E46 320D Touring winter question

[Viperzs]

Morning ladies,

How st would one of these be in the winter?

[anonymous-user]

It's RWD, without snow tyres it will be hideous. I recommend a large 4x4 with heated seats for such occasions.

[N Dentressangle]

Not as bad as an automatic Mercedes C180.

[davepoth]

wormus said:

It's RWD, without snow tyres it will be hideous. I recommend a large 4x4 with heated seats for such occasions.

Hopefully trolling. RWD in the snow is about the most awesome thing since sex.

[Mave]

I ran my 328i on 255/35/18s for a few winters, great fun! Last year I chucked a few backs of sand in the back when it got really slippery.

[anonymous-user]

N Dentressangle said:

Not as bad as an automatic Mercedes C180.

Norbert, I'll see your Mercedes and raise you an 800hp Monaro. Completely useless on a wet, let alone icy road!

[billywhizzzzzz]

undrivable at times unless you get winters

[Stevie750iL]

Hi, I have an E46 330Ci Sport and a E91 320d M Sport that both run Falken HS 439 winter tyres. I stay in central Scotland and have never been stuck in snow yet. Even passing some 4x4's. Winter tyres make a massive difference.

Stevie.

[Viperzs]

I would certainly put winter tyres on it when it got slippery or snowy but still a little concerned about how it would drive.

[DJFish]

On it's own it'll be fine with a light right foot and provided you never park facing uphill.
With winters I'm led to believe they're perfectly practical.
Definitely worth sticking a couple of bags of sand in the boot though, and a shovel......

[anonymous-user]

I ran my 330d tourer through the worst of the snow we had a few years back on, cough, bald, 255/18's. With two bags of sand, and a pair of old curtains all was fine. (used the curtains to back off a friends sloped drive, just chuck em under the rear wheels. The only caveat is that my car was a manual, which mean't you could a) rock the car back forth to get going and b) use the "clutch down" save techniques for when things get a bit too sidewards..... ;-)

[Viperzs]

Doesn't sound too bad to me. If I got one I would run it on the chunkiest snow tyres and consider getting a fat lass in the boot. Seems to be the most suitable combination.

[N Dentressangle]

Serious answer: I've run one on summer Michelin tyres for the last 6 winters and barely slipped a wheel. They're heavy cars with better weight distribution than you'd think and a torquey engine. As long as you're sensible you should have no problems.

[-Pete-]

The 3.0d is a great engine and it's a great winter car, not a lot of people know this but a lot of people drive them in Bavaria and Austria... on winter tyres.

[Viperzs]

The only issue with the 330D is the insurance on them. I'm only 23 so it's not fantastic which is why I'm looking at the 320D

[-Pete-]

Sorry that was a typo, the 2.0d is a great engine. I have a 520d but it's a company car and unfortunately I'm not allowed to fit winters, which make it almost useless in the snow. It's all about the tyres.

[R1-Jay]

get as much weight as poss in the boot area, will help with traction over the driven wheels. my 320d was fine in the heaviest snow

[stevesingo]

No problems here. 5yrs 70k miles 5 winters only once could I not get up the hill to my house. But, I wasn't the only one.

[nottyash]

It will be terrible.
My 525 was stuck on the drive when we had snow last time, as was my M3.
When I did manage to drive the 525 back from Portsmouth to North Yorkshire it was eventful, lots of opposite lock
My £600 Golf GTI mk3 was great. I am dreading the snow in this 335d with an auto box

[stevesingo]

I suppose you have a steep drive?

I suppose the gritters don't come by your street?

But I suppose it is the car's fault it is immobilised by the weather?