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      07-01-2022, 08:05 PM   #111
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Nobody really cares about that just like nobody cares about the revised hood line. That's a forum geek thing.
Just like the floated rear calipers, first world problem
Don't agree at all, one is merely cosmetic the other is performance related.
If you don't understand the difference between a multi piston caliper & a sliding single piston caliper do some research.
It's simply a cost cutting exercise due to the implementation of an electric handbrake & SOME manufacturers (eg BMW/Mercedes) unwillingness to develop & implement a better solution than simply upping the front brakes stopping power or increasing rotor sizing. Some other manufacturers of performance cars do it properly (eg Ferrari/Porsche).
Yes you can obviously make it work but it's clearly never going to be as good a solution.
ANYONE who can't understand that ask yourself why did BMW feel a need to have multi piston calipers on the rear of the previous F series M cars which were also comparably lighter & less powerful cars…?
Sorry to go off topic but I get tired of the statements on these forums by owners/fanboys with zero mechanical understanding that are so willing to swallow & parrot whatever marketing bs they are fed.🙄
You're unwilling to recognize that just because the caliper floats by design does not mean it immediately results in horrible brake performance. We're not idiots. You think the self-proclaimed enthusiast doesn't recognize the difference in operation between a piston set-up and a floating set-up?!?…..and the benefits to both?!? EVERYTHING to detractors is an exercise in how BMW is cost-cutting and trying to give the potential buyer the shaft. Rarely ever do you look at things objectively from the other vantage point.

Just for reference….

…an F82 needed about 151 feet to brake from 70-0 mph. The G82 needs 146 feet to achieve the same thing. Those numbers vary slightly depending on surface, time of day, etc., but overall stopping power isn't affected.
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