Front wheel drive.... Or rear wheel drive?

[paul c]

Apologies if this one is an old chestnut but I'd be interested in people's opinions. Until now I've only ever had rear-wheel drive cars but I've recently bought a Saab 9000. I was told by the salesman to expect it to be more responsive to steering if I was used to rear-wheel drive. It does seem to be, but I'm not at all convinced that's down to it being front-wheel drive. What are your opinions?

It's certainly different and I'm not at all sure how to know when I'm getting near to the limit of handling. The rear wheel drive cars I've had have tended towards predictable oversteer but one or two comments I've picked up have suggested that when you get near the limit with a large front wheel drive car it may not be so clear as to what the handling's going to do. As Bluebottle and Tim know from experience, I'm not one to throw a car around the whole time, but I've got more power on tap than I've had in my previous cars, so any suggestions from experience would be welcome.

The one thing I have noticed is the turning circle is lousy!