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Originally Posted by JamesNoBrakes
Naw, it seems like in the GT-S the driver is damn near OVER the rear axle, not "between" the axles. I mean, literally every car has the driver between the axles somewhere, closer to the front, the rear, in between, but the GT-S really seems to push the driver as far rearward as possible...
I'd like to drive it to see what it feels like to be in that position, seemingly "driving from the rear".
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Ah, yes, you are right. The GT S is strange to have you sitting so close to the rear axle. Here is what it feels like.
1) When you hit a bump, you feel it when the rear tires cover it rather than the fronts. (Imagine road impacts from the back seat of a sports sedan.) 2) When you navigate parking lots, you don't need to worry so much anymore about curbing the rear wheels, because you know exactly where they are. 3) In the same parking lots, you are going to smash the front splitter into the parking blocks.
4) Obviously, there's lots of hood out the windscreen.
Otherwise, the rearward seating doesn't change the way you drive or experience the car much.
However, I Googled some blueprints and the C6/C7 Corvette has a pretty similar seat placement. Maybe you've driven one of them?
https://www.supramkv.com/attachments...-2014-png.7261
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/63/4c...c4d48eee37.jpg