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Originally Posted by Run Silent
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Originally Posted by IllSic_Design
A big part of it comes down to working on cars with transverse engines/fwd, have to remove too much stuff to do maintenance to the front suspension/drivetrain and practically pull apart the whole front of the cars to change a clutch(remove tranny). Also just the actual handling of decent hp fwd cars, any that I have driven just can't match a proper RWD car.
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Again - YMMV, but I agree with most of the handling concerns when putting a car on a racetrack, but let's be honest, nearly no one does that. Running around town, or even through curvy mountain roads, I've found my Cooper S to be nearly as entertaining as my Ferrari for a fraction of the cost. The BMW didn't even compare to either of them.
With respect to repairing - I don't typically do any major repairs myself on my cars, but for minor things like fluid changes, belts and hoses, and plugs, coils, and things like that, I've found that the BMW was as complicated and sometimes more so than any FWD car I've owned.
Don't get me wrong - I love RWD cars and still think the 360, my past Miata, and old Alfa spider were probably the most fun cars I've ever owned. That said, don't discount FWD 'just because'. It has it's place too and can be a blast on the right platform.
Heck - I'd reckon to say that a Fiesta ST is more fun on the streets and maybe even on a track than a modern 3 series BMW. |
Indeed. Not to mention many of the driver focused FWD (Type R, Megan RS Trophy) are kinda hanging with or beating the M2 M3/4 etc on N Ring times.
I await much flame for this comment and maybe BMW approaches these runs differently.