Craig Dent
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Bought a 993 1996 in early Aug having tried quite a few previously ( one from Oakhills who I notice have been the subect of enquiries fairly recently). I found all the 993's particularly "fidgetty" and 2 of the cars juddered badly under not really severe braking.
So, I purchased my least fidgetty car, Met red, 50K kms, LHD one owner Germany, one owner UK with main dealer service history. Replaced rear tyres with original 17" spec Continentals(£104+vat), had wheels specially balanced ( nearly died at £20 per wheel) set off for continent and guess what? Soon as I started to use the brakes, Judder Judder. And the discs & pads were replaced by HR Owen, Hatlield less than 5000k's ago and looked like new as they should!
Jeeeez, these cars are built by the company which has won Le Mans how many times? and yet in my short but fairly concentrated experience of the marque, they present consistently an unacceptable problem ----and if you really want to know how serious, I've just come back from an excursion to the Dolomites and the trip included the Grimsel, Susten, Oberal, Bernina, Julier, Tonale, Campo Carlo Magna passes and many others of lesser stature--------------and juddering brakes under such driving conditions ain't funny.
Does anybody have the same consistent experience and is there a solution? I'm about to replace front discs and pads but will not be at all gruntled if they again revert to a juddering mass after only another 5000kms.
Oh, yes, the fidgetty nature? Concentration is soooooo high at over say 110mph that driving becomes a bore, especially when Renault Lagunas and the like seem to just eat up the miles. Yes, the car is short and will therefore not be exceptional in the stability department but is there a suspension set up / tweak (like castor angle adjustment?) which will stabilise the steering just a little bit? Both self and wife came independantly to the conclusion that consistent 125mph driving is more achievable and MUCH more relaxing in our old Audi A6 Turbo Diesel-----------but it doesn't "turn in" quite the same on the mountain passes and those impossibly short overtaking oportunities just don't exist.
Finally --- in 3000 miles of varied driving the 993 averaged 24mpg ------unbelievable!
Any help to sort out what is potentially a great car would be appreciated
Craig Dent
Migration info. Legacy thread was 8455
So, I purchased my least fidgetty car, Met red, 50K kms, LHD one owner Germany, one owner UK with main dealer service history. Replaced rear tyres with original 17" spec Continentals(£104+vat), had wheels specially balanced ( nearly died at £20 per wheel) set off for continent and guess what? Soon as I started to use the brakes, Judder Judder. And the discs & pads were replaced by HR Owen, Hatlield less than 5000k's ago and looked like new as they should!
Jeeeez, these cars are built by the company which has won Le Mans how many times? and yet in my short but fairly concentrated experience of the marque, they present consistently an unacceptable problem ----and if you really want to know how serious, I've just come back from an excursion to the Dolomites and the trip included the Grimsel, Susten, Oberal, Bernina, Julier, Tonale, Campo Carlo Magna passes and many others of lesser stature--------------and juddering brakes under such driving conditions ain't funny.
Does anybody have the same consistent experience and is there a solution? I'm about to replace front discs and pads but will not be at all gruntled if they again revert to a juddering mass after only another 5000kms.
Oh, yes, the fidgetty nature? Concentration is soooooo high at over say 110mph that driving becomes a bore, especially when Renault Lagunas and the like seem to just eat up the miles. Yes, the car is short and will therefore not be exceptional in the stability department but is there a suspension set up / tweak (like castor angle adjustment?) which will stabilise the steering just a little bit? Both self and wife came independantly to the conclusion that consistent 125mph driving is more achievable and MUCH more relaxing in our old Audi A6 Turbo Diesel-----------but it doesn't "turn in" quite the same on the mountain passes and those impossibly short overtaking oportunities just don't exist.
Finally --- in 3000 miles of varied driving the 993 averaged 24mpg ------unbelievable!
Any help to sort out what is potentially a great car would be appreciated
Craig Dent
Migration info. Legacy thread was 8455
