steering heaviness
06-29-2004, 11:42 PM
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I've got three hundred miles on an 04 e55 and find the steering quite nice, even a little light at speeds up to 30-40, but when going around cloverleafs or highway curves of thirty or more degrees, the wheel requires a signficantly greater pull, with the feeling that if I would let go, it would spring back. It's much heavier. I wondered if others have that impression? tire pressure is 37 all around, in comfort or sport 2 suspension.Is it a software or intrinsic steering geometry issue, or is just me.
06-30-2004, 12:07 AM
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Originally Posted by tendons
I've got three hundred miles on an 04 e55 and find the steering quite nice, even a little light at speeds up to 30-40, but when going around cloverleafs or highway curves of thirty or more degrees, the wheel requires a signficantly greater pull, with the feeling that if I would let go, it would spring back. It's much heavier. I wondered if others have that impression? tire pressure is 37 all around, in comfort or sport 2 suspension.Is it a software or intrinsic steering geometry issue, or is just me.
06-30-2004, 02:14 AM
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To me this seems like a software issue. The steering has a tendency to "tighten up" and cause a lot of understeer in hard turns.
The steering takes getting used to, since you'd like to have a slightly linear increase in effort required for greater steering angles. In the E55, just as you apex a turn the effort needed increases dramatically seemingly out of nowhere. In comparison, the steering of an SL55 seems totally controlled and balanced.
The steering takes getting used to, since you'd like to have a slightly linear increase in effort required for greater steering angles. In the E55, just as you apex a turn the effort needed increases dramatically seemingly out of nowhere. In comparison, the steering of an SL55 seems totally controlled and balanced.
06-30-2004, 09:38 AM
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Originally Posted by tendons
I've got three hundred miles on an 04 e55 and find the steering quite nice, even a little light at speeds up to 30-40, but when going around cloverleafs or highway curves of thirty or more degrees, the wheel requires a signficantly greater pull, with the feeling that if I would let go, it would spring back. It's much heavier. I wondered if others have that impression? tire pressure is 37 all around, in comfort or sport 2 suspension.Is it a software or intrinsic steering geometry issue, or is just me.
06-30-2004, 01:53 PM
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99 Corvette, 04 BMW M3 (Wife's car), 04 Mercedes E55.
Originally Posted by MBE55AMG
I don't even notice the steering aspect. I just drive and smile. 
06-30-2004, 09:18 PM
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dwell, yes, i do smile, but I could smile a bit more. On the other hand, going slowly the variable ratio is really nice, and almost as quick as the bmw active steering.
