Park in the west village—never had an issue finding street parking on weekends!

I completely expected this.

So my understanding was that there are two possibilities here:

And then have no warranty on a pricy drivetrain. No thanks.

Will it have that magnetowhatever suspension that feels like God himself designed it?

It's easy to make bearing thickness changes on the fly—I'm guessing BMW has changed bearing specs. Although I wouldn't be surprised if the V8s had issues as well.

What model did you have? If you had a manual trans car or a non-turbo automatic, it had a viscous limited slip center diff. No wet clutch, not an active system. It's a passive system in which if there's slip, the fluid thickens and slowly transmits power to the other side (hyper-simplified). It also had open front…

Yup you're right—I was mistaken and thought it was an open center—it's an electronic clutch.

It's not the rear diff, it's the center diff. It's open.

It'll work—trust me (I have a Honda Element with this sort of hydraulic system). Basically if you drag the brakes, it mimics traction on the front wheels, so power no longer flows only to the front but the rears as well.

It's a damn shame. My '10 Civic Si will let me left foot brake to my hearts content. My '08 Saab 9-3 on the other hand kills the throttle at the slightest overlap.

Drag the brakes while accelerating—problem solved. This is a classic open center diff problem. Non STI Subarus have the same issue. All AWD cars without proper locking diffs have this issue.

Fuck Ken Block

Yes and no. The car lays down 0-60 and 1/4 mile ETs that are competitive but falls on it's face top end, hence the sub 100 trap speed. A 2015 GTI would walk away from this at highway speeds.

The Ecoboost is actually quite slow. 310hp and traps 98mph in the quarter mile. (http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/2015-f…)

That's a really shitty power curve. Like really shitty.

Diesel. Has no throttle.

Wheelspin

Do you know how much an M engine costs out of warranty? A shortblock is ~$27K for the last M5.