Originally Posted by sedate_driver

Noodle555
I'm sure you didn't mean it but your choice of words isn't conducive to calm discussion. I'd suggest you stay away from inflammatory words like "stupid thing." It's way to easy to misunderstand and think you were calling into question the other member's intelligence and I'm sure you didn't mean to do that.

On facts, you will also need to understand that it is only natural to discount your assertions if you haven't tried the product. Your first assertion that it becomes more sensitive because it remaps the throttle response is correct, is a fact, and is what SB claims. Your second assertion that you can achieve the same thing by mashing your pedal to the floor is no longer a fact. It contradicts your first assertion because remapping the throttle response clearly will produce a different result no matter how much or little you mash it. Mashing the pedal may get you to the same signal strength and, if you have a very finely modulated foot, even at about the same time as the SB but what you won't get is the response linearity. Whether linearity is important to you or not is a matter of subjectivity and is no longer a fact.

Lastly, many of us would appreciate it if you would stop referring to a higher authority as if that would substantiate your claim. I have an M3 stories really don't add much to the discussion since the differences between vehicles are just too great to make meaningful comparisons, at least at the esoteric level of these discussions. I also have a Sport button on my M car and can tell you the overall vehicle response is markedly different to a SB with an autotranny. Speaking of which, I actually wish my X5 was a manual like what the Europeans have. I think they "dumbed" it down for the North American market. Whoops...my bad - shouldn't have used dumb; I meant manuals wouldn't sell here.

I hope these observations help you understand the other members' response.