[m4ximusprim3]

So I was driving "spiritedly" on the way home today and stuck the back end out farther than I should have. Didn't hit anything but did get a pretty wicked whip collecting it back up.

Chastened, I turned off sport mode and decided to dive like a normie for the rest of the way home. Immediately around the next bend, it feels like I'm getting more body roll than usual and the back end feels "loose" for lack of a better term. Usually the car feels tight as a drum, but it felt like the back end was lagging behind the front when I turned in.

Now, I could just be over-sensitive after my incident, but is there anything I should look for to make sure my sideways adventure hasn't tweaked anything?


PS: I live on a nigh-deserted rural road where we never get cyclists and rarely other cars, so spirited driving is low risk. I do not advocate and/or personally drive like a hooligan in populated areas.

 

[RodMoe]

Tires and everything looks normal ?

 

[m4ximusprim3]

yeah, that was my first thought- i checked all the pressures and everything looks normal. I was worried that I rolled a sidewall or something but no damage to the tire or rim that I could see.

The more I think about it, the more I think i'm proabably just being paraniod. I'll give it a good flogging tomorrow and see what it feels like after a good night's sleep.

 

[RodMoe]

Start off easy at first and see how it goes

 

[m4ximusprim3]

So I'm now 80% convinced I was just paranoid. It's raining this AM so I couldn't really drive too hard, but aside from some extra understeer from wet pavement, it seems fine.

 

[Methane Herder]

I have (while straightening a very closely spaced left right S bend) noticed something similar. Almost as if the rear bound up a bit and suddenly unloaded. I have attributed it to the rear bushings not keeping up with the large load reversals imposed on them by that particular corner.
MH

 

[m4ximusprim3]

I think in general the rear end feels like quite a bit more active than my previous hatchback (golf). In that car it pretty much just felt like the back followed the front, while in this one if you get off the go pedal mid turn, it really likes to rotate.

Not a bad thing, just different. Sort of fun, if you don't overdo it like I did.

 

[Matt_FiST]

It is an Electronic Stability Control button, that changes the driver setting between Normie, Spirited, and Are You Crazy! mode. Lol
Could it be the ESC braking a rear wheel?

 

[Ca5p3r]

With the FiST, it'll give you throttle lift over-steer. It is kinda funny. Front wheel drive with some rear wheel tendencies. Or maybe it doesnt... The only rear wheel that i've driven is a 1990 ford ranger and my dad's f-150.

The esc keeps the rear end more in line with the front.

 

[m4ximusprim3]

That's what got me so wierded out- i was driving in full hooligan mode when "the incident" occurred. I tossed it back in full esc mode and it seemed like it was still really tail happy. Overall I've driven it for a week and I don't think anything is awry though, so chalk it up to nerves after having a teachable moment.

 

[Matt_FiST]

Happened to me when I saw a stang in a round-a-bout. Let off mid turn, commenced rotation. Stang noticed.
New Falcon tires, and I immediately noticed how much harder the tread was than the Bridgestones. I could feel how smooth the road surface was.