As a chronic BMW owner, my first thought was “How much will THAT cost to fix?”.  Still stinging from the SMG pump replacement on the M3, I guess.

No need. My Rally Pack replacement was $600 with the installation kit.

Also has nothing to do with the complexity of software.

Analog gauge clusters, button/Dials panels are heavier, more complex and more expensive to replace than screens.

Citroen had full power brakes (not power-assisted) decades ago. They were powered using a hydropneumatic system. There was a good size reservoir, so pump failures gave you plenty of time to stop. But ultimately, no pressure in the hydropneumatic system meant no brakes whatsoever.

Even worse, if you want settings 3,6,9, you must subscribe the comfort plus mode. If you’d like settings 1,2,4, subscribe to the comfort select mode. And if you’d like settings 5,7,8,10, that can only be accessed by bundling comfort plus, comfort select, and comfort extreme* modes.

We have video from the board room... here’s the live feed...

A French made Land Rover? oooooh boy. I can’t even imagine what kinds of horrors await the buyers of that marriage.

I remain convinced with my theory they’re after the picnic gaskets.

If a bear shits in a Subaru ...

I really like how my new(ish) Miata doesn’t have a sport mode and has 1 button off traction control.

You can stop this by using bait cars with sugar free gummy bears inside- the bears will not return to eat them if you believe the Amazon reviews for them

I prefer edibles to vaping, too. 

You’re making far too much sense for this comment section, buddy.

“Let’s be honest - everything is already over boosted. Old performance cars (actually, all older cars) have a significantly more linear brake feel.”

Electronic vacuum-assisted brake boosters have been an aftermarket option for racing applications for a while now. Most German vehicles, including my 20 year old Audi, even has a vacuum accumulator as a fail-safe for the brake booster. If the system didn’t operate with the engine off then it wouldn’t pass NCAP…

Well yeah, the accumulator acts in the same way as a vacuum booster when the engine dies (i.e. it stores energy by way of a pressure differential). That’s pretty standard and very easy to implement in a hydraulic system. For this system to also have an accumulator, it would need a redundant hydraulic system completely…

Works for John Deere, doesn’t it?

Is that like the bomb on an Audi Quattro UR ?

My BMW 850 Brake booster is powered hydraulically by the Power Steering Pump and enhanced by the Brake Accumulator AKA the Bomb. When the Bomb fails you get soft brakes. They will always work though

Yeah, all with hardware that’s now plastic and cracks and breaks over time.  Looking at you, BMW cooling systems.