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Looking at a 2000 C70 conv.....Good Deal?? C70 2000

posted by  fschertenl on  Tue Sep 20 06:56 CST 2005
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KB, I test drove another '01 HPT convertible yesterday with interesting results. The car (with the top down) had a lot of vibration in the steering wheel at about 45 MPH and it was hard to hold and control. Then on the freeway after reaching 60 MPH and above, it was rock solid with no wheel tremble, cowl shake or anything relative to flex or vibration.

The salesman where I test drove the car said that they have received several complaints from some of their new car buyers who bought Solara convertibles (This was a Toyota dealer and I believe that the Solara is FWD.) He said that some of his customers installed a tower brace on their cars and away went any vibration or instability in the steering wheel.

I believe that I am going to go ahead with my purchase of the '01 HPT convertible that I have identified and deal with the problem as you have with your '99, hopefully only needing the front tower brace.

If you ever pick up a copy of Rolling magazine you will see Lee's picture and monthly column in the front section of the magazine. He is a Marin County guy and he travels all over in his positon as President of VCOA. He also gets down to Irvine to meet with the Volvo guys in the Premium Group Division of Ford and gets to test drive and report on new products before they hit the market.

Thanks for your help and responses. Fred.






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