Thread: My tyre melted

I took a short break in Darwin once and ended up staying for 5 years and the ONLY reason we left was because the Missus flatly refused to suffer another "Build Up".
The NT and Darwin is "Gods Country" as far as I am concerned, Enjoy

Originally Posted by Lukeis

Hmmm maybe, we admitted defeat for the holiday and rented a house in Darwin so we could resume work instead of just killing time

now we have to balance work and our two year old without the ability to go to the park or go for a walk (it’s 36C here) - at this point I’m thinking two kids might be easier than one?

on the bright side it’s very safe up here and there’s talk of opening things up again soon

Firstly wait until six months time in late October...

Secondly 'Playgrounds' are closed meaning play equipment. However parks/green spaces are able to be used with social distancing etc.

Darwin: Sport Facilities, Parks & Playgrounds - COVID 19 | City of Darwin | Darwin Council, Northern Territory

Palmerston: COVID-19 Update | City of Palmerston

Walking and having a two year old play in the grass under a shady tree is certainly permitted.

Results are in: 18 degree inward angle for the front wheels - ie the car was severely pigeon toe’d

wheel alignment done today.

said the Front camber is at 2 degrees which they will fix tomorrow - I’m unsure why this wasn’t fixed at the same time

Originally Posted by Lukeis

Results are in: 18 degree inward angle for the front wheels - ie the car was severely pigeon toe’d

surely you would feel that while driving

No adverse feeling, noise or vibrations at all

Coming off centre steering position should have been twitchy

Originally Posted by josh.huber

Coming off centre steering position should have been twitchy

It’s toeing in heavily both sides so in a turn instead of the unloaded tyre moving to to toe-out or neutral position as normal to help cornering, it would have remained toe -in and thus I’d have expected it to actually push wide and scrub more, not feel twitchy.
Toe out on the rear of a front wheel drive - that’s twitchy, and caused a friend to put his car into a tree on its side. He was lucky the tree got at the rear passenger area and not the front. He turned a Swift into a two seater very quickly.

Originally Posted by Lukeis

Results are in: 18 degree inward angle for the front wheels - ie the car was severely pigeon toe’d

wheel alignment done today.

said the Front camber is at 2 degrees which they will fix tomorrow - I’m unsure why this wasn’t fixed at the same time

How does that happen? 18 degrees is massive. It must have had a big hit or something must have broken in the steering or suspension. I'm surprised there was even that much adjustment in it!