[Squidget]

Originally Posted by OldButSmooth

A pleasant surprise is the tenacious grip levels of this car, feels more like an all wheel drive car as opposed to rear drive. My car was delivered with P Zero and not Michelin tyres, from prior experience the grip levels would be greater again if fitted with the OEM Michelins. All in all, the M2 is proving to be an enthusiast dream car for those 6.00am Sunday morning drives.

AKAIK the Michelins aren't really significantly grippier, although they may last a little longer than the Pzeros.

Notably, a lot of the traction of the G87 comes from the CLAR platform and shared M tech. The electric diff, the adaptive dampers. All of the M car G8x siblings have tenacious grip even on subpar surfaces. It's a great platform when talking about traction.

Obviously if pushing it on track, you'll want to dial in more camber and put on track tires (Cup2s, etc.). But I'm sure that's overkill for public driving.

[ronin13013]

The way torque is managed is so unique.
Not sure how it puts the power down. It just squats and shoots like bat out if hell!

Originally Posted by OldButSmooth

A pleasant surprise is the tenacious grip levels of this car, feels more like an all wheel drive car as opposed to rear drive. My car was delivered with P Zero and not Michelin tyres, from prior experience the grip levels would be greater again if fitted with the OEM Michelins. All in all, the M2 is proving to be an enthusiast dream car for those 6.00am Sunday morning drives.

[AliM2BR]

Originally Posted by OldButSmooth

A pleasant surprise is the tenacious grip levels of this car, feels more like an all wheel drive car as opposed to rear drive. My car was delivered with P Zero and not Michelin tyres, from prior experience the grip levels would be greater again if fitted with the OEM Michelins. All in all, the M2 is proving to be an enthusiast dream car for those 6.00am Sunday morning drives.

Agreed. Coming from an 4wd Audi RS, it's is a surprise indeed, great levels of grip, but with a bad boy attitude absent from the Audi. Mine came with the Pirellis too.

[M2-Bob]

Are you saying it is tough to break the rear tires loose?

[RemoWilliams84]

Originally Posted by M2-Bob

Are you saying it is tough to break the rear tires loose?

In a straight line yes. Little blip of the throttle while turning and not at all.