Monaro not good in the wind
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On my way to Manchester today. Just stopped at a services for a coffee.
It's very windy. Car is all over the road. My last car was so good in a cross wind you never really noticed. It's going to be a long slow journey. 140 miles to go.
Also weather warning for flooding and maybe even snow. Good job I put the winter boots on this afternoon.
It's very windy. Car is all over the road. My last car was so good in a cross wind you never really noticed. It's going to be a long slow journey. 140 miles to go.
Also weather warning for flooding and maybe even snow. Good job I put the winter boots on this afternoon.
Sohlman said:
I think it has a lot to do with the design age of the Monaro. For sure its not had wind tunnel testing for cross winds. Plus it was windy.
Far more likely to be suspension/steering/tyre setup...or of course bad roads in conjunction with the weather.The Monaro is a very aerodynamic car, and 40psi sounds pretty high ?
Tyre pressure range 36-42psi for Monaro vxr on 245/35/19's.
Drove last winter at 36psi and felt quite squishy when weather warm. Around 7-12 degrees ie not optimal for winters. Much better and more planted going up by 4psi with temperature range of 1-10 degrees. Sarge 4x4 said it would and having taken his advice it has massively improved an already good tyre.
On wind it felt like the front of the car was being lifted up. Winds where big enough to move lorries a lane. It was very windy. My comment is more that in comparison to more modern cars they don't handle wind as well. I have always felt this, but this particular journey amplified this theorem.
My fathers e60 in Gail force winds just does not move off line. Nor does his 911 like the Monaro although this is more affected then the e60 and a 911 is one aerodynamic car.
The side of a Monaro is a large surface area and in very heavy cross winds I can confirm it moves around a lot.
Drove last winter at 36psi and felt quite squishy when weather warm. Around 7-12 degrees ie not optimal for winters. Much better and more planted going up by 4psi with temperature range of 1-10 degrees. Sarge 4x4 said it would and having taken his advice it has massively improved an already good tyre.
On wind it felt like the front of the car was being lifted up. Winds where big enough to move lorries a lane. It was very windy. My comment is more that in comparison to more modern cars they don't handle wind as well. I have always felt this, but this particular journey amplified this theorem.
My fathers e60 in Gail force winds just does not move off line. Nor does his 911 like the Monaro although this is more affected then the e60 and a 911 is one aerodynamic car.
The side of a Monaro is a large surface area and in very heavy cross winds I can confirm it moves around a lot.
Xpuffin said:
It could even be tyres.
Mine is solid at any speed in a crosswind.
if any many is going to knwo about cross winds and understanding them its this one ^^^^^Mine is solid at any speed in a crosswind.
but to echo him had mine out in some quite nasty cross winds as in libe in an area where its well know from them and never hand an issue with the monaro in them even up gail force ones.
I have a few sets of snow tyres , the Monaro does not like them , but in the snow they are fantastic , I keep a set of rears in the boot as no need to have a spacer saver too , when it snows they go on , the Monaro with snows on is the same as my Subaru with out snow tyres so they do make a lot of difference , it's the one thing that works with the Monaro not that good tc , the only point I do advise if you want to Stop and just have rear snow tyres then brake very hard so rear brakes are on as much as they can be , snow tyres seem to have more flexible side walls plus wider tread patters so less contact patch that what Monaros don't like , it can be made better with higher pressure so I would expect tyres are the cuplrit even if it's a windy day
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