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bmf.whoo

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  1. What kind of Spark are you driving? The "Spark Z06"? My car has unresponsive, regressive steering to begin with. And as far as "weight bias" goes. You can feel how slow the rear end is to come around a corner because it's barely getting any rear end grip! Even for a FWD car the front tires are wearing at a comparably alarming rate to the rear. (Yes, I understand the front tires wear faster than the rear in a FWD car, however, the difference should not be as significant as it is at 8,500 miles....I shouldn't have to rotate the tires every 2000 miles or less) You're assumptions are base
  2. Yes, I understand that the more weight in the car, the more work the drive wheels have to do. So this can create a situation when starting or stopping......much easier to compensate for than oversteer and understeer caused by such an extreme lack of weight and power. While this would be more pronounced in a car with a longer wheelbase, it still exists here. I personally find increasing the downward force when moving at speed to be more important than possibly spinning my wheels from a start or not being able to stop in time. As far as hills go, I'm not worried about the impact that 120 po
  3. Thanks schlatz.....sorry.....195/55/15 is what I had in mind........thanks for that. Can you recommend anything currently available that's affordable? Simple oversight, but you obvioiusly understood where I was coming from. Do you hassle with the sensors or do you swap back and forth between wheel sets through the winter as needed and just run it? Honestly, so far this year the few mentions of snow have been quickly replaced with weather that could be considered as tropical in comparison, so I have a feeling snow tyres might be a waste of time this winter. Sparkfanatic.........putting we
  4. The bogging down is most likely an issue with compression in the engine. Lack of a proper fuel/air mix.......I do believe I have read something about some pistons being improperly milled and installed regardless. This would manifest with greater frequency and intensity with every additional mile. Less than 1mm off and you've got a problem. Expensive problem to fix, easy one to avoid or ignore.........hopefully not a very common issue......but apparently not? As far as bogging down as a result of the transmission.....perhaps this is a result of the CVT transmission....but in this instance
  5. Just a few questions. Only two months + into Spark ownership. It's alright. Sometimes it's difficult to put the car into reverse gear.....shifting into third then BACK into reverse generally works when it won't engage. Other then that....we'll see. So some winter driving questions I didn't find specific answers to.......Thanks in advance for all advice/information/what have you. Can I put a similar bolt pattern 195/65R/15 wheel/tyre combo in place of the standard 185/65R/15 stock combo? If I can do this, that opens up my market and greatly reduces my cost on a snow tyre package. Anyon
  6. I got the letter just over two weeks ago now. I'm less concerned with the hood latch and more concerned with the occasional difficulty putting the car in reverse.
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