New CU2 Lux Auto

**aaronng** · 04-07-2008 03:32 PM

Originally Posted by bk212

It feels like it still wants to go straight. If I tug on the steering wheel it momentarily goes where I want but as soon as I let any sort of pressure off it feels very heavy and wants to go straight. I end up tugging the wheel several times through a bend rather than going smoothly around it. I'm only doing 70kmh and the hill is steep but the bends aren't too dramatic.

You're not meant to grip the steering wheel loosely when you are using throttle through a bend. Hold the steering wheel firmly! The Euro tends to kick back the steering wheel when you have a combination of torque, corner and uneven surface.

**bk212** · 04-07-2008 04:57 PM

Originally Posted by aaronng

You're not meant to grip the steering wheel loosely when you are using throttle through a bend. Hold the steering wheel firmly! The Euro tends to kick back the steering wheel when you have a combination of torque, corner and uneven surface.

Thanks aaronng. Will drive it some more over the weekend and see how it goes - probably just need to get accustomed to steering characteristics by the sound of it. Appreciate you taking the time to help.

**aaronng** · 04-07-2008 05:11 PM

Originally Posted by bk212

Thanks aaronng. Will drive it some more over the weekend and see how it goes - probably just need to get accustomed to steering characteristics by the sound of it. Appreciate you taking the time to help.

I notice with other cars like Camrys, that you can keep 1 finger on the wheel and power through a corner without the steering wheel fighting back at you. But with other cars like BMW 3-series and the Euro, they tend to do that. It could be because of the larger castor angle in the suspension.

**ACE888** · 04-07-2008 05:35 PM

Congrats on the purchase.

However I drove the Euro Lux last weekend and IMO wasn't too impressed with it. My main complaints were really 1) the steering feel, and 2) the interior plastics.

The steering feel felt really hollow....felt like nothing, was a bit light, maybe the electric power steering has got something to do with it? But anyway, it might be a bit unfair to compare that as I jumped straight from my father's E class into the Euro.

Also the interior plastics looks cheap.... I still think the CL9 plastics were MUCH better.

But anyway, I persuaded a friend to purchase a Euro Lux over a Mazda6, and he signed on the dotted line today. $43.5K driveaway for the Euro Lux Auto with free tints and H floor mats.