No, I was specifically replying to you.

How does a stick shift prevent someone from pulling up with a flatbed and dragging the car off, like 90% of thefts are these days? It’s not 1958, no one is “hotwiring” a car any more. 

They’re not getting a “new” transmission. They’re getting the failed parts replaced for free. Replaced with the exact same parts that are known to fail and cause the issue with no real engineering change or workaround. Aka kick the can 15k down the road so the customer can dump the car. 

Okay, help me out here. How is BMW *recalling*, aka sending out a specific notice to owners to bring a car in to have a potential issue fixed on the level of ford outright ignoring a major driveline failure issue for 8+ years and issuing no recall, and only beginning to offer some sort of “goodwill” repair with no…

The "fix" is replacing the failing components with the same components, they then fail again. That's the whole point of the articles and lawsuits.

31? Really? Ouch. 

Try 2013 in Canada. 84 is the new 60, 96 is the new 72.