2 things: oversteer and octane ratings (archive)

Dear all,
Firstly I was wondering if anyone has any tips to help me reduce serious oversteer except chopping off my right foot(did a 300 degree spin yesterday on very slippery surface admittedly I was provoking it but it seemed too easy).I tried differing tyre pressures front and back (I may have got them wrong. I am running 235/40/17 tyres front and back on a 328i sport. It seems to be horror of horrors that my friend's 2.0 litre Audi 80 can corner tight low speed corners faster than my car in wet conditions. This seems a bit wierd as I should have more grip shouldn't I or does the same problem with wide tyres on snow occur with water as well.

Secondly I was wondering if a turbocharger will work OK if you use lower octane fuel - like 95 octane, or is high octane always required. Perhaps it just needs setting up for either one?
Thanks guys
Regards
Luke

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wider tires=less traction in wet conditions Tom 20:45 5/21/2000 (0)

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