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Originally Posted by suhhh
Hi all,
Anyone else here coming from a different platform and is sooo excited to try out the car?
I've been building my 2020 Civic Si for the last year and a half or so, and although it's great in commuting and fun to drive, I wanted a more raw and thrilling driver's experience... also RWD 
I'm currently in the process of parting out my car to prepare to sell my car as soon as the 86 hits the showroom, I've already called a few dealers and gave them my contact info for them to let me know right away once they get confirmation that they have some in transit.
Been watching reviews non stop and I've never been more excited for a car, glad to be here among you all and hope to learn a lot from y'all once we get our cars!! |
If your experience has only been FWD, be prepared to have your fingertips bombarded with sensations more than anything else. The act of sending power to the front wheels puts torque on the steering axis and drowns out smaller feedback from going up the tire and into the steering system. When the front wheels are just idle rollers, the only thing coming back up the steering system are the small sensations and changing loads on the steering axis.
And that's true of any vehicle, not just sports cars, that's why people who drive their trucks in 4WD all winter are dumb: You can feel the slightest slip angle when you're in 2WD with two fingers on the wheel and can catch a loss of control way before it becomes unmanageable. In 4WD you feel nothing and by the time the slip angle is felt in your butt, it's too late to catch it, that's why you see 4WDs in the ditch all the time in winter. Keeping my 4runner in 2WD and making it dance all winter saved me from being upside down in the ditch a few times.