Driving my car...looking for opinions

[Yenkofan]

Brian:
The car is not "out of control" it just doesn't feel good to me.

I have checked and repaired the front suspension, but do have some concern over the rear leaf springs and will be checking them soon.

Personally I would rather spin the tires more and feel "in control", then the other way around.

Gary

[Edited by Yenkofan (10-01-2000 at 06:22 PM).]

[bbdon]

The last time I had an alignment on my Nova, I asked the guy to put in 3 degrees positive caster. It is a pain in parking lots, because I dont have power steering, and it increased the steering effort. But it feels way better on the highway. This increases the self centering effect in the steering. Its a trick that I read about in Musclecar Review a few years ago. It works. And I put a little extra air in the front tires, so the effort is not so bad. Try it.

[JoeC]

The WT GT tires will "flat spot" a little from sitting. It takes a few miles for them to warm up and become round. You can try to experiment with the caster settings and air pressure to see if it feels better but don't forget you're driveing on 31 year old technology. That thin plastic steering wheel seems to make it feel even worse. In my opinion part of the fun of an old car is the 1969 looks, sounds, and feel. I do miss not having a cup holder for my water bottle though.