what is with our turning radius its shit
12-27-2006, 04:59 PM
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Mine turn's like **** and it was the first thing i said to my wife pulling out of the dealership. IT's the 18's and front end setup on the ss's . I'm sure the CV joints would take a pounding from a SC turning real sharp while gettin on it hard . My 95 z28 turned better , along with my 88,93,and 02 z24. My old 72 Nova SS without power steering and a posi rear would be a close match for my SC .
12-27-2006, 05:14 PM
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turning radius does suck, i agree...but it's a very minor thing to get used to, especially when i love everything else about the car...i used to have a focus and i feel like my turning radius has doubled going to the ss/sc...but then again so has the acceleration, handling, and speed so yea....
12-27-2006, 05:14 PM
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It has to be just the SSs that suck because my LT turns very sharp. It actually surprised me how sharp it turns when I first got it. Oh well, I still wish I could've afforded the SS/SC.
12-29-2006, 01:22 PM
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Here are turing raidius for the Cobalt straight froim GM Canada.
37.4 (LS, LT, LTZ and SS)
40.7 (SS Supercharged)
SO the S/C is worse but lesser models are hardly anyting to brag about
37.4 (LS, LT, LTZ and SS)
40.7 (SS Supercharged)
SO the S/C is worse but lesser models are hardly anyting to brag about
12-29-2006, 02:21 PM
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anyone that says this car has a good turning radius perhaps needs to be informed of waht radius means.
This car corners like a dream, you can sharply turn into and out of a lane. However the turning radius is the worst of any car I've ever owned. Including my big ass 96 T bird. Radius means circle . Here this will show you how shitty your turn radius is in these cars. Next time you are going to the mall or grocery store pull in the aisle about 4-6 ft away from the cars already parked. Find a spot and try to turn your car into t he parking spot. Not gonna happen.... i routinely have to back out a little to get my car into a spot. Everyone that drives my car says the same thing. 4-6 ft away from the other cars should give you plenty of space to get this small ass car in there.
This car corners like a dream, you can sharply turn into and out of a lane. However the turning radius is the worst of any car I've ever owned. Including my big ass 96 T bird. Radius means circle . Here this will show you how shitty your turn radius is in these cars. Next time you are going to the mall or grocery store pull in the aisle about 4-6 ft away from the cars already parked. Find a spot and try to turn your car into t he parking spot. Not gonna happen.... i routinely have to back out a little to get my car into a spot. Everyone that drives my car says the same thing. 4-6 ft away from the other cars should give you plenty of space to get this small ass car in there.
12-29-2006, 02:47 PM
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agreed, turning radius on the SS/SC sucks, my wifes 5 series has better turning radius and it has the same size wheels. But thats ok, I can still take her whether she likes it or not 
12-29-2006, 03:03 PM
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When I had my base 2.2, the turning radius was absolutely great, my 2.4 ss turns like a cement truck...in other words, it doesn't. I actually enjoy getting into my sisters base 2.2 once in awhile....
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