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Old Sep 28, 2004 | 12:15 PM
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How much did acura charge u for the alingment?? i put 19's on mine and gonna put the stocks back on soon and it may need it done??? Appointment necessary???
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Old Sep 28, 2004 | 12:19 PM
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Changing your wheels shouldn't have any effect on your allignment.
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Old Sep 28, 2004 | 08:44 PM
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Yea i kno but when i got my rims, as soon as they put them on my car would slightly veer to the right and its been pissing me off so i dunno if its something they did when they put on the rims at my boys shop or wut. I offered to do it my self but i guess this is wut i get, im itching to get my stocks back on to see wut the problem is. It so frustrating....
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Old Sep 28, 2004 | 08:56 PM
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If you got directionals, one of them could be on backwards.

Pr it could just be tramlining on the road.
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Old Sep 29, 2004 | 11:04 AM
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u mean directionals as in the tread on the tire???? Never though of that ill check. i hope its just something small, but the guy at the shop couldnt do the alingment b/c their machine didnt go as high as 19 inchs to set a tire, so they just tried to rotate the tires and its the same thing so thats why i think its something with the alingment....
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Old Sep 29, 2004 | 07:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Wess
LMAO!!!!! Dumbass.......

dumbass?

Just learn how to drive a car....people baby their cars to much...they really can do A LOT of good things!!!!

driving on a 3 lane highway at 80-85 is not bad at all.....
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Old Sep 29, 2004 | 07:47 PM
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Originally Posted by bgillette
dumbass?

Just learn how to drive a car....people baby their cars to much...they really can do A LOT of good things!!!!

driving on a 3 lane highway at 80-85 is not bad at all.....


gsi00154 wasn't saying that he was nervous about driving at high speed, he said that his car felt nervous at high speed. Nervous meaning twitchy.
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Old Sep 29, 2004 | 11:30 PM
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Classic bgillette!!
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Old Sep 29, 2004 | 11:32 PM
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Apparently,

reading comprehension > bgillette

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Old Oct 1, 2004 | 08:26 PM
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My alignment cost me $55.00.

bgillette
No offense dude!!
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Old Oct 5, 2004 | 12:10 PM
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Thanks, but did u have to schedual it or could u just go in ?????
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Old Oct 8, 2004 | 02:19 PM
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I went in early Saturday morning- 8:00.
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Old Oct 8, 2004 | 04:17 PM
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Originally Posted by gsi00154
Hello All,

I just finished reading the October Car & Driver article concerning the TSX and would like to comment on their assessment that the TSX is "nervous at speed."

My TSX is stock and I feel that it is a bit nervous at higher speeds. I do not feel 100% comfortable with lane changes at speeds above 70 mph as I did in my stock 2000 Jetta VR6. I have poured over countless articles concerning this cars razor like handling, but have not really been floored by it.

What adjustments would you recommend to dial this car into the canyon carver that I crave it to be?
I also switched from a Jetta - 2001 GLX V6 w/17" tires/sports package. I found the TSX handling to be very, very quick and light - far more so than my old Jetta. At first, highspeed driving was a bit of a challenge - I had the same reaction as you, frankly. In addition, the Jetta had a fair amount of understeer, and I found myself overcompensating in the TSX, in which understeer has been pretty completely damped for a front-wheel drive setup. Made for some skittish turns at first before I learned how the TSX handles.

Towards the end of the breakin period, I got used to the facile handling of the TSX, and I got used to the very subtle adjustments needed for freeway driving, and also got used to tossing the TSX around on curved roads. Once I learned to not overcompensate at the wheel for an understeer that was not present, I found that the TSX does carve its path very precisely, and I've taken several local roads at far faster speeds with the TSX than the Jetta with a far greater comfort level...... much more confident in the TSX, now that I am used to it, than I ever was in the Jetta, fun basher that it was.
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