Candy
Member
Hi
I would appreciate a little advice from the experience of other SLK drivers please.
About 6 months ago I had economy tyres fitted to the back of my SLK - I've only just realised by chatting to others how important tyres are...I just thought as long as they were legal and the right size they would be ok........ok, go for it, let the sniggling begin.....I am only a mere woman!....NOT!
But seriously - I've not driven the car for the last month because it was having body work repairs done after a lorry's trailer cut me up on a roundabout and scraped all down the left side of my car - it wasn't a collission - just a scrape (rubber marks left on left side of car/ripped wheel trim off/ripped wing mirror off).
Anyway, having now driven my car for the last 3 days in wet conditions - I'm not sure whether it's because I'm currently alert to any diffence in driving because of recent bump....but it appears that when I now go over a manhole cover/similar inconsistency in the road that my back end wiggles when it goes over.
Also, when I was pulling away from lights today - the traction light came on - I didn't feel it skid but the light came on.
The garage who did the repairs had the car back and have checked all the balancing etc again, confirmed there's no damage to chassis, springs, other "wheely/suspension" things - but did point out that they'd noticed the tyres were of an economy range - and could have an affect on the performance of this sort of car.
I'm now fully prepared to go and get Pirelli's/Bridgestones fitted on the rear but not being experienced in this area - am concerned if I go to the expense of this that the issue won't go away.
Any advise from you's out there would be gratefully received - from a lady who loves zooming around in my SLK.......
xxx:bannana:
I would appreciate a little advice from the experience of other SLK drivers please.
About 6 months ago I had economy tyres fitted to the back of my SLK - I've only just realised by chatting to others how important tyres are...I just thought as long as they were legal and the right size they would be ok........ok, go for it, let the sniggling begin.....I am only a mere woman!....NOT!
But seriously - I've not driven the car for the last month because it was having body work repairs done after a lorry's trailer cut me up on a roundabout and scraped all down the left side of my car - it wasn't a collission - just a scrape (rubber marks left on left side of car/ripped wheel trim off/ripped wing mirror off).
Anyway, having now driven my car for the last 3 days in wet conditions - I'm not sure whether it's because I'm currently alert to any diffence in driving because of recent bump....but it appears that when I now go over a manhole cover/similar inconsistency in the road that my back end wiggles when it goes over.
Also, when I was pulling away from lights today - the traction light came on - I didn't feel it skid but the light came on.
The garage who did the repairs had the car back and have checked all the balancing etc again, confirmed there's no damage to chassis, springs, other "wheely/suspension" things - but did point out that they'd noticed the tyres were of an economy range - and could have an affect on the performance of this sort of car.
I'm now fully prepared to go and get Pirelli's/Bridgestones fitted on the rear but not being experienced in this area - am concerned if I go to the expense of this that the issue won't go away.
Any advise from you's out there would be gratefully received - from a lady who loves zooming around in my SLK.......
xxx:bannana: