Anybody feel that the steering and the front end change of direction is extremely quick, to the point of being nervous?
I'd only driven it in Norway, where the roads are cold and wet and slushy, and I accepted that grip was low. But I took it across the continent where its much drier and the feeling of dartiness and eagerness from the front end is the same, and the in turns you could sense it could break grip easily. It's also as high as 10*C there.
I wrote steering in the title, but it's a combination of everything. The ratio seems quick. The front end seems very light, with low inertia, and overall car has low polar moment. Basically it turns like it has a short wheelbase, with vertical caster.
In general those are positive characteristics - but in moderate doses. The car doesn't feel planted or hunkered down. And its lack of roll doesnt give the impression that it starts to "bite" or "dig into" a turn. Rather, you turn the wheel and the car just rotates.
I'm not unfamiliar with sporty cars, because my Honda S2000 and gen 3 Renaultsport Megane with Cup chassis both felt "on rails". They seemed more stable and planted and stuck to their lines.
No problem suspected with alignent, as the car just came out of factory, and on good condition roads it tracks extremely straight and true. Just that it feels like gliding on the surface rather than sticking to it.
Odd factor out is that tires are Nokian Hakka R3 with full-tread. They are already scrubbed in at 3000km, so its not a matter of newness. I've never ran winter tires this extreme, so i don't know if it's all due to these tall treads squirming around. But it certainly doesn't inspire confidence.
I'd only driven it in Norway, where the roads are cold and wet and slushy, and I accepted that grip was low. But I took it across the continent where its much drier and the feeling of dartiness and eagerness from the front end is the same, and the in turns you could sense it could break grip easily. It's also as high as 10*C there.
I wrote steering in the title, but it's a combination of everything. The ratio seems quick. The front end seems very light, with low inertia, and overall car has low polar moment. Basically it turns like it has a short wheelbase, with vertical caster.
In general those are positive characteristics - but in moderate doses. The car doesn't feel planted or hunkered down. And its lack of roll doesnt give the impression that it starts to "bite" or "dig into" a turn. Rather, you turn the wheel and the car just rotates.
I'm not unfamiliar with sporty cars, because my Honda S2000 and gen 3 Renaultsport Megane with Cup chassis both felt "on rails". They seemed more stable and planted and stuck to their lines.
No problem suspected with alignent, as the car just came out of factory, and on good condition roads it tracks extremely straight and true. Just that it feels like gliding on the surface rather than sticking to it.
Odd factor out is that tires are Nokian Hakka R3 with full-tread. They are already scrubbed in at 3000km, so its not a matter of newness. I've never ran winter tires this extreme, so i don't know if it's all due to these tall treads squirming around. But it certainly doesn't inspire confidence.
