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Old 02-22-18, 09:43 AM
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Default Suspension noise slow tight turning? Ackerman Effect?

Ever since I got the GSF back in November, everytime I do a tight slow turn it feels like my front tires are "skipping." This feels like the "Ackerman effect" that is present in the newer Corvettes and Chevy engineers left the ackerman effect in the Corvettes so as not to compromise suspension performance, but am not sure if Lexus left the Ackerman effect by default?

Anyone else experiencing this? Wanna see if this is normal before I have to drive 2 hours to get to my nearest Lexus dealership... Sucks having to drive 2 hours to get to the nearest Lexus...

Completely stock tires, suspension.
Old 02-22-18, 10:04 AM
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I believe this is characteristic of this car when its cold and on summer tires. or just summer tires in the cold in general. I have the same thing happen from time to time. A couple times i got scared and thought i hit something the way the car skipped lol
Old 02-22-18, 11:20 AM
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Same here when it’s cold, and I live in Florida. It’s 81 degrees today. Woohoo!
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I get the same thing on the summer tires when it's cold here, the car jerks and the tire makes a sound... just feels like i slid on ice momentarily. This usually only happens when doing a slow tight turn or reverse in a driveway or parking lot.
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Old 02-22-18, 07:55 PM
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Interesting. Although I have the stock summer tires and it did the same thing when it was 80 degrees here yesterday. I could understand the cold weather and the pilot ss tires not being able to properly grip the road but not when its warm outside!
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