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      12-08-2017, 04:03 PM   #55
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Originally Posted by BwoodBMW View Post
I hope they have the Mxdrive as optional so people will see the performance difference.

Then we'll see how many "purists" there are that are so angry about awd on an M car that they will let the xdrive cars smoke them just out of principle.

People have been dramatic about it but I still strongly stick by my statement that the f80 is heavily held back by traction issues. The response: "learn to properly modulate throttle" is the classic, but the fact is with how heavily you have to modulate throttle on these cars to keep the tires sticking you aren't accessing the power that you've got.

Just improving traction (hopefully without much new weight) would add real performance to the next gen. If its sniffing 500hp with mxdrive.... this car will be a blast.
I couldn't agree more...

Selfishly, living in Detroit, in addition to dry weather traction, I'd love to have the option of AWD so I could drive my car year round, without compromise.

Even with a heavy RWD bias, the advantages would be immeasurable...and yes, I CONSTANTLY modulate the throttle!
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