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In the last few weeks my car seems to enjoy loading up the rear end even more when cornering and often feels like it's about to swap ends

The front tyres are nearing the wear limiters and are soon to be replaced but I would have expected some understeer with these

All the tyre pressures are bang on 2.3bar as recommended, I do have something knocking at the rear (was advised at MOT time - some joint or bush with play in it) so maybe something's allowing the rears to move or tuck in? trailing arm bushes?

I know you can "feel" the rear end on these with spirited driving but I'm feeling it a bit too much I would say.

Any advice or experience?

Welly.

Enjoy!

mjb wrote:Enjoy!

I don't think Welts wants an oversteering car in which he conveys his offspring.

I could be wrong

I had problem with mine, but only when turning right. I think it was a duff trye but may have been something on the suspension causing the trye to wear unevenly. Never got to the bottom of it before i got rid of the car thou. Never even got a warning or anything on the MOT

I presume your tryes are wearing evenly?

probably worth digging out the MOT and posting exactly what they said was worn.

After that it time for a good tug

Blue406 wrote:I don't think Welts wants an oversteering car in which he conveys his offspring.

I could be wrong

Pffft let them walk

The Family get carted around in "professional chauffeur" mode allways so over/understeer never comes into it......on my own on the other hand

I think when its brake disc time (very soon) I'll get my man to go around everything underneath with a prybar looking for play etc.

I had that with a D8, all vague but just didn't hang on. The garage never found anything, but in the end I sold it on and bought a D9. It's bound to be a bush thing, it's bound to be expensive!

muffindell wrote:It's bound to be a bush thing, it's bound to be expensive!

In my experience Bushes are expensive

I say enjoy too!

Whilst taking part on a track day last year, a mate decided he wanted a slice of the action and took out his 2.1td D8 estate... much 'drifting' ensued... so much so that the resident 200sx owners club participants were giving us the thumbs up and even posted a video on their owners club.

Who says 406 cant cut it like the japs?

Tiny Tim wrote:posted a video

You can't say that without showing us. Please?

I used to drift my 406 everyday on roundabouts, my Vectra does it for fun too.

Welton wrote:

Tiny Tim wrote:posted a video

You can't say that without showing us. Please?

Lol might be a tad difficult to find now... the other owners club Im in is currently down after the server self-destructed.. when its back up i'll have a hunt for it.

>>>>fast forward........

Well this strange oversteery feeling is all but gone - thanks to new tyres on the front everything is all nice and balanced again

Weird.

Were the old tyres a "budget" make?

DaiRees wrote:Were the old tyres a "budget" make?

They were Michelin Energy's but were 3 years/25000 miles old I suppose the lack of grip up front was putting more dependancy and feel on the rears?

Feels great now though!