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Sloppy Handling, Any Ideas? 2002 Bmw 318 Coupe

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Hi Guys, bought this car a couple of weeks ago. Its running well but there is something up with the handling its not ideal. It has covered 106,000 Miles. While driving I am having to correct the steering to keep the car in a straight line, not that noticable around town but at motorway speeds its fairly bad. It has just had an MOT and had inspection 1 done on it at 93,000 miles. I am taking it to have the 4 wheel alignment done tomorrow as this is obviously the first thing that springs to mind. Anything else i should check for initially? cheers guys. any advice is much appreciated

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Just ask the garage to have alook at the joints and suspension bushes,If the ball joints are knackered then Tracking it will be near impossible

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... Tyres can be an issue also, especially the "Flat" profile ones !

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