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"Just Tremec Things" - I haven't yet had this happen on my 5BW but in my 2012 CTS-V Wagon, also equipped with a 6-Speed Tremec, it would occasionally pop out of 1st.

I'm not tempting fate answering that one! I did put in the most recent engine blow thread a list of the ones I've seen on here. I know it's not every incidence of a blown motor - just those on this forum - and of those, only the ones who actually post about it, but based on that sample size...

Here's what I've been able to gather so far AACaptRet, MY2022, ~5000 miles, bottom-end Nadnerb, MY2023 ,~200 miles, bottom-end Carguyshu, MY2022, ~3500 miles, bottom-end CT4BW757, MY2023, ~10000 miles, tick (lifter?) CT5BWEnthusiast, MY2023, ~21000 miles, tick (lifter?) SS Performance, MY2024...

That's a big nope from me too. Do you live in an area with different dealerships? I expect your experience with this dealer is going to continue the way it started ... i.e. slow, frustrating and possibly incompetent

Oh very historically for a 22, but allocations are a self reinforcing thing. Dealers that sell a lot of blackwings get more allocations for blackwings to sell. So far as I can tell most of the SF Bay Area business has been through Stevens Creek and South San Francisco.

If you haven't already, shop around dealers. Fremont was stringing me along forever but Stevens Creek gave me an allocation immediately.

For GM this is a really quick and low-cost way to keep people interested in the Blackwing. I'm just happy it's not yet another sticker and trim package. I'm not sure they'll sell a lot, but IMO the extra attention should probably help the market for all 5BWs - it'll be putting down some nice...

I'm planning/hoping to keep my car, the factory warranty for the powertrain is supposed to be 6 years and 70,000 miles. After that, I'll be going for an extended warranty when the time comes, and hoping I don't draw the short straw... If I'm following correctly there are basically 3 failure...

Thanks for the informative post and really sorry to hear about this. I dug into a number of threads about 6.2 lifter failures on the trucks and Corvettes and wow, it's been a long-standing problem it seems, and clearly something GM can't figure out. They must have 'mathed' it out and deemed the...

I doubt this is the case with a Blackwing but the dealer has to "punch" the warranty if the car sits unsold on the lot for too long. Should You Buy a Punched Vehicle? | Auto Credit Express

With those miles, it seems like an attempt to unload a car bought to flip. It seems like a correction is happening and even though I stand to lose out, it can't come soon enough. Those guys are the reason dealers had ADM and why enthusiast cars in general have been unattainable.

That's bang on the KBB value for that car.

Hm, @Rob what do you think about adding into to the Blackwing registry database where known engine failures could be logged? It would be interesting to see an actual data set e.g. range of VINs, build date etc.

I don't have 4BW experience, but with the 5BW, even after a couple of years, the car still feels special in 'normal' day-to-day driving - just by giving the accelerator a squeeze. You feel the latent potential all the time. Not to mention the relative rarity. Here's what I'll say about modern...

I've owned a couple of 981 Caymans (S and GT4) and I suspect the GTS 4.0 is close to the GT4. 1. The shift feel is definitely on par or better than the Tremec our BWs are using. The modern non-GT 911's have the 7-speeds that are kind of meh, but the Cayman still keeps the six and it's sweet...

For purely spirited canyon driving the Cayman is in a completely different class. If you have an allocation for a build though I would strongly consider the manual. The six speed is sweet and it adds a level of engagement to the car that you will miss coming from a manual BW.

The Mk7 PP's diff was pretty magic

Maybe Ackermann effect? https://www.mcgrathautoblog.com/automotive-news/explaining-the-ackermann-effect-in-the-2014-corvette-stingray/

Yup, I was going to say the same thing - the portion of actual enthusiasts buying brand new BMW M products is probably quite small. Most enthusiasts don't have much money but some have a whole lot. For those, they will release a lighter and better CS variant in very limited numbers for absurd...

I'm a Bay Area AAA customer and my rates went up similarly - but I don't think it's LexisNexis. All kinds of insurance (homeowners in particular) is going bananas in California and I've had Smart Driver disabled since Day 1.