Altering alignment for mpg

[MetroMPG]

If I'm not mistaken, the Honda Insight spec is 0 for toe in. Several reviews also mentioned its on-center tendency to wander.

I noticed recently my alignment is slightly off - the wheel has to be held about half an inch (measured on the rim) off center to go straight. Must have been a pot hole.

I'd be interested in having it set to zero.

[trebuchet03]

Originally Posted by MetroMPG

If I'm not mistaken, the Honda Insight spec is 0 for toe in. Several reviews also mentioned its on-center tendency to wander.

Sounds like a characteristic of zero toe

We had that problem with this year's HPV -- if you shifted your mass at high speeds (pedaling really hard), the wheels wanted to catch a new direction Even crosswinds would take advantage of the wheels searching for "straight" (given our caster and trail angles) We adjusted for .5-.75 degrees of toe in (hooray adjustable design!) and all of that went away... And our top speed did NOT change


To be honest, I'd take steering stability over fuel economy any day