ziga
Trickie Dickie said:
wooly350i said:
how many prangs you had Adam?
He hasn't had many(I bet) - but has seen hundreds in his rear view mirror!!!! ha haTrickie
2nd wedge - one very minor (no damage on wedge - creased a door panel parking)
3rd wedge - one minor (busted front number plate)
That's in all that time.... probably 140k + 60k + 45k = about 250k miles in wedges.
Plenty of near misses mind!
Oh almost forgot to say - check the MOT carefully for advisories around the suspension as that will be quite revealing.
adam quantrill said:
Trickie Dickie said:
wooly350i said:
how many prangs you had Adam?
He hasn't had many(I bet) - but has seen hundreds in his rear view mirror!!!! ha haTrickie
2nd wedge - one very minor (no damage on wedge - creased a door panel parking)
3rd wedge - one minor (busted front number plate)
That's in all that time.... probably 140k + 60k + 45k = about 250k miles in wedges.
Plenty of near misses mind!
t,could be due for another!I would concur it does sound "bushy" in nature.
My 280i corners like its on rails, I can easily take corners in it at speeds that I wouldn't dream of in the X300. (in the dry of course)
I still tend to slow to speeds I know both cars could handle so I have plenty in reserve.
The only time I've had a squeally tyre moment was early on (in my days of TVR ownership) when I booted it a bit to hard and ended up doing 70mph round the corner on a motorway Junction roundabout.
Not something I suggest anyone tries, but it did cope with it JUST!
My 280i corners like its on rails, I can easily take corners in it at speeds that I wouldn't dream of in the X300. (in the dry of course)
I still tend to slow to speeds I know both cars could handle so I have plenty in reserve.
The only time I've had a squeally tyre moment was early on (in my days of TVR ownership) when I booted it a bit to hard and ended up doing 70mph round the corner on a motorway Junction roundabout.
Not something I suggest anyone tries, but it did cope with it JUST!
Start with the easy stuff: tyres (type, condition, pressure). A garage set the pressures on the rear tyres for my 350i to 30 psi, it was like driving on ball bearings. Wheel alignment (you can check this with string and plumb bobs, just as accurate as laser kits), front anti-roll bar bushes, trailing arm bushes and pins (if fitted).
If it's a 30 year old car with original suspension components then it's going to be vague at the very least. The handling on my car is temperature sensitive, 20'C and above is fine, 8'C and less and it's a bit inconsistent.
If it's a 30 year old car with original suspension components then it's going to be vague at the very least. The handling on my car is temperature sensitive, 20'C and above is fine, 8'C and less and it's a bit inconsistent.
Ok, will grab my son by the goolies as his girl friend will be in Berlin for a week and together we will check bushes first. Tyres I reckon are fine and ive reduced their pressures from 27 psi when cold to 24 psi, I did check them after a run on a warm day and although cold at 27 they had risen to 30.
Bushes first though.
We did the rear bushes using poly or nylon which ever wedge automotive used to supply as its non descriptive on the invoice about 11 years ago, bearing in mind its only done 11,000 miles since year 2000, cheers for now.
Bushes first though.
We did the rear bushes using poly or nylon which ever wedge automotive used to supply as its non descriptive on the invoice about 11 years ago, bearing in mind its only done 11,000 miles since year 2000, cheers for now.
Mot due very soon so be a good chance to get under whilst its on the ramp,one thing that's always bemused me is when they do the brake test on the wedge they never use the rollers,always used some kind of giro and taken it off up the road,does any one else get this when there's is being mot'd?
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