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I got the car in mid November so I only put around 1000 km on it before we started getting snow, everything looked brand new at that point. Then 5000 km during the winter. Haha, Fluid Film is exactly what I ordered yesterday! Yeah, it would take many more years before any of this is a...

Yep, I'm in Quebec.

Front rotors had some dark circles on them that weren't going away. Decided to pull the pads out to sand them, took quite a bit of sanding to make them look uniform. The dark circles on the rotors are now fading away.

I put the summer wheels back on a couple weeks ago, and I was curious to see how the most exposed components fared after 5000 km of snow, salt and sand. My car is parked in a room-temperature garage with very high humidity. Oil-based rustproofing had been applied by a shop before the winter...

Here's how the Vikingcontacts look after 1500 km, mostly on dry pavement. Top is a rear tire and bottom is a front tire. I probably should drive more gently with these, also I'm still getting used to the way traction control behaves in this car. With these tires it is easy to break traction when...

I’ve been thinking of doing something like this. Did you remove the bumper to install it?

First thing that comes to mind is taking off the plastic wheel well liners and covering them with sound deadening mats.

Does anyone here have experience with "performance" winter tires in a region that gets a good amount of snow? I'm thinking of the winter tires that dealers offer for BMW M cars or Porsches, like the Michelin Pilot Alpin 5 or Continental Wintercontact TS 860 S, as opposed to the conventional...

Yeah I’ve wondered about that as well. The US spec sheet lists ground clearance as 4.0in as you mention, however the Canadian spec sheet lists it as 122.75mm which is 4.83in. The Canadian number seems more plausible since even Porsches and Ferraris generally have at least 4.5in of ground...

Yes, mine are the OEM splash guards for the Type S. The other thread shows the non Type S splash guards. On the Type S, the lower half of the wheel sticks out from the body quite a bit. The splash guard extends outward just enough to match the full tire width. Here’s a picture from the rear.

Yup, here’s how the front ones are mounted.

Seen at a local dealer a few months back…

Since I got the car a month ago it's mostly been about getting it ready and protected for the winter. 18" wheels and 225/45R18 winter tires Xpel ceramic coat and 50% tint Krown rustproofing Splash guards I don't regret the rustproofing but boy is this stuff messy. They claim it drips for...

We get a lot of snow around here, so I went with a tall and narrow tire for best performance in deep snow and slush. Fast Wheels FC04 Titanium 18x8 +40 Continental VikingContact 7 225/45R18 IIRC they weigh in at 43 pounds per corner, vs 53 for the stock setup. The larger outer diameter adds...

On my car I can see that there's a cutout there if I lean over the windshield, but not if I'm standing next to the front wheel. To me it's alright.

Something like the headlight gap doesn't bother me much, but I went to measure mine out of curiosity... 4.8mm on the passenger side, 3.5mm on the driver side. My passenger side looks basically the same as your picture. Not really noticeable standing from a few feet away. Where is that last...

It's a given that for some buyers, the ITS is in fact their first experience driving a 300+ hp FWD car. For anyone here who's driven a whole bunch of them, one of them must have been the first one. How would you have known how exactly the torque steer was going to feel before driving one for the...

Ah, very interesting. I was driving around at 40F, I'm curious to see how it will be next summer. Makes sense that both grip and road imperfections would have an impact. The point of the dual-axis strut design is to place the steering axis at the center of the contact patch, so that loads on...

You are correct. FWIW the best deal I had found before the one I bought was in the same ballpark (63k), but that included the carbon package, protection package (rubber mats, splash guards), and tinted windows.

I took delivery a few days ago, and while I'm very impressed overall, the torque steer is a clear downside to me. Some reviews made it sound like it was non-existent, and that someone unfamiliar with the car might not be able to tell it's FWD... definitely not the case on a rutted highway...