Comments on: 2009 BMW Z4 – Chassis Secrets http://www.bmwblog.com/2009/03/25/2009-bmw-z4-chassis-secrets/ BMW News, Reviews, Test Drives, Photos And Videos Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:30:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Doug http://www.bmwblog.com/2009/03/25/2009-bmw-z4-chassis-secrets/#comment-112643 Doug Thu, 26 Mar 2009 21:52:51 +0000 http://www.bmwblog.com/?p=11139#comment-112643 Interesting article, but a bit of a tease as they retain many secrets and only speak of a few aspects of the engineering. The most interesting point was optimizing the steering system for the run-flats (software). While replacing with regular tires is reportedly much better, I wonder if that is still nowhere near the feel and control you'd get if the system was tuned for them. Of course, that goes back to the run-flat debate. Interesting article, but a bit of a tease as they retain many secrets and only speak of a few aspects of the engineering.

The most interesting point was optimizing the steering system for the run-flats (software). While replacing with regular tires is reportedly much better, I wonder if that is still nowhere near the feel and control you’d get if the system was tuned for them. Of course, that goes back to the run-flat debate.

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