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      04-26-2011, 07:53 AM   #72
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Originally Posted by Edward View Post
Gotta agree w the traction thing. Yielding left turns are downright dangerous if you're trying to slip thru traffic. If you break traction in a 335, your car cuts out so abruptly and the boost drops immediately. You're then left with no boost built up and fast traffic coming at you. And on the flip side, driving w traction off is not the smartest thing even if you can control it and above and beyond that, causing wheel slippage in busy city traffic is super douchey.
Since the issue is traction control, it could be remedied by BMW by tweaking the software.

I wonder if the software has evolved at all over the years. I'm new to BMW so I don't have a reference.
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