Gone very far to the Dark Side

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133 days from allocation wait list to delivery

Bucky the Killer Beaver

503BHP View most will see

Best way to ride

But it does rain on occasion

Won the tire lottery, 3 possibles & got the preferred Michelin Pilot Sport 4S

12-5-2021

Thank You but I don't think I am allowed to push the red Bucky Beaver killer mode M1 & M2 releases yet. They manage the two stage flux capacitor executioner system so beaten senseless is the current limit.

12-7-2021

Have not pushed it very much but in normal sports driving I sense it will eat the Z4's lunch, dessert, & steal its candy money. Very little throttle input in day to day driving. Thing is its a pretty big car & that will take some getting used to. A lot bigger than the 135is it replaced. The Z4 is much more agile. One of the guys with an identically spect convertible did this on Dragy in Mexico. The 0-60 run was slightly uphill.

He ran into traffic on the 1/4 mile section of a 1/4 mile run & had to brake but still did 11.40 @ 113mph. So looks like low 120's in a full run.

Will not time this one till 1200miles. The convertibles @ 503BHP, 8ZF & AWD (the only way they come) are quicker then the lighter coupes most of which are RWD & 60% of them are 6MT according to the M4 forum.. You can't get the big engine in the coupe with MT but you can get it with 8ZF & RWD. RWD is not a good plan IMHO. Major traction issues with RWD causes it to default to 2nd gear on a WOT launch with the 503. Best package for raw performance would be a coupe with AWD, 8ZF & the 503 engine.

The one I liked was being developed in Germany, looks a lot more like the traditional BMW grill.

Have not heard or seen anything since the virus lockdowns. My ideal would be a version of the Z4's grill. Major issue for me regardless is the car has custom paint. Might be a bitch to match & enough to kill any thoughts of a change.

Was tempted to put the Dragy picture up in the regular TLX forum regarding the Type-S as being an M competitor but figure I am in enough trouble over there. What is amazing to me is this is a street car, on street tires, on an unprepared surface. I have some 3.2's & better with the Cobra but am running 315 wide 100 treadware road course tires & am just about a full ton lighter. Can't match the nannies, they are just too good now. Takes a rare 100% perfect launch to break 3 seconds, maybe 1 in 10 if I am lucky. Really way to hard with a clutch & no traction.

Still trying to figure the performance stuff out. The traction control has 10 separate rates to chose from. Anything to do with performance has multi settings. Never had a car that had a "setup" button on the console right along with park distance, stop/start etc. Thought the red button was for the ejection seat