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From: mat@mtx5a.UUCP (m.terribile)
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Subject: Re: drift to right (actually K-cars) [long]
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Date: Wed, 26-Feb-86 02:07:34 EST
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Posted: Wed Feb 26 02:07:34 1986
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> In article <620@hounx.UUCP> wa2sff@hounx.UUCP writes:
> >The 1982 Plymouth Reliant drove me crazy when I first got it.
> >It would always pull to the right and the drift during acceleration was bad.
> >The shift pattern was let up on gas, change steering direction, shift to next
> >gear, [let up on clutch, step on gas, change steering direction ] (all
> >simultaneously).

Have a look at the front suspension.  There isn't enough metal there to
support a tricycle!  Of course, mine has been over 117,000 miles of potholes,
recently took a jackhammer hit (blew the seals out of the struts!) and is
still slightly misaligned from a 12-mph hit on the corner.  I've got the
plainest one made, and it's no sport sedan, but with XZXs on it, it's
a reasonable car to drive from here to there.

And yes, by now I had most of the replacable things replaced on the front
suspension.  But it amazes me that the thing holds together at all.
As far as the rightward drift ... mine didn't have any 'till after the
first accident.  They straightened the rail, but not perfectly.

> At home, by the way, two cars are shod with Arrivas, and two with Michelins
> (XVS and XA4's), and quite frankly, the Michelins are no match for the
> Arrivas when it comes to rain, snow, or ice.  You think you got bad tires,
> be glad they didn't stick you with the standard Goodyear Viva II's.

I know about them.  First time I got the XZXs on, I oversteered for a week!
But with the XZXs, I can corner hard enough on dry pavement to put the oil
pressure light on, and if there is any tread at all, it is almost impossible
to make the tires hydroplane.  Tha's my worst fear in rain ... not general
traction loss, but a deep puddle around a corner on NJ roads like 22 or 35.
They're crummy on ice, though.

> (PS, you can cure that door squeak with liberal and frequent shots of Teflon)

The cure is grease from a mechanic's grease gun shot through the holes in the
hinges with the doors at the point of maximum friction.  Lasts about 35,000
on the drivers door, less on the others, unless you use them often.
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