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Old 01-04-2019, 01:52 AM   #1
Xproplayer
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Old car was a luxury sedan, having a hard time braking and accelerating smoothly

Hi everyone,

My last vehicle was a 97 BMW 740i, the car had smooth brakes, and an accelerator pedal with a very very stiff spring. Now coming to my 16 BRZ Automatic, I am having a very hard time driving the car smoothly. I know it likely won't be as good, but I feel like I am doing some stuff wrong.

For starters the accelerator pedal on the brz is featherlight compared to the BMW, meaning from a stop I often either over accelerate or under accelerate. I'm not sure if anything can be done about this though, I might just have to get used to it?

And on braking, I used to always do moderate braking, then during the last 5 feet coming to 0mph I would slowly let off the brake so that it would be smooth, and the car would not snap back too hard. But with the brz I keep feeling a weird stuttering, maybe the torque converter, or just different brakes. But speaking generally, is this a good way to stop a vehicle, or should I keep the braking the same amount from any speed to 0mph?

I know these questions are dumb, but the community seems friendly and I figured it wouldn't hurt to ask. Cheers
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