...now there's a strange thing.
Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2012 8:48 pm
I went to Exeter in the white estate this morning, nothing ground breaking in that except that I don't drive it very often now as since the red one was scrapped my son Martin has adopted it. Ever since I bought it about three and a half years ago the steering has wandered to the right and in recent months has been pulling quite strongly, I have checked the camber angle, wheel position and everything else I could think of with no success.
When I drove it this morning it steered as straight as a die, I kept letting go of the wheel just to check, the technological breakthrough that brought about these results? we changed the n/s front tyre. When I bought the car it had just had two new Goodyear tyres fitted to the front so not unaturaly I didn't suspect them, what I noticed a few weeks ago was that the n/s one was worn out on the inner edge although the rest of the tread was still good, the o/s tyre was wearing normally so it wasn't a tracking problem, as its steering perfectly now with a replacement secondhand tyre from the red car I can only assume that the tyre was faulty from the time I had it.
Driving the car again made me realise why I like the XM so much, I hardly had to change gear while I was out except in the town itself and then not much, I came round the corner off the A35 in 4th gear! Niether the 406 or the C5 are anything like as flexible although they are nice cars in there own right, the XM will pull smoothly from tickover, the Hdi's complain when you try to do the same.
Peter
When I drove it this morning it steered as straight as a die, I kept letting go of the wheel just to check, the technological breakthrough that brought about these results? we changed the n/s front tyre. When I bought the car it had just had two new Goodyear tyres fitted to the front so not unaturaly I didn't suspect them, what I noticed a few weeks ago was that the n/s one was worn out on the inner edge although the rest of the tread was still good, the o/s tyre was wearing normally so it wasn't a tracking problem, as its steering perfectly now with a replacement secondhand tyre from the red car I can only assume that the tyre was faulty from the time I had it.
Driving the car again made me realise why I like the XM so much, I hardly had to change gear while I was out except in the town itself and then not much, I came round the corner off the A35 in 4th gear! Niether the 406 or the C5 are anything like as flexible although they are nice cars in there own right, the XM will pull smoothly from tickover, the Hdi's complain when you try to do the same.
Peter
