I don't think this problem is going to go away.
It seems that most of my front seat passengers are heavy, very heavy and it really messes up how the car handles and feels.
A couple of years ago I discovered and fixed a broken rear drop link because high speed lane changes with passengers felt very wobbly.
Could I have another problem with the car, or are mid-year 911's just not set up to lug around heavy people very well?
People were a lot lighter +35 years ago, is that the problem?
Americans are getting fatter: poll
Americans are getting fatter: poll | New York Post
Quote:
|
American men are weighing in at an average of 196 pounds — 16 pounds more than in 1990, a Gallup Poll has found. The average weight for women jumped 14 pounds to 156 pounds over the same period.
|
A Mathematical Challenge to Obesity
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/15/science/a-mathematical-challenge-to-obesity.html?_r=0
Quote:
|
I could see the facts on the epidemic were quite astounding. Between 1975 and 2005, the average weight of Americans had increased by about 20 pounds. Since the 1970s, the national obesity rate had jumped from around 20 percent to over 30 percent.
|
So let's round up some numbers, lets say people are 30 lbs heavier than back in the mid 1970's, that's 60 lbs more weight in the car with two people than it was designed for, but it's center line weight - in the middle.
Is that 60 lbs enough to screw up the car's handling, or should I be crawling under the car looking for cracked towers and leaky shocks?
When I first took the car out this season I forgot to add air to the tires, but once I did it started behaving much better.
However the lopsided weighting with a heavy passenger cannot be fix with tire pressures, can it?
I need to take some weight out of the car, starting on the abandoned A/C hoses for one thing. I have a list, but that really is another topic.
Anyone else getting frustrated with large passengers?
A "No Fat Chicks" bumper sticker isn't going to cut it, the heavy weights are my male friends.