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I have a ‘17 that I daily about 10-12k miles a year. It’s been my grocery getter, road trip, and track car.. it does everything. I have the carbon ceramic brake package but put Giro Disk rotor and street pads on it for cost savings. The GiroDisk race pads were perfect for the track day and constant 150mph hard braking into turn 10A at Road Atlanta. The only thing that is frustrating is the brake by wire in the early models is impossible to modulate for a smooth stop. Also it jerks when starting from a stop a lot. Knock on wood at 48k miles and it has been rock solid reliable.
Jerks to a stop even in M?
 
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A photo from earlier this week .
Knock on wood, no problems.
 
We have close to 22-23K miles on our 2019 and have only had one real issue which I believe was caused by the dealership. but car gets driven almost everyday and knock on wood it is on the OEM battery. Not a ton of miles we live in kind of a small town.
 
Yes. Not sure if it’s pads or programming but it’s hard to modulate a smooth stop.
I can stop smooth in M but it takes practice and shifting to the right gear at the right time.

If even then you're not getting it, then maybe try new pads if yours are worn, or re-bed them if they appear to have life left
 
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Bought her brand new in Aug 2018, heading in for her 90,000 mile service and first ever brake job in a few days. :eek:

She may hit 100,000 miles before she is 5 years old.
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Still looks great!!

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April 2023 Engine codes
P0128 Defective Engine Thermostat,Coolant Temperature Sensor, Intake Air
P0306 Cylinder 6 Misfire Detected
P035A ?
P031D ?
P035D ?
P0420 Inefficient Catalytic Con, Front or Rear Oxygen Senso, Misfiring
P0711 Transmission Fluid Temperature Sensor "A" Circuit
U0101 Lost Communication with TCM
 
Bought her brand new in Aug 2018, heading in for her 90,000 mile service and first ever brake job in a few days. :eek:

She may hit 100,000 miles before she is 5 years old.
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Still looks great!!

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April 2023 Engine codes
P0128 Defective Engine Thermostat,Coolant Temperature Sensor, Intake Air
P0306 Cylinder 6 Misfire Detected
P035A ?
P031D ?
P035D ?
P0420 Inefficient Catalytic Con, Front or Rear Oxygen Senso, Misfiring
P0711 Transmission Fluid Temperature Sensor "A" Circuit
U0101 Lost Communication with TCM

So are those all the fault codes on your car, are you having CEL?

On a separate note, was randomly watching QV content on YT and came across this one channel Ideal Media, ranking all unreliable cars and AF still near the bottom of the stack. AF sure got its work cut out for them to turn that perception around, there will be countless other light-on-substance channels like Ideal or motor journalists that will continue to lean on AF unreliability trope because it's easy, lazy content to spill out
 
Bought her brand new in Aug 2018, heading in for her 90,000 mile service and first ever brake job in a few days. :eek:

She may hit 100,000 miles before she is 5 years old.
View attachment 141221

Still looks great!!

View attachment 141220

April 2023 Engine codes
P0128 Defective Engine Thermostat,Coolant Temperature Sensor, Intake Air
P0306 Cylinder 6 Misfire Detected
P035A ?
P031D ?
P035D ?
P0420 Inefficient Catalytic Con, Front or Rear Oxygen Senso, Misfiring
P0711 Transmission Fluid Temperature Sensor "A" Circuit
U0101 Lost Communication with TCM
Nice!
You definitely live in a better climate to where you can drive it year around. Mine gets stored for 6 months during the long winter season around here.
 
You can easily get 2 more months in. If not 3. I would agree with your dates if you were talking about supercars?
Maybe another month if I really had to but I have other vehicles. Pirelli PZero Corsa tires are not recommended at temps below 40 F.
Where I live most places have winter storage schedules with typical dates from late Oct to late April.
 
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