Bmw 4 series spun out of control m25

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RobM77 said:

I'm on my 6th BMW over 16 years, the latest one with modified suspension, and I wouldn't describe any of them as 'twitchy', with the possible exception of my Z4 Coupé in the wet. However, it's generally the case that the better the balance and the nicer a car handles, the more there's the possibility of it biting you. If driven unsympathetically, any car will bite you (my wife spun her Ka once!). An Audi A4 or Ford Mondeo that pitches its soft front end and doggedly understeers is less likely to bite you than a 4 series that has an inherent natural balance and rear drive. Even staying within the FE/RWD layout, an MX5 is more likely to bite you than a 4 series, and a Caterham much more likely still. It must be said though that the rewards to driving those cars I've listed increase as you go through the list.

I think that’s what it is, I’ll give an example of when I realised how well balanced the car is, and how bloody good it is at corners.

My job is shift work, so I find myself driving home at 12am at least 3 times a week, lots of clear roads with nice bends and while I never zoom home as Its not very safe and there’s always foxes and dears running out into the roads.

Whenever I see a bend, I’d stay at 40 instead of slowing down and It doesn’t phase me or the car, doesn’t even feel like I’m going too fast, until I got in a 320d x drive luxury, my god, the biggest difference was the seats, I would slide from side to side in the seats and you’d lean into the corners with the car, it was night and day difference. I never realised how good my car wasn’t until I drove a non m sport without the sport seats.

So your point is, the 4 series or any M sport RWD BMW is so good at these things, you forget the limits and depend on the car. It is a good point and it’s true, I do, however I’ve never over estimated the handling or anything because I’ve never truly pushed it beyond its limits.

When I spun out at 90 in the wet, to me, I didn’t think it was unsafe, I was completely oblivious and I nearly paid the price.

As for the twitching, every BMW I’ve owned has can easily be unsettled on a cold bumpy wet road where the 1 merc I’ve owned and the few I’ve driven don’t feel like that, they just absorb the bumps and carry on, don’t even feel the rear wheels slipping! Apart from one CLK430 I had but that had something wrong with it, that was pretty dodgy

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Filibuster said:

You do like that car, don't you?

I know the feeling of thinking one owns car is the best one ever, I do the same!
So by definition, you're car can't possibly be as good as mine, since my car is the best ever!

Hahaha I really do! I’ve thought about changing it so many times, every time It comes down to it, I decide to keep it as it’s so good at what it does, a client of mine who’s in the car industry and has driven everything you can name said ‘you’re going to struggle to replace that car’ and he’s right, 5 secs 0-60, 420 lbft, minimum of 30mpg and all the creature comforts you could wish for.