Alvaroxxx

Hi everyone,
I have a beautifull 2008 targa 4 997. I dont use the car a lot and my pirellis are in good shape but little hard.
The thing is that when I turn all the way the steering wheel at low speeds / parking it makes some traction hits.
I am trying to figure out whats happening, under the car everything seems ok and my car its 59k mileage. so..?¿?

Any ideas?


saludos desde España!

DC911S

All AWD cars will do that at low parking lot speeds and sharp turns.

Petza914

All 911s actually do it and it has something to do with the front suspension geometry. It's worse when backing up at full steering lock and also worse in cold weather. There's a name for it, but I can't recall it.

Macster

Some mention "Ackerman" something or other when commenting on this behavior.

Petza914

Yup, that's the word. Thanks.

Macster

Not limited to 911's. My 2002 Boxster does it. The front tires are getting close to 40K miles and are quite hard from the heat cycles. With winter upon us here backing the car out of the parking space in the AM has the inside front tire scrubbing to beat the band. Might try to make a video/audio clip of this sometime this week.