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Old 03-05-2008, 12:31 AM
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I was driving to/from work and decided to test out how long my car went straight before I had to steer it straight again. On the way to work, it was all clear so I slowed to 45 mph in 5th, then gassed it till I hit 85, and held it. The entire time I had my hands hovering over the steering wheel to straighten once it starts to vear off. It took me a bit over a minute from the start of the freeway to end, and I didn't touch the steering wheel once. Man, I love my car.

Same thing on the way back from work except kept at 65 mph. Never touched the steering wheel once. The only time my car tends to vear off in a direction is to the right when accelerating in first and second, and third if I'm hard on the gas.

How long can your car hold a straight line before you need to intervene, and what direction do you usually vear off to? Just thought I'd see what everyones alignment experience of the car is.


Peace.
 
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Old 03-05-2008, 12:44 AM
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about 10 seconds...

my control arms are **** tho...I am goin to be replacing them on sunday, I will post updated straight line results then
 
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Old 03-05-2008, 01:40 AM
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I can go straight for dayyys.

Fresh alignment as of 12 hours ago.
 
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Old 03-05-2008, 01:48 AM
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0 seconds haha. my car's currently misaligned a bit hehe
 
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Old 03-06-2008, 12:47 AM
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I have a little angled out aligment for turns etc. My car goes straight for ever---Ive gone straight for a while over 100. Ohhh but not with my HP evos! Just stockers.
 
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Old 03-06-2008, 01:31 AM
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Even the alignment just done it'll only track straight for a short while. Theres really nothing wrong with the alignment, just that the new tires follow every dip or rut in the road.
 
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Old 03-07-2008, 03:50 AM
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Man, I think the only reason I managed to go straight that day is cause there was a high wind that day that would "push" my car a bit to the left which sort of offset the vearing towards the right. But still, after doing this for a couple quick trips, it holds a straight line beautifully.

We're all gonna just keep going, and going, and going, and going, and ...
 
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Old 03-07-2008, 04:08 AM
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.00001 seconds. Pothole.
 
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