It was rattling. That will place extreme loads on the thrust washers and if they go, the rest of the motor goes shortly after.
You said it had done it several times. Even though it was repaired, the damage was already done. The crazy RPS clutch doesn't help either...
That's obvious of course...
You didn't read my post obviously. Every single car that comes off the assembly line is designed to UNDERSTEER as it's far safer than oversteer (you didn't think the staggered wheel setup on the MKIV was for straight line, did you?)
Driven a FWD car with balding tires on the front. Was on the highway when it was raining and I was cruising along and it started raining harder. Speedo started climbing and I wasn't going any faster :aigo:
If I had the bald ones on the back, I would have been fine....til I hit a corner. On...
Adjuster DID make a post on this a while back, no idea where the thread is. The detail I remember is that it was a young girl and her dad was ripping into her about totalling her car in the rain. FWD car with bald tires on the back. It was fine in a straight line (as the rear tires are...
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