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      08-24-2019, 12:23 AM   #13
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Originally Posted by xlover View Post
Probably worth adding that BMW and other volume luxury brands tune the steering based on the most common driving style which is one hand on the top of the wheel.

Bmw pretty much explicitly stated that in a C+D article on the 3 series development. Steering optimized for 2 hands on either side (where the driver has the most leverage on the wheel) feels very heavy and is harder to be accurate when the driver has just one hand on the top where there is significantly less leverage
Yup, raise your hand if you died a little inside when a BMW engineer proudly said they optimized steering for people who drive one-handed on the autobahn.
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