My first ACORN EFFECT....so excited
01-15-2020 | 12:31 AM
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From: Philly 2022 Targa 4 GTS
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Omega4 (01-15-2020)
01-15-2020 | 01:40 PM
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Michelins too
Sorry to burst the Michelins don't do it balloon, but they do. My Targa 4S with Michelins give me the acorn effect when I back out of the garage on a chilly day and turn hard in either direction. Tires warm up...no more effect. My 997.2 Targa 4 never did it on the Conti All Seasons. Going to all season tires when these Michelins run their course. The car experiences huge temp swings on our trips and the Michelin summer tires hate cold weather. Just how it is. Can't carry two sets of tires going from sea level to mountains.
Not to poke the bear though. I love Michelin tires, they just don't make all seasons for our cars or I would buy them! Conti neither. Bridgestone is it right now unless someone knows differently, and if you do please share! Thanks!
Not to poke the bear though. I love Michelin tires, they just don't make all seasons for our cars or I would buy them! Conti neither. Bridgestone is it right now unless someone knows differently, and if you do please share! Thanks!
01-15-2020 | 02:07 PM
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Sorry to burst the Michelins don't do it balloon, but they do. My Targa 4S with Michelins give me the acorn effect when I back out of the garage on a chilly day and turn hard in either direction. Tires warm up...no more effect. My 997.2 Targa 4 never did it on the Conti All Seasons. Going to all season tires when these Michelins run their course. The car experiences huge temp swings on our trips and the Michelin summer tires hate cold weather. Just how it is. Can't carry two sets of tires going from sea level to mountains.
Not to poke the bear though. I love Michelin tires, they just don't make all seasons for our cars or I would buy them! Conti neither. Bridgestone is it right now unless someone knows differently, and if you do please share! Thanks!
Not to poke the bear though. I love Michelin tires, they just don't make all seasons for our cars or I would buy them! Conti neither. Bridgestone is it right now unless someone knows differently, and if you do please share! Thanks!
Have P4S, and they started doing it a few weeks ago. About 13,700 miles on the set.
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Mark Stevens (12-08-2021)
12-08-2021 | 01:09 PM
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Well, my tires are old and dry and it is getting colder in So Cal so I experienced the front tires jumping around as if it was on pebbles or acorns as I was in reverse full turn from driveway to street. I thought it had to do something with the electric power steering and feedback only to learn about the Acorn Effect.
Thanks to this forum I avoided costly and time consuming investigation. I never experienced this in my 997....do not know if it is the tires or the 991, but at least I know it is not a problem.
FYI
Abe
Thanks to this forum I avoided costly and time consuming investigation. I never experienced this in my 997....do not know if it is the tires or the 991, but at least I know it is not a problem.
FYI
Abe