what to expect with RWD

[rubez]

is there anything i should be wary of when driving my first RWD car?

only ever driven FWD and AWD. i noticed the feeling of grip and plantedness when i moved from FWD to AWD pretty much on the first corner.

now i am moving to a 300 horsepower RWD car. obviously i am going to ease myself in since i don't want to wrap it round the first tree. my AWD was in the 300bhp range, but that felt like it was superglued to the road.

are there any do's and don't or any tips with RWD?

cheers.

[rubez]

it's an auto, so maybe that is relevant... couldn't find a manual, but did some research on this ZF box and it seems like one of the better ones (chris harris give it an imaginary component of the year award!)

it is a 135i.

[rubez]

yeah i seen the ZF box was put in one of those big luxury porsche's and was set up to be really smooth.

i'm sure i seen on here recently that BMW are ditching DCT are going back to this kind of auto box.

D moves up through the gears quickly for fuel consumption.
S will hold on to the revs if you are giving it the beans
M mode you can choose your gear with the paddles... which i fully intend on exploring! (not right away probably though)

there's an alpina flash you can do which make the ZF box as instantaneous as DCT (supposedly) but chris harris says it's plenty quick already.

Edited by rubez on Thursday 25th May 13:50

[rubez]

what is the true difference between a cheapo tyre and decent rubber?

is it simply less grip? or something more sinister? how much does fatness of the tyre compensate for them being cheap?

the BRZ/GT86 had skinny tyres on purpose (supposedly) to make it more fun, i.e. less grippy.

also, what is more important (for RWD) good rubber on the front or back? is mixing and matching a bad idea?