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Originally Posted by CanAutM3
It is not the gears that hold the transmission in park. The transmission is locked using a parking pawl on the output shaft which is designed for much lower loads than what the transmission can handle under all out acceleration. Using the parking pawl exclusively without the parking brake will progressively wear the pawl mechanism and will have it have more and more slack. There is a reason why BMW specifically recommend using the parking brake in the owner’s manual.
The parking brake on the F8X does not clamp the main discs, so it has no effect on “cooling” as you say. Further, clamped hot brakes may leave pad imprints, but will not warp the rotors.
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Well my mistake, thanks for the info. Didn't realize these were utilizing a parking pawl instead of the transmission gears.
As for the parking brake, I have defiantly read articles stating that the uneven cooling from using the ebrake can lead to warped rotors. Maybe not with the f80, but on other vehicles.