I'm loving my 335i coupe (my first Bimmer!), but have a slight concern about the rear suspension. Although the car steers beautifully, consistent with BMW legend, it's surprisingly skittish/nervous in the rear end. When cornering/banking at decent speed under normal highway driving conditions, and particularly when accelerating slightly through a long curve -- typically in 4th gear -if the car hits even a small bump (the Princess and the Pea comes to mind) the rear end seems to hop up momentarily, making me fear the car is going to swing around on me, to catastrophic effect. (If I'm banking left when this occurs, it feels like the rear lifts for an instant and the back half of the car swings right before landing. The opposite is true if I'm banking left.) To be clear, this not a tire spin issue -- indeed, I've yet to get the tires to spin, so amazing is the traction -- but a feeling of springing that's too taut. The car has the Performance Pkg., which I assume, but don't know for sure, is part of the reason for this. Was just wondering if others have experienced this with their Bimmers or otherwise have any idea what might be going on. Is this basically a matter of the driver (yours truly) needing to get used to, and make adjustments for, BMW's performance suspension? Is the bouncing effect likely to subside as the car gets some more miles on it? (I'm only up to 1,500 now.) Is there any way to adjust/detune the suspension if I decide I don't want to deal with it? (I'm not there yet, just wondering.) Or does it sound like something's wrong with my baby?
Thanks for your ideas and thoughts. I look forward to getting to know folks here.
Best,
Allen D.
New York City