Lol

I know you mean the final drive, but this reads like you're missing .27 of a diff somewhere. 

Fuck you and everyone that voted for Trump, from the primaries on up.

That’s a long-assed ad.

I took my ‘03 Carrera to 186k miles.

You can’t change the IMS bearing in the M97 engine without splitting the case.

Or you could spend the $1k on tools and an alldatadiy sub.

The ‘09+ w/ PDK have their own issues developing, with bore scoring being the most sinister. 

This car is in every way better than any modern Z.

Remove the clutch and pop the outer IMS seal out.

You dropped this:

I miss my Porsche.

This is an incredibly stupid take

Please be aware that you will need to first A) find a shop able & willing to perform the timing services, and B) be able to afford it. IF all the parts are still available in the US you’re probably easily looking at $4k in parts and labor.

The Phaeton (sensibly) got the 4.2 V8./

I say this as a long time VW enthusiast, mechanic, and Phaeton owner:

The GTI is worlds better than this BMW.

OINK OINK MOTHERFUCKERS

Or current “alive in 2020" symptoms...

My guess is that it needs shocks and the brake balance is off.