handling

We went on a wet handling day yesterday and enjoyed it but not the sort of thing id do again although mrs marty learnt some new things. General skid safety with the ESP on and off and ended the day with a spot of drifting..... accelerate to 34mph-off the throttle to throw the weight to the...

http://www.mbclub.co.uk/forums/events/75014-wet-handling-day-3rd-october.html Could do with some more numbers, let me know.

Hi All Earlier this year I joined the wet handling event run by the Alpina Register at Rockingham. Pics here: http://www.thealpinaregister.com/rockingham2009.php Fantastic fun was had by all as well as some real improvements to driving skills - certainly helped a lot at a wet maserati forum...

Hi Folks, Have recently had the anti roll links and various bushes replaced on the front of my w203 and have noticed that in the wet the car does not hold corners well at anything over 30 mph - very noticable on roundabouts. I had previously noticed this before the work but don't remember it...

Interesting short article on car handling. In search of Volvo's character - Tester?s notes

I was under the impression that you have to take it a little bit easy with 4X4’s on the motorway, but last time I drove to my wife’s family in France I was driving 90mph on the motorway and an ML registered in Paris came up behind me like a rocket with his indicator on, sat so close to my rear...

im not clued up on this sort of stuff, but will lowereing my coupe improve the handling, or will it simply make it lower!!! i posted before about my handling, the car feels as though it is equipped with bed springs!, so will a new set of springs help?

Hi all, I am thinking of putting a 18" AMG staggered set up on my C200K elegance w203, but i am concerned that it could adversly effect the handling of the car???? It has been mentioned to me that cars with AMG wheels on from factory are set up to work with staggered fit. Secondly how much...

I have recently bought my 1999 C220CDi. 122k miles. I owned a 1993 C220 petrol until July 07, traded it in for a newer "ordinary car", missed my Merc so got this one. On the old Merc I had decided that Michelins were best, having also tried Dunlop & Pirelli. Having seen other threads, it...

Hi , My parents have owned an SLK230 for over 4 years and last weekend the car spun out of control at 40mph on a straight road with no warning. The road conditions were dry and the car was accelerating at the time ( not heavy acceleration). My father is a very experienced driver and has never...

My 2000 E320 cdi gets right out of order when tramlining in the slow lane - very disconcerting. Any one got a cure. I'm running alloys and reasonably wide tyres.

Hi Everyone It's been a while but here goes, car is 1998 W202 250turbodiesel. If at low speed ie walking pace when I turn to the right the N/S front wheel seems to slip side ways and feels absolutely dreadful, quite scary really It's much worse on a wet surface.The front tyres are low on...

My 1996 c250d handling is not what it's suppose to be. The steering/handling is vaque and not very direct. The car tends to loose its line in moderate winds or when going over bumps in the road. A sort of like spongy steering feel and not direct. There are no excessive play on the steering box...

I'm very pleased with my car overall but being used to much more modern machinery I would like to sharpen up the handling a bit. I was thinking 16" rims with 205/55 tyres and new (uprated?) front dampers would help but what did the 'sportline' package for the estates consist of?

Hi all, I have a strange handling problem and hope some of you can give me some pointers. The symptoms: When going round a bend at low speed say between 10-30mph, I seem to loose the backend and have to correct the steering as if I am over-steering it. No skidding. I have got new...

Have a bit of a problem with the W210. Thought it may be damper related but now not so sure. Symptoms are: Car turns into corners very aggresively, even when applying quite small steering movements, and there is a reluctance for the steering to return to straight ahead. Car seems to...

Hi all, I bought a 1990 500SE about 6 weeks ago to replace my nice 260E (still for sale by the way!) The car has 128,000 miles on the clock and seems to have been looked after (main dealer stamps) until about 2 years ago. I viewed the car with a specialist from Watford who helped me to...