I'm not sure of the exact measurements, but by eyeballing it, it wasn't that far off. If anything, it may have been a visual misperception due to the fender bulges.

On road, it handled nicely. But like anything else, when you make a big change like this, you do have to get used to some different handling characteristics.

It did handle just fine though. Might have been the driver though, Doug's pretty good in California traffic. Not bad off road either.