Driving BMWs

[Francko]

"REAL" Drivers turn it off

And code in C++!!!!

[dotnetter]

And code in C++!!!!

C++ is for poofs, assembly is for the hardcore

[gingerjedi]

A lot of the understeer problems can be counteracted by good tyres and suspension setup, my current car is lighter and more powerful than all the other FWD cars I have owned but I have yet to encounter understeer, I lose my nerve before the losing the grip, In the wet its a different story but that applies to both FWD and RWD, no matter what you have the laws of physics will always catch you out if you push hard enough.

[sasguru]

I have a front wheel drive car and rear wheel drive one. Front wheel drive have dialled in understeer meaning the car will tend to go wide on cornering, and sometimes not have enough turn into a corner. With front wheel drive the car is trying to do two things through the front wheels, turn and power, this impedes the handling especially when you get torque steer with powerful front wheel drive. It's harder to tell when front wheel is losing grip because it's less communitive because of the issues above, that's why many powerful front wheel drives understeer into crashes on bends, it's gone before you realise. Front wheel drive cars can't deal with more than about 220 bhp.

Rear wheel drives don't have the above compromises, the front wheel only have to concentrate on steering, if you start to lose grip you feel it through the seat of you pants or through the wheel, so it can make you a safer driver. You need to be careful of powering into corners in rear wheel drive, so you can't drive one as you would a hot hatch and you need to be more careful in the wet.
BMWs have traction control so even oversteer isn't an issue anymore unless you turn it off.

And you wonder why women give you a wide berth.
Pub bore.

[richard-af]

A lot of the understeer problems can be counteracted by good tyres and suspension setup, my current car is lighter and more powerful than all the other FWD cars I have owned but I have yet to encounter understeer, I lose my nerve before the losing the grip, In the wet its a different story but that applies to both FWD and RWD, no matter what you have the laws of physics will always catch you out if you push hard enough.

The laws of physics do not apply to BMWs. Newton's 4th law of motion, I think.

[dotnetter]

A lot of the understeer problems can be counteracted by good tyres and suspension setup, my current car is lighter and more powerful than all the other FWD cars I have owned but I have yet to encounter understeer, I lose my nerve before the losing the grip, In the wet its a different story but that applies to both FWD and RWD, no matter what you have the laws of physics will always catch you out if you push hard enough.

And when they do Id rather be in a RWD car than a FWD car. Actually Id rather be in a 4WD car the most

[Chugnut]

And you wonder why women give you a wide berth.
Pub bore.

We're not talking about boats, divvy.

[VectraMan]

C++ is for poofs, assembly is for the hardcore

Says a .NET scripter.

All the worst drivers on the road used to have Golf TDis. I've noticed recently they all seem to have upgraded to BMW 3 series diesels.

I have an S2000, and a manly early one too. According to some it's impossible to drive one without crashing every few miles.

[dotnetter]

Says a .NET scripter.

Yeah and what?

Thats what earns me a wedge, and it's by far the best development platform in business land

(awaits the JAVA/Ruby onslaught)

[Bagpuss]

And you wonder why women give you a wide berth.
Pub bore.

On yer (ladies) bike!