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From: smh@mhuxl.UUCP (henning)
Newsgroups: net.auto.tech
Subject: Re: Wandering Nova
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Date: Sat, 11-Jan-86 14:09:04 EST
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From the keys of Steve Henning, AT&T Bell Labs, Reading, PA mhuxl!smh

> My 1978 Nova (52,000 miles) "wanders" when I drive it, requiring
> constant, jerky steering wheel movement.  It feels as if the car is
> almost out of my control.  I've had this problem for quite a while, but 
> now it's so bad I'm afraid to drive the car at all.

My father-in-law had this problem on a Nova. He solved it by throwing
away the old-but-hardly-used tires and put on a set of radials.  Now,
believe-it-or-not, it handles very well.