awesome fun... discuss

 

ha, its even more fun after a few mods....

 

do it in the rain..vsa off. ive had wheel spin through third gear. great fun

 

I'm about to jump on either a used '05 or '06. Is the reduction in torque steer on the '06 worth the extra three or more thousand dollars?

 

no, spend the money on better tires for the 04-05 (around 800 dollars at most) and you will be faster and having much more fun, plus more saftey in an 05 due to the better tires.

 

torque steer? I did not notice it in the 08 that i drove.......but then again I don't fool around in wet conditions

 

I've got an 06 and felt it hard tonight when messing around with my brother side by side lol.
second gear till almost red line, then bam into third and the car jumps hard left than right.

i was like

 

One of the reasons why FWD sucks for performance use. I can get in my 602rwhp Buick and go in a straight line yet when I floor the 258hp TL the car goes all over the place. Luckily it doesn't do it nearly as bad with my new tires.

 

602... straight line? and you'll be looking up at the sky

the reality is, torque steer is only a problem till you get used to it, seriously, the tl is hands down the #1 front wheel drive handling sedan ever built

 

I agree with you. I had an 80hp Celica that torque steered worse than the TL. Handling surprises me all the time. I'm just getting old and I grew up with RWD so the torque steer is annoying to me..... and I'm getting grouchy in my old age.

 

I've never ripped into my TL till last night and it was a blast
gotta love the constant "pull" feel

 

That's if the tires stick! Otherwise you are looking at reverse torque steer (tail happy)!

It makes my wife worry when the car appears to float around and I assure her that it's totally under control. As I Hate Cars said, I've had other cars just about rip the wheel out of my hands so this car is a dream.

Sure it's not a RWD, but I knew that. I live in a 4 season state so RWD isn't practical.

 

lmao, im going to test it out and see how bad it is on my car. if its bad enough, im definitely going to get some better tires. (still running on stock MXM4)

 

whats torque steer?

 

when you give it full throttle from a stop and the car starts swerving right and left.

 

ohhhhh and you have to put the e brake on?

 

Its more like a jerk at the stearing wheel. If the car literally swerves left and right...then thats some extreme tourque steer. In my opinion anyway. The 08 Type-S does a great job at correcting torque steer at full throttle in my opinion. TL-S FTW!!!!!!

 

umm no. definitely not. We don't have e-brakes its a parking brake. Pulling it in an act of desperation would only result in a total loss of control.

Torque steer is when you feel the car trying to steer to the left or right under hard acceleration.

 

where the hell did you get that from lol. noooo you dont.

okay. your at a complete stop. you give it full throttle (pedal all the way down to the floor), the car will jerk a little (or a lot, depending on the car) left and right. meaning, no way in hell a FWD car will stay straight without you aligning it when you give it full throttle lol.

 

haha yah i didnt mean actually start swerving like drifting in the rain. but your right, it corrects it in a second or so.

 

lol and their both v6's.... yah rite
the GNX is sick

 

its better going from 1st to 2nd or 2nd to 3rd. Well that is if you have a 6MT

i was like HAHAHAH
WEEEEEE

 

What torque steer?