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Originally Posted by Curious Joel
1) I put my summer wheels/tires (the ones that came with the car) on yesterday. Since I did that, the car feels a little less stable on the road.. More floaty. It sometimes feels like the road is steering the wheels, because they grab. Why does it do this? I've got Goodyear Eagle RS-1 tires on it.. They don't seem that good... I'm getting new ones anyway, so it doesn't really concern me all that much. But I'm just curious (har har) why the car does this. I noticed it sometimes in the X5 too.
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The tramlining (feels as if a tire was caught by a street car rail) relates largely to wider tires, some tread designs being better/worse than others. Since you mention the floating feeling as well, I would start with tire pressures.
Jeff
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