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Rear suspension design and the police

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#1 ·
I made the wrong turn and I pulled into a shopping center so I can turn around and go back onto the street. As I was turning around, I was going maybe 3-5 MPH and the rear wheels lost traction on hard-packed snow. I made a 270 degree fishtail turn on the parking lot. All of a sudden I see the police going towards me with his lights on. He thought I was doing donuts on the parking lot. I told him the situation and even said to check the internet about the Elantra GT's squirrelly suspension. He let me go with a warning. I have never experienced this sensitivity in other FWD cars I have driven, and that includes the older Elantra's.
 
#2 ·
At 3-5 mph, what happened to you had very little to do with your car's suspension, and more to do with ice. I'm running OEM tires and suspension and very few will state that the OEM tires are great. I have yet to get this thing to even get sideways, let alone pull a 270. Either you were going faster than stated, have limited winter driving skills, or pulled into a parking lot and hit a patch of ice. I'm voting for the ice.
 
#11 ·
1) OEM tires are garbage
2) EGT is front-heavy. With the unibody frame, there is nothing in the rear half of the vehicle with any significant weight. Add some to the hatch and you'll notice a difference in the performance.
That's a good idea. My friend chopped down a tree recently and I'll just throw several logs of wood in the trunk.

I'm starting to lean toward my second original thought: limited winter driving skills.:blink:
What skills do you need besides turning the steering wheel at 3-5 MPH?

Okay, so if you had been on dry pavement do you think the same thing would have happened? I can answer that, NO. I just went out to the parking lot which is dry today and tried what you described and nothing happened so I did it again at about 10 mph and guess what, nothing happened. Guess it was caused by the ice.
Just because the suspension sucks in Winter, doesn't mean it will suck on dry surfaces. My friend's Chevrolet Cavalier handles awesome in the snow; really sucks on pavement. I wonder if the Elantra GT's rear suspension is a "sports" suspension?
 
#10 ·
Okay, so if you had been on dry pavement do you think the same thing would have happened? I can answer that, NO. I just went out to the parking lot which is dry today and tried what you described and nothing happened so I did it again at about 10 mph and guess what, nothing happened. Guess it was caused by the ice.
 
#12 ·
No need to tie up good fire wood just so you can "drive"(read operate) your car. A fifty pound bag of "Old Roy", since you said parking lot I'm guessing Wal Mart, would work just fine. It is self contained and when the weather clears you can feed it to your dogs.
 
#21 ·
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