Bmw MINI sudden oversteer problem?

[HertsBiker]

greetings.
My wife's car has taken a downturn in handling & now seems tail happy on wet roads. Tyres have plenty of tread, fronts are quality continental items, rears are some indian/thai units with tons of tread left. Seemed ok when new but is this problem the tyres, or worn shocks (plenty of speed bumps our way) ????

BTW steering is fine and it stops in a straight line when braking.

Any advice appreciated. Anyone else had spinning probs recently?

[HertsBiker]

rallycross said:

tyre pressures.

check them,

even 5 psi down makes a huge difference (ie will oversteer easily)

thanks for being constructive.

[HertsBiker]

900T-R said:

at this thread.

hmmmm, in the bike world some great tyres come from eastern origins, so I'm not sure I find your comment helpful. Thanks.

[HertsBiker]

Dracoro said:

Try swapping crap rears with the fronts. Does the oversteer still happen?

If you then have mad understeer then get rid of the crapo tyres asap. If oversteer still there then possibly not the tyres at fault.

good point, we did have the cheapies all round after a wheel+tyre "upgrade" and it did seem a bit scrabbly on pull away, and the fronts wore real fast... hence I thought they were soft compound? maybe just crap?! also I have a fear that there is wear in the bushings as well tho caused by speed "cushions". Perhaps dumping the tyres would be easier. Cheers anyway.