Terrible Handling, Car Sliding All Over
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Terrible Handling, Car Sliding All Over
So I drove my car from houston up to dallas the other week and everything was good on the drive. After getting here driving around on city streets I realized my handling was terrible and the car was sliding all over the place on turns. Its okay if I take a normal turn, but if i take a somewhat hard or aggressive turn the back end slides out, and way too easily. I took a corner I used to take all the time going half as hard and it was terrible. Also, when I slowly drive up to 5k, in first gear, and then floor it the back end starts to slide around and we all know the rx8 doesnt have enough torque to naturally do this.
I know I need an alignment but I dont think it would cause this. My tires have atleast 80% tread left. I checked my sway bar end links to make sure those were intact, no issues there. My struts and springs look to be all good. Everything else is running perfectly just the handling is having issues.
Any idea what would be causing this?
Thanks guys
I know I need an alignment but I dont think it would cause this. My tires have atleast 80% tread left. I checked my sway bar end links to make sure those were intact, no issues there. My struts and springs look to be all good. Everything else is running perfectly just the handling is having issues.
Any idea what would be causing this?
Thanks guys
#4
Driving my unreliable rx8
Air pressure?
Speedbump or pothole? I hit a bump and had a rear tire toe out. It caused me to slide like that. You should be able to see toe if you have a good eye. I scrubbed my back tires clean of tread in 400 miles on the drive home it was so bad.
Speedbump or pothole? I hit a bump and had a rear tire toe out. It caused me to slide like that. You should be able to see toe if you have a good eye. I scrubbed my back tires clean of tread in 400 miles on the drive home it was so bad.
#6
I know my stock tires with 25K on them would slide in the Summer. Switched to Conti Extreme Contact DWS's in case I have to drive in even a little snow if the other car is down. I could not move in 1" of snow with the stock tires.
Worn or older tires will slide.
Worn or older tires will slide.
#8
It is VERY possible your OEM tires are summer tread tires.. If you are at below freezing temps its gonna get interesting with the tires you have.. My first RX8 had summer tread tires on them. Because I lived in ca.. Didnt drive them that much then I moved to UT and found out they are not all season..
#9
I don't know what's causing your handling problems when it's warm. I would take the car to a wheel alignment shop and have them check it out. But you can't drive that car with stock tires in winter cold - that's just an accident waiting to happen.
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