What the hell, that’s STOCK for a BMW M series?
That makes skateboards sound safe.
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Sergio@piefed.social 2 months agolaunch control
Today I Learned: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Launch_control_(automotive)
eestileib@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
boonhet@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
That’s been pretty common in high end performance cars for over a decade. Good for Darwin awards.
Fortunately it’s also noisy enough that you can IMMEDIATELY tell and get the fuck out of the way. EVs need to start making noise like that lol.
The Grand Tour did an absolutely hilarious take on it, even Clarkson agreed it’s stupid in street cars
ZkhqrD5o@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Today, that guy learned as well.
AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Why would this even be present in a street legal vehicle?
WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today 2 months ago
Money.
AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I sometimes wonder why the US even has a government.
uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
It did, once.
Before the dark times.
Before the Empire.
WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today 2 months ago
An artifact of more sensible times. Besides, without it, how would we even know who our glorious leader was?
ramble81@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
Incidentally that’s a German car that’s sold worldwide with that feature. Japanese, American, Chinese, British and other cars have that feature too.
Ajen@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Same reason Jeeps have more ground clearance and suspension travel than they need to operate on public roads. Some people use their vehicles for both transportation and recreation.