mike satur
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Having recently purchased a 993CarreraS (I have been hankering after another 911 after selling my tweaked 75 Carrera 2.7 some 8 years ago) I was a bit dissapointed with the way it was handling compared to my recollections of the way I used to throw the 2.7 about. The Documents that came with the car indicated that the bilsteins had been changed and the wheel alignment had been adjusted, even so for an evolved car I felt the handling should be better. That said I decided to take it on a European tour visiting Belgium,Germany,Austria,Switzerland and back home via France. After a couple of days driving the rear tyres had scrubbed off down to the canvas 
. That would explain the deterioration in the handling!! Unfortunatley it was Sunday and I was in Germany so no tyre shops open..I had some 300kms to our appointed hotel and about 50km from it the off side tyre burst. On with the spacesaver and a slow drive hoping the other tyre would hold out ..it did and we were thankfull for a few steins of beer to numb the stress. The next day I located a tyre firm but they didn't have the 285x30x18 tyres and would take 2 days, another nerve racking drive on the spacesaver and number two Kojak to the next tyre company but they couldn't get the size for 24 hours. I eventually got through to the local Porsche dealer and got two pirelli p zeros fitted.The reason for the tyre stripping in such a short time could only have been down to wheel alignment and I decided to steady up the driving and keep a close eye on the wear rate. To cut a long story short after getting back to blighty I decide to have a local 'specialist' check and adjust the alignment. He reports that it was badly out and resets it. expecting to feel a vast difference in the handling I find that it doesn't feel that much different. Not wanting to doubt any 'professional's' abilities without firm evidence I decide to use my own tracking gauges to check the settings and was 'gobsmacked..no double gobsmacked when we saw the results...it was 'king miles out to the factory settings, one rear wheel was toe out and the other toe in, the cambers were out and the front toe settings and camber settings were wildly out as well, not to mention the steering gaiters twisted..thank ebay for a cd with all the info on for a fiver. So after paying a 'pro' for 5 hours of his time to screw up the car I will set up the alignment myself and have to get a refund for the 4 days he had the car.Wish me luck
Migration info. Legacy thread was 33812
. That would explain the deterioration in the handling!! Unfortunatley it was Sunday and I was in Germany so no tyre shops open..I had some 300kms to our appointed hotel and about 50km from it the off side tyre burst. On with the spacesaver and a slow drive hoping the other tyre would hold out ..it did and we were thankfull for a few steins of beer to numb the stress. The next day I located a tyre firm but they didn't have the 285x30x18 tyres and would take 2 days, another nerve racking drive on the spacesaver and number two Kojak to the next tyre company but they couldn't get the size for 24 hours. I eventually got through to the local Porsche dealer and got two pirelli p zeros fitted.The reason for the tyre stripping in such a short time could only have been down to wheel alignment and I decided to steady up the driving and keep a close eye on the wear rate. To cut a long story short after getting back to blighty I decide to have a local 'specialist' check and adjust the alignment. He reports that it was badly out and resets it. expecting to feel a vast difference in the handling I find that it doesn't feel that much different. Not wanting to doubt any 'professional's' abilities without firm evidence I decide to use my own tracking gauges to check the settings and was 'gobsmacked..no double gobsmacked when we saw the results...it was 'king miles out to the factory settings, one rear wheel was toe out and the other toe in, the cambers were out and the front toe settings and camber settings were wildly out as well, not to mention the steering gaiters twisted..thank ebay for a cd with all the info on for a fiver. So after paying a 'pro' for 5 hours of his time to screw up the car I will set up the alignment myself and have to get a refund for the 4 days he had the car.Wish me luck
Migration info. Legacy thread was 33812
