Thought the whole purchase etc went too smoothly...
Am getting reports of some weird behaviour that cant be put down to her adjusting to the artificial feel of electric steering. Although coming from the 306/Xsara platform, most cars feels worse in their steering/chassis feel!
When I got it at 14,000km from new, the OE Pilot Primacys drove perfectly and the car was a joy to drive - tracked perfectly, had decent feel (for electric steering...) and felt planted and secure.
But they were 6 years old and had age cracks, so i swapped them for some Conti PremiumContact 2s.
Which now pull to the right - even after an alignment and swapping the tyres side to side to eliminate a dud tyre. Steering is now inconsistent in feel, and randomly jerks one way or the other. When its not just pulling to the right...
wtf? Is this some weird combination of tyre and car, or coincidence with a steering fault presenting at the same time as tyres?
Or maybe just an age thing - its 6 years old and only did 14,000km in that time. Its done 2500km in the last couple of weeks so might be a bit shocked!
Has a warranty, so if they all say its ok I'll have to try another type of tyre. Still cant get my head around how tyre brand will make the car react like this though...
any thoughts/clues?
Am getting reports of some weird behaviour that cant be put down to her adjusting to the artificial feel of electric steering. Although coming from the 306/Xsara platform, most cars feels worse in their steering/chassis feel!
When I got it at 14,000km from new, the OE Pilot Primacys drove perfectly and the car was a joy to drive - tracked perfectly, had decent feel (for electric steering...) and felt planted and secure.
But they were 6 years old and had age cracks, so i swapped them for some Conti PremiumContact 2s.
Which now pull to the right - even after an alignment and swapping the tyres side to side to eliminate a dud tyre. Steering is now inconsistent in feel, and randomly jerks one way or the other. When its not just pulling to the right...
wtf? Is this some weird combination of tyre and car, or coincidence with a steering fault presenting at the same time as tyres?
Or maybe just an age thing - its 6 years old and only did 14,000km in that time. Its done 2500km in the last couple of weeks so might be a bit shocked!
Has a warranty, so if they all say its ok I'll have to try another type of tyre. Still cant get my head around how tyre brand will make the car react like this though...
any thoughts/clues?