GM car wanders

Hard to keep the car straight tracked. Any corrective steering input tends
to overcorrect, leading to wandering. Car is neutral in that it does not
want to pull left or right. All this leads to my belief that:

1. Steering system has too low a ratio. It needs about twice the ratio it
has in the straight ahead position.
2. Alignment needs more caster, a lot more.
3. Possibly the tires contribute. I am suspicious of the new lower profile
tire trend as to whether or not it is improved engineering or just a
cosmetic fad that actually diminishes car handling.

No, I am not a lousy driver. Other cars I have driven did not exhibit
wander. This GM car just doesn't feel right and I bet the problem is not
wheel alignment, but a design defect. Don't count on GM getting it right,
despite having been in the business 75 years plus.

Don't buy a GM car until you have had an extensive, highway speed test
drive and are sure the car will handle to your satisfaction.

George Orwell wrote:

Hard to keep the car straight tracked. Any corrective steering input tends
to overcorrect, leading to wandering. Car is neutral in that it does not
want to pull left or right. All this leads to my belief that:

1. Steering system has too low a ratio. It needs about twice the ratio it
has in the straight ahead position.
2. Alignment needs more caster, a lot more.
3. Possibly the tires contribute. I am suspicious of the new lower profile
tire trend as to whether or not it is improved engineering or just a
cosmetic fad that actually diminishes car handling.

No, I am not a lousy driver. Other cars I have driven did not exhibit
wander. This GM car just doesn't feel right and I bet the problem is not
wheel alignment, but a design defect. Don't count on GM getting it right,
despite having been in the business 75 years plus.

Don't buy a GM car until you have had an extensive, highway speed test
drive and are sure the car will handle to your satisfaction.

Geez man! Give the dealer a change to correct it, will ya?

"George Orwell" <nobody (AT) mixmaster (DOT) it> wrote

Hard to keep the car straight tracked. Any corrective steering input tends
to overcorrect, leading to wandering. Car is neutral in that it does not
want to pull left or right. All this leads to my belief that:

1. Steering system has too low a ratio. It needs about twice the ratio
it
has in the straight ahead position.
2. Alignment needs more caster, a lot more.
3. Possibly the tires contribute. I am suspicious of the new lower
profile
tire trend as to whether or not it is improved engineering or just a
cosmetic fad that actually diminishes car handling.

No, I am not a lousy driver. Other cars I have driven did not exhibit
wander. This GM car just doesn't feel right and I bet the problem is not
wheel alignment, but a design defect. Don't count on GM getting it right,
despite having been in the business 75 years plus.

Don't buy a GM car until you have had an extensive, highway speed test
drive and are sure the car will handle to your satisfaction.

Go put your tin-foil hat back on, George.

And this car is??
"George Orwell" <nobody (AT) mixmaster (DOT) it> wrote

Hard to keep the car straight tracked. Any corrective steering input tends
to overcorrect, leading to wandering. Car is neutral in that it does not
want to pull left or right. All this leads to my belief that:

1. Steering system has too low a ratio. It needs about twice the ratio
it
has in the straight ahead position.
2. Alignment needs more caster, a lot more.
3. Possibly the tires contribute. I am suspicious of the new lower
profile
tire trend as to whether or not it is improved engineering or just a
cosmetic fad that actually diminishes car handling.

No, I am not a lousy driver. Other cars I have driven did not exhibit
wander. This GM car just doesn't feel right and I bet the problem is not
wheel alignment, but a design defect. Don't count on GM getting it right,
despite having been in the business 75 years plus.

Don't buy a GM car until you have had an extensive, highway speed test
drive and are sure the car will handle to your satisfaction.

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Goerge
I had a problem with my lincoln wandering all over the road as if I
were on ice . I was always correct with the steering wheel. I took it
to my local garage and it turned out that the changed ball joints and
steering items. It wasn't they were lose but that everything was
tight. when I moved the steering wheel it stayed in that position
because it was tight didn't come back like it should have. After the
replace the items it worked fine.






On Mar 30, 8:00 pm, George Orwell <nob... (AT) mixmaster (DOT) it> wrote:

Hard to keep the car straight tracked. Any corrective steering input tends
to overcorrect, leading to wandering. Car is neutral in that it does not
want to pull left or right. All this leads to my belief that:

1. Steering system has too low a ratio. It needs about twice the ratio it
has in the straight ahead position.
2. Alignment needs more caster, a lot more.
3. Possibly the tires contribute. I am suspicious of the new lower profile
tire trend as to whether or not it is improved engineering or just a
cosmetic fad that actually diminishes car handling.

No, I am not a lousy driver. Other cars I have driven did not exhibit
wander. This GM car just doesn't feel right and I bet the problem is not
wheel alignment, but a design defect. Don't count on GM getting it right,
despite having been in the business 75 years plus.

Don't buy a GM car until you have had an extensive, highway speed test
drive and are sure the car will handle to your satisfaction.