Bravo's cannot take corners

[Ozzie]

Hi Guys,

I have a Bravo 1.6sx and find it'snot that great at taking corners or bends. If i'm doing over 50mph whilst negotiating a corner the car feels like it's about to topple over.

Furthermore, any even surfaces whilst negotiating these corners/bends make the car jumpy and steering uncontrollable.

I've driven other vehicles which feel more stable and offer a much more controlled ride on the same roads i've driven my bravo. Hence, i'd like to know is this normal on bravos?

 

[Roger Ramjet]

Be carful Matey, you may incur the wrath of the Bigots.

 

[Alan]

Re: Re: Bravo's cannot take corners

i find the bravo does feel more twitch than other cars but i mainly put this down to it having really light controls! Compared toanything else i've driven (bar the punto with the girly button) it's very light on the steering/throttle which i think makes it feel more responsive/less controllable! lol

 

[Roger Ramjet]

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I couldn't agree more - Tipo was (is) much more stable. Even though it does look like a fridge on wheels.

 

[Tom]

How long since the rear shocks were replaced? They are probably shot hence the crappy handling.

 

[Tom]

Re: Re: Bravo's cannot take corners

Rojer, so why did you buy a Bravo? Its obviously such a crap car!

 

[Daz155HGT]

Re: Re: Bravo's cannot take corners

lower it.

it will give you much better handling.

Daz

 

[Roger Ramjet]

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Yours might be crap but mines not.

Get it lowered, get some HUGE silly alloys fitted with equally huge tyres. Next, buy a really ridiculour spolier and paint it in a fifferent shade to the rest of your car. Then it's air filter (or induction kit as they like to call it) time. Piper-X seems to be the flavour of the day; but and here's the real deal - the stupid bell-mouth back box. Remember, more noise = more power, so with your new air filter and huge back box, it really will go like a demon.

For those extra few bhp, dont forget to paint flames along your wheel arches, it really will be ****-hot then. Just think of you alluring you'll look to the ladies too; a sort of modern day Carlos Fandango.

 

[Tom]

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Mine drives just fine, its not lowered, it does not have fancy shocks and its still on 14" steel wheels.

Grow up Roger and stop being a tosspot.

 

[Craig]

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Grow up Roger and stop being a tosspot.

Tom, i think you're asking a lot of him!

 

[Sy B]

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COuld it be that AMIT has had his name changed??

So AMIT i mean Roger grow up,


BTW i had the same problem with mine a while ago, the back end went wild when taking corners at speed, took it in to the local garage and he reaplced the rear hub, been a lot better since

Sy B

 

[stu]

I think you folks may be lacking a bit of bottle as I have a standard 1.4 bravo and can in practise do alright around corners. What you have to remember is that its not scalextrix.

 

[Alan]

i find it's quite good! The understeer i can cope with, apart from the thought of what the tyres cost me! lol

The only time i don't feel quite safe is down bumpy lanes, it seems to lurch more than other cars down the bumpy roads, but as i said, i think its just cos it feels lighter!

 

[Craig]

Bravo's cannot take corners.

have you got one of those snap off steering wheels?
sorry, i just had a terrible image in my head.

Alans organic stuff hasnt helped either!

 

[stu]

corners

The steering on a bravo is really light but I am in the position to try all sorts of customers cars and I find I like my bravo better as time goes on

 

[JAy]

Re: corners

What are you on about,
My bravo is not lowered, on 15s with 195/45 profile tyres. Handles like a dream, even when i had my 14inch steelies they screeched a bit but never argued come high speed cornering time. I think you should check your shocks.

I recon the bravo handles better than any car i've owned, and there have been 11 of them. It even handles better than my Y reg Corsa SRi 16v which is lowered on 15s.

 

[Anonymous]

Re: Re: corners

i was go karting the other day...then got straight into the bravo to drive home...........jeeeesus, the controls are light!...in a way welcome after 200 laps though in a v-twin kart! i changed from budget contis to toyos a few weeks back...totally transformed the handling from nervous to really settled!