Couple Questions - Long

[Larry" <rocco16v@netzero.com (Larry)]

Colin-
  Assuming you got 'real' snow tires (not the new M & S), I would think they
would account for the change in feel ('floaty'), the evenly-spaced 'bumps'
are another issure, though. I dunno'.

Larry  sandiego16V

> Hi,
>      About a month ago I picked up new rims and tires for my 87 8v.
Normal VW
> 14 inch rims with nice wide snow tires (essential for driving in Ottawa).
I'm
> wondering if the weight of the rims (they're a lot heavier than the 13
inch
> stock rims) and the bigger tires would cause the 2 problems I seem to have
> acquired since then.  The first is more annoying, but less frightening.
At
> about 35 to 45 Kph ( 20 to 30 Mh) it's almost like the tires are seriously
out
> of round or something, it almost hops down the road.  Sort of like the
feeling
> of going over evenly spaced lumps in the road every few seconds, but not
> forceful like bumps.  The scarier problem is that above about 120Kh (70
Mph)
> the car feels very "floaty".  I don't seem to have any real traction
problem
> (confirmed yesterday when I had to stop extremely fast because of traffic,
> several people around me didn't stop until shortly after tapping the cars
in
> front of them, I didn't even lock up the fronts).  The steering seems
about
> 200% more sensitive and I have to adjust very frequently to stay in my
lane.
> It always wants to drift.  There's no real wobble or vibration, though,
other
> than a teeny bit because of a passenger side motor mount that needs
replacing.
>      I have no idea about the lumpy low speed.  My first thought about the
> "floaty" feeling and extreme steering sensitivity was maybe the wider and
> bigger tires were doing it and I needed to either get used to it or adjust
my
> suspension to compensate.  Then I saw all the messages about losing a tire
> because of rear wheel bearings and now I'm getting worried.  Am I about to
join
> the society of high-speed sideways people?  There's no apparent noise
(tough to
> tell with the Dynomax muffler...that puppy is loud ;)), but given the
weird low
> speed up and down thing I wonder.  Also, it doesn't always do that, I
think I
> have to actually maintain a speed in that range and it needs to be warmed
up
> (again difficult to tell, I normally accelerate pretty quickly to above
50/30).
>      Thanks for any thoughts.  I might park the little beasty until I'm
sure I
> won't end up hurting it badly.
>
>
> Cheers,
> Colin
>
>
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