hi folks, well i brought a s2k ,52plate 58000 on the clock ,uk car. only just realiase my rear o/s top part of the wheel is in n bottom half of the wheel is really out, doesnt match the other d/s rear!!! from the rear it looks like this kind of angle (/). abit like poper reacing track car but one with one toe in/out wheel!

also, while i put my foot down in corners n soon as i let go my right foot , the direction of turn in will change to the oppsit direction!!!but straight line is fine, nothing seems wrong at hight speed straight line too, is just conering foot on gas m when let go the car will go toward the other way???

anyone pls pls help! thank you all

 

Sorry, i cant help you out. But i am really looking forward to the replies to this question!!

 

Drive like Miss Daisy and get it fixed asap.
Cornering will be interesting for sure. A good chance you will bin it.

 

If it's visibly out, there's a good chance the car has had a whack on that wheel and there may be more damage underneath.

I would drive it very slowly to a garage and leave it there until it's been checked over.

 

Your question doesn't make easy reading, but essentially your saying that your alignment is visably out of spec. Therefore the answer is simple isn't it? Take it for four wheel alignment.

As said its possible that this has been caused by an impact, but you would hope that any problems beyond alignment issues would at least be noticed by having the alignment done.


ps i've whacked my rear wheel in the past, it looked awful and was hardly drivable, I was convinced that i'd damaged something, but turned out everything was fine.

A tell tale sign that the wheel has taken a knock is that one of the small guide tabs buy the adjustment cam has been bent over.

 

I hate when people talk about offside and nearside (what exactly is wrong with left and right?). But surely d/s is driver's side, i.e. right and o/s is also the right side?

You mean you're turning right, and when you let go of the throttle it turns left?

Or are you just talking about the normal RWS / lift off oversteer effect?

 

The problem with left and right is that they are open to interpretation.

For example do you mean the right hand side as you look at the car from the front or the right hand side when you are sat in the car ?

O/S N/S removes this issues as does driver's side and passenger side.

 

...until you try it on a German or US forum.

Body left & right are the only correct terms; the reverse of stage!

 

Only if you're stupid.

If you meet somebody face to face, and shake their hand, are you confused as to which of their hands is which? Do you think you've just shaken their left hand because you were facing them, or do you understand that it is in fact their right hand you've shaken even though it's on your left?

N/S and O/S change depending which side of the road you are on. If I went to France, N/S would now be the right hand side, and O/S would be the left. A French mechanic might describe the O/S tyre as needing replacing. I get back to Britain, ask a tyre place to change the O/S tyre and they've changed the wrong one.

It's a mad house. A mad house.

 

Unfortunately, as I'm sure you are aware, the world is populated by stupid people.

We've all read or heard stories of surgeons removing the wrong lung or kidney due to this kind of error.

The concept of 'right and left' is one of the very few things that we cannot explain or describe without using either 'right' or 'left'. If you don't believe me , try it.

No wonder it is a bit of a mine field.

Anyway, back on topic, the obvious answer would be to go and get a geo check up.

Simples.