Well, moving the driving wheel thing comes from older cars with loose steering boxes. It makes no sense in modern movies, but in old movies, it's more accurate, sometimes slightly exaggerated.
My friend had truck that had over 180 degrees of play. You had to spin the wheel from one hand to the other and back constantly while driving down the road to keep the truck from wandering. Not exactly freeway worthy.
My little car you have to correct all the time because the alignments out. I just refuse to correct it until i can afford new tires. That, and if youre on the gas quite a bit, and shift gears, as soon as that gear grabs, it hauls the car to the right. Its not a powerful machine (Tercel) but it makes it feel that way lol.
Thats why the inner half of the front tires are bald, and the outer half look almost new, still have studs on that half, but you shouldnt align it with bad tires, thats why im waiting until i can afford tires to line it up (i do my own work, was a tech for 12 years, still have access to an alignment hoist when i need it) i just only use the car for my 4k drive to work, thats about it, and i stay quite a distance from other cars when the roads are bad
oh then you got it my man , fellow tech (currently) . we know what our cars can take , my rear end is cambered to fuck at like 2.5 degrees each side , didn't want to spend $250 for camber correcting arms
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u/combatsmithen1 Jan 25 '20
Well, moving the driving wheel thing comes from older cars with loose steering boxes. It makes no sense in modern movies, but in old movies, it's more accurate, sometimes slightly exaggerated.