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Old 09-05-06, 09:12 PM
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Hi everyone! Although I'm still having a couple of rattle problems with my car I wanted to see if anyone is having vibration/uncomfortable ride at highway speeds. I live in California and many of the highways are grooved concrete for rain. At 55 to 60 mph the car is fine. At speeds above 65 up to 85 the car definitely "follows the grooves" and has a noticable vibration in the steering wheel and suspension that is driving me crazy. I would describe the ride as twitchy and slightly wobbly. My last two cars definitely have not had this type of vibration or "twitchyness" that this car exhibits.

The car has the Toyo tires, it has already been aligned (it was delivered out of spec) and has had the front wheels rebalanced. I currently have about 1200 miles on it.

Any suggestions? I can't imagine that this is normal. Thanks for your help!
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Probably it is your tires. I had the same thing long ago when I bought my 98 Camery. The car came with summer tire, actually they sounded thin, anyway the rain groves in the freeway made the car wonder all over. After many mile of use they settle down to just a small amount of twitchyness. Finally when they wore out I change tires and it went away. Hope that helps you.

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