designer wheels.

[growler_south]

The MR2 is a sharply angular wee wedge, all square edges and chunky rectangular details. Including, I have discovered, the tyres.

My tyres are square. I jacked the car up and spun the front wheels and, sure enough, ba-dump, ba-dump it went. This goes a long way to explaining the shimmy at high speed, and the 2-year gap in the ownership history when the car did only 1500km: because it was sitting in one place. Flattening its tyres.

Now, its possible that this will work itself out after a couple of long hot runs, but the trip back from Hamilton should have been enough to cure it- I think it may be new tyre time.

How about a nice set of Goodyear Eagle F1 GS-D3s?

Note the circular roundness.

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[growler-south.livejournal.com]

They're rumoured to be awesome on the MR2- very resistant to hydroplaning and with awesome tracking and turn-in, but with the dry grip of a semi-slick. They even release gently at the limit. The Toyos are grippier, but more agressive at the limit and until I've learned to drive the MR2 properly I think the more forgiving nature of the GS-D3 is a good choice.