Cars that I store but drive occasionally I'll make inoperable. Cars that I store for a longer period I take two or more wheels off. You can deter a lot of thieves but not all.
I was thinking along these lines also. He can probably figure out which side is sticking (assuming both sides aren't) by loosening the nuts and seeing which cable moves.
If they worked properly before sitting then something is just stuck. I'd get the car up on stands, take the wheels off and pound on the outside of the hub/rotor between the wheel studs. Like you're trying to get a stuck rotor off.
My brakes did a similar thing last year but the pedal slowly moved up as the problem occurred. A booster rebuild fixed the problem. Sounds like you're zeroing in on it.
I'm not convinced they're that much larger, as a passenger. If you search interior and trunk volume specs it's not as shocking. E90 trunk cubic feet is 17. E30 is 15. I think most of the size has come from safety features around the outside. Airbags take space, thicker doors, more...
35mph in 25mph zone isn't cool. 75mph in 65mph zone. Eh. It would make more sense as a percentage over the limit but that would be too complicated for most.
"Getting worse" is picking and choosing data. It's way safer nowadays by population or vehicles on the road.
My son had an E36 M3 at the same time I had an E46 M3 and I preferred his 5spd over my 6spd. In the M3 it seemed unnecessary and just made shifting fast more prone to missing a shift. Maybe just me.
Dan
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