Not being able to wait for Spring, I swapped my Blizzacks over to the summers (stock 17" Dunlops) to be able to exercise the car's new 3.15/Quaife rear-end some more.

The results are much more impressive with some traction. Simple foot-to-the-floor (steptronic) launches result in much better lockup and much much less DSC intervention then before.

Cornering is weird and will take some getting used to. Nailing the gas through a corner results in extremely obvious pulling on the outer (traction) wheel with the car receiving a whole lot more push through the turn. It feels strange and will take some getting used to. The dynamics of coming though a turn under throttle are a little different, but a whole lot more power can be applied.

Anyway, I'm much more impressed now that I've got some decent rubber on again. I'll be needing new rubber for the rear soon anyway, so I think I'll upgrade to 245's in a sticky tire (not interested in moving to 18" for now). This new setup will really take advantage of the extra traction.

Karl