Actually Bill if you were stuck with no info trying to help someone with a normal family hatchback at an air line then 30 front, 30 rear would never be far out to get them on their way.
Bet Ian turns out to have a BMW or Mercedes, the balance he speaks of is more associated with larger rear wheel drive vehicles.
David
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As the owner of the much maligned Vauxhall 2.0 ltr Vectra the handling of which I found to my mind inferior to the 2.0 ltr Cavelier I had previously owned I normally found that the car with pressures of 31psi front and rear slightly higher than the makers 28.5psi gave a very comfortable ride but it wallowed on corners.I had noticed that as remarked by some road testers it handled better when fully loaded.
When I visited the Michelin web site whose tyres I have always (I have been motoring since 1942) found to be first class I found that for loaded/speed they reccomended 31psi Front 41psi Rear I tried this out and have found the handling on bends transformed I have plenty of places to check this on Exmoor where one can see in places several bends ahead across open moorland and it is safe to corner hard, I expected a very hard ride but have not found any discernable difference and would reccomend that any Vectra owner gives this a try
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Interesting reading - my Cavalier handles like a waterbed so I will give your rear tyre increased pressure suggestion a go and hope there is some improvement!
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True David. Mercedes 190E - front 29 psi, rear 32 psi
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