So I’ve been driving my 2019 eGolf for about a month now, and love it overall. However, I’m a bit disconcerted by one specific part of the driving experience. At times, the car feels wobbly (for lack of a better term). Almost like its top-heavy, or just got rocked from the side by some unruly frat boys.
I drove a Nissan Leaf for last 6 years, so I’m very familiar with EV driving. I’ve been driving German for decades, going back to my 1994 VW Corrado. My current second car is a 2016 Golf Sportwagen. I like to think I’m pretty attuned to my vehicle while driving, and I have to say that is like nothing I’ve experienced before. Putting aside other components of the driving experience, the (or at least my) eGolf sometimes feels… wobbly.
I replaced the Ecopia’s with Firehawk Indy 500’s, hoping that the more performance oriented tires would make a difference. I can say that the car definitely feels planted, and I can now hit curves hot with no problem. Yet, at times, the car still feels odd. I kept the standard size due to range concerns with going wider, but perhaps I needed to change the profile size in order to get some drop?
This part seems doubtful, but I sometimes wonder if it has anything to do with the brakes? I don’t know why, however sometimes when I engage the electric e-brake, the car almost wobbles, ever so slightly and briefly, in place. Sometimes when I release the e-brake, it almost feels like theres a hydraulic system dropping the car from a lift (in the bouncing hydraulic suspension sense, not like a hydraulic lift in a maintenance shop).
Anyone ever noticed this? It’s hard to write-up because it’s odd. I’m hoping it’s as simple as the 55’s need to be dropped to 50’s.
I drove a Nissan Leaf for last 6 years, so I’m very familiar with EV driving. I’ve been driving German for decades, going back to my 1994 VW Corrado. My current second car is a 2016 Golf Sportwagen. I like to think I’m pretty attuned to my vehicle while driving, and I have to say that is like nothing I’ve experienced before. Putting aside other components of the driving experience, the (or at least my) eGolf sometimes feels… wobbly.
I replaced the Ecopia’s with Firehawk Indy 500’s, hoping that the more performance oriented tires would make a difference. I can say that the car definitely feels planted, and I can now hit curves hot with no problem. Yet, at times, the car still feels odd. I kept the standard size due to range concerns with going wider, but perhaps I needed to change the profile size in order to get some drop?
This part seems doubtful, but I sometimes wonder if it has anything to do with the brakes? I don’t know why, however sometimes when I engage the electric e-brake, the car almost wobbles, ever so slightly and briefly, in place. Sometimes when I release the e-brake, it almost feels like theres a hydraulic system dropping the car from a lift (in the bouncing hydraulic suspension sense, not like a hydraulic lift in a maintenance shop).
Anyone ever noticed this? It’s hard to write-up because it’s odd. I’m hoping it’s as simple as the 55’s need to be dropped to 50’s.
