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Message: <blockquote data-quote="c-square" data-source="post: 712653" data-attributes="member: 135">Guys, do you experience this issue with your F30 320d where when you abruptly stomp on the gas paddle (eg during an emergency situation when you need instantaneous torque to kick in to pull the car out of harms way after you swerve into another lane*) and to find that there is a "significant" 1 - 1.5 second lag (turbo lag?) before the car lurch forward?  I find this seemingly "delayed" throttle response a real safety concern and am wandering whether your stock 320d also has the same problem and whether PPK does help to eliminate this problem. * this lag in throttle response have given me a few scares but luckily I was able to get out of the situation just in time.  The other while I was cruising along minding my own business, the car in front of me suddenly jammed on the brakes, so I had to do the same and because I sensed the car behind me won't be able to stop in time, I swiftly changed lane and stomped on the gas paddle to in an attempt to pull away from the approaching car in the next lane that I went into.  However because of the said "lag" I was not able to pull away instantaneously and the approaching car had to brake hard to avoid rear-ending me (which I do apologise but I had no choice to do such a maneuver).</blockquote>