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thanks tony

hi tony 1 pm tues is fine

hi tony ,sorry i am not too sure what you mean by your your sentence staggering the angles.are you saying that after staggering the angles the car will behave in a neutral fashion what ever the road camber. Good Friday we can make at say 1 pm to be on the safe side

hi tony i notice from a previous post that you mention staggering the geometry towards the offside . would this not make the car steer to OS on a flat road ? at the moment the car is fairly neutral if the road is flat . you said you would kindly attend my next visit and i am hoping that if you are available to come up this mon or tues 10th or 11th thanks

hi tony,ok thanks for that . as i am well over 2 hours from you plus the M25 traffic,i will need to come in again when i am coming that way.so if it is possible to leave that offer open then i will contact you before i make the journey. thanks

hi Tony,WIM have looked at the car. they reported that the alignment was a mess ( their words) so i decided to have the car lowered and the full alignment,arrived at 11 30,back on the road by 2 00 excellent service the cars feels a whole lot better ,no tramlining,steering wheel is centring well and driving it is much more relaxed but i still have the same problem with the car driving towards the nearside if there is a slight camber in the road ( fine on a flat road) the guys at WIM said the car would probably benefit from 4 matching tyres . i have already swapped the front tyres from side to side which made no difference is this a characteristic of this mx 5 model or should i be looking for another fault?.and if so what is it likely to be ? i am now confident that the alignment is now spot on thanks

hi tony ,i have booked the car in with WIM for next week i wonder if you have any views on how different the car would feel if i changed the wheels to 16 " thereby using narrower tyres and higher profile i don't have an aggressive driving style anymore .i just like it to accelerate well and drive normally.its our everyday car .thanks

thanks Tony,i feel i should drive the car to your place but i am well over 2 hours away .so what i will do is get the castor measurement rechecked and then if i can't get it sorted out we will drive up to see you thanks

no thats what the invoice says

hi tony,front tyres have now been moved from side to side . the car is still driving to the nearside .one thing i have noticed is that when i turn right at a t junction sometimes the steering needs an extra nudge to make it drive straight i.e. it drives to the offside .all other cars i have owned seem to self centre on their own. thanks

i will arrange this ,thanks is a pneumatic pull caused by a faulty tyre ?

hi tony i have had the car for about 3 months and it has always been the same the rear tyres are Avon ZZ5 205 45 88W which were on the car when i bought it ( they are still in there original positions on the car) the front tyres are Kumho Ecsta LE sport 205 45 ZR17 88Y these are only 6 weeks old before i purchased the car it had a weeping nearside rear shock absorber which was replaced . i don't know what make it was or whether it was replaced as a pair as far as i know nothing else has been done to the suspension the alignment has been adjusted twice the first setting were camber LF and RF -3/4 LR and RR - 1.5 Castor LF and RF -6.25 front toe in 1.5 mm rear toe in 2 mm the second time i had the alignment done was by a Mazda main dealer who set it to standard Mazda setting but they do not have the figures

thanks for prompt reply Tony.The pull definitely has energy in it.the car goes immediately for the kerb. -On any uneven road i am constantly correcting the steering.Sometimes when i have been round a bend the steering needs a bit more correction from me to centre its self.

my 2010 mx5 mk3 is driving towards the kerb.it happens mainly when there is a kerb on the road and it perfectly ok on the open roads and dual carriageways. i have had 4 wheel aligned by 2 separate garages ,the last one by a main mazda dealer. having read on your site that the mk3 chassis is one of the best so i am a little mystify the way my car drives can you help please ?