We have a '99 Impreza OBS and replaced the tires at about 40k miles (lots of flats living in the city). We replaced them with Goodyear Aquatreds, and after about 15k miles started to notice some serious shimmying at 50-70 mph -- mainly noticeable in the steering wheel. We took it in to the dealer (Middlesex, in Somerset, NJ), and they said that these tires commonly wear unevenly, causing this shimmying and that it was nothing to worry about if we could live with it.
Now we're trying to sell it (asking $6500, has 87k miles on it, and we're in Edison, NJ, if anyone's interested) and several buyers have been concerned by the shimmy. It's been enough of a pain that we're thinking of replacing the tires to sell the thing, but we want to be sure we fix the problem before plunking down several $100s to fix it.
... so: Has anyone else had this problem? Did new tires fix it? Which new tires would be sure to deal with it?
Thanks, all.
Best,
Greg
