[Excaliber]

pj, Those are reasonable hypothesis', you might be onto something. I'm not going to spend any time verifying the number of posts/threads on the issue. It's just my hypothesis. We do know that the early BDR's had half shaft breakage issues, which were addressed by the factory in various stages as the car matured. M3 upgrade and now custom half shafts. The early BDR's are still at risk if they haven't been upgraded.