Hello
Today my wife and I did a testdrive in a '05 with 48k (kilometers) on the odo. Despite some damage on the rims and frontbumper the car was in a good shape, also the chassis and drivetrain (no rust, leaks of wetspots) and unther the hood all was clean and looked like new.

The testdrive in the local town was good, on the highway I noticed some strange thing. By changing gear (from 6 to 5 and form 5 to 4) the car was dierctly going to the right. This was also by speeding in the same gear. I thought it would be the lining from the wheels, but when I did a breaktest with 130 km the car stays stabel and doesn't go the right or left.

We didn't buy it, it feels no good, Depite the sellsman says the S is always going to the right. That's bull because my KIA '04 did drive straight in al gears and with all rpm.

Does anyone know what it could be?

Thank you and greeting from The Netherlands
JPS

 

Maybe the previous owner got a flat tire and put the spare on the rear. That will damage the differential.

 

yeah that car no bueno.

i will mention that little things like air pressure being off 2-3 psi between the rear tires will cause the car to pull. The S2000 is also extremely sensitive to alignment as well.

 

So, it pulls to the right when you down shift and accelerate, and doesn't when you break?

Could it be frame damage?

 

Guys, thanks for your reply!

I must say that I didn't checked the tirepressure. So there could be some differences.

As I wrote, the visible check of the chassis was oke, but I could be wrong ofcourse.

I don't understand the answer about the sparetyre, what could be the reason?

Take care
JPS

 

bring someone who works in a bodyshop or bring the car to a bodyshop. any damage can be found within a few minutes.

 

could be tire pressure, alignment,etc. S is very sensitive to both things.

 

Tire pressure or alignment is very likely, worst case is that it's the differential or frame damage. I'd get it inspected before you think about buying it.

 

most likely its the alignment, cuz mine did the same thing until i got an alignment and now it accelerates straight, but either way get a PPI before buying any used car

 

The OD of the spare tire is smaller than the OD of the factory rear tires. If you get a flat on the rear, you have to transfer one of your front wheels to the rear and put the spare on the front. Having the spare on the rear will cause the axle on that side to rotate faster than the side with the full sized tire. This damages the LSD.