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Originally Posted by udaykars  Hii Guys,
I have got something to ADD on here. Very recently I drove my friends Swift vdi which had Stock tyres. I took it over a open highway, It definitely has that 'X' factor . But, when i quickly over took a another car [that Zip..zaap..thing] The car almost ran out of control, there was too much of body roll kind of thing ! I some how managed the wheel, nothing else happened except few Heart attacks to my friends in Rear seat.  i was around 80 -90 kms not very sure!! But i always do this on my Zen Di, never faced anything like this !
Guys, is this because of those Low profile Stock tyres or lack of ABS ?? Is there any human error in this ? |
i'm not sure what happened, but I've driven a zen D for over 30000km, and the bodyroll is worse in it, than the swift. of course it isnt as tall as the swift, so you feel safer, but the angles that the zen d leans are greater than the swifts D.
low profile tyres should give you less body roll.
ABS has nothing to do with body roll.
I also get the feeling that the swift is especially sensitive to camber angle changes when you shift from one side of the two lane road to another.
for eg, the left lane on a 2 lane road tilts to the left, and the right tilts to the right.
during overtaking in a 2 lane road with excessive, unscientific camber, you are forcing the car to tilt from left to right and back to left again. if done abruptly enough, the rear will unsettle.
Both roads were in coimbatore.they tend to go overboard with cambering there. dont know why.
had 2 close calls. one when overtaking a bus- but I managed not to panic and held the car.(speed of 80-90)
the other when i was being an idiot and tried drifting across a road with excessive camber.(speed of 40-50)
I've also noticed, that the relatively stiff chassis and the non independent suspension at the rear tends to lift one of the 2 rear wheels while cornering or while turning onto climb an incline.
things have settled now because,
1. slightly better tyres
2. i'm careful with roads having too much camber- even if the surface is good.
maybe my suspension set up is off and thats why this has happened.
could some one more technically oriented please clarify? all of the above is based only on my experience, no real evidence for anything.
however, something i can testify to- lose the stock tyres. they are killers .