Anyone else's X3 sh1t in the snow???
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vsonix said:
Granfondo said:
Thread started with the OP telling us how crap his BMW X3 was in the snow and now the BMW fanboys are making a case for it being one of the best cars in the world! 
how crap it is in the snow... with summer tyres on! LOL 
Granfondo said:
vsonix said:
Granfondo said:
Thread started with the OP telling us how crap his BMW X3 was in the snow and now the BMW fanboys are making a case for it being one of the best cars in the world!
how crap it is in the snow... with summer tyres on! LOL Wills2 said:
Granfondo said:
vsonix said:
Granfondo said:
Thread started with the OP telling us how crap his BMW X3 was in the snow and now the BMW fanboys are making a case for it being one of the best cars in the world!
how crap it is in the snow... with summer tyres on! LOL Granfondo said:
Wills2 said:
Granfondo said:
vsonix said:
Granfondo said:
Thread started with the OP telling us how crap his BMW X3 was in the snow and now the BMW fanboys are making a case for it being one of the best cars in the world!
how crap it is in the snow... with summer tyres on! LOL wormus said:
Fair play, I ended up here by mistake. I did wonder why there was so much self-congratulation and gushing over what is a ubiquitous and rather ordinary car brand. Makes sense now 
The advantage is not having to wear those silly waxed trilby hats to drive them, like the all the LR Walts (see audience in previous vid of LRs stuck in a bit of mud.)PorkInsider said:
Granfondo said:
Wills2 said:
Granfondo said:
vsonix said:
Granfondo said:
Thread started with the OP telling us how crap his BMW X3 was in the snow and now the BMW fanboys are making a case for it being one of the best cars in the world!
how crap it is in the snow... with summer tyres on! LOL I live high up in the Pennines at the end of an Unadopted road on the side of a hill
We get proper winters and proper snow here
I drive an X3
It has 18” winter tyres on it
It is brilliant in the snow ... but I’m sure if I put 21” high performance summer rubber bands on it .. it wouldn’t get me off the drive let alone up the lane
We get proper winters and proper snow here
I drive an X3
It has 18” winter tyres on it
It is brilliant in the snow ... but I’m sure if I put 21” high performance summer rubber bands on it .. it wouldn’t get me off the drive let alone up the lane
I use winter tyres (Continentals ) on my E70 X5.
However, had to abandon it recently when had light snow/ice on brow of hill. Car went sideways at v. low speed.
Was passed by numerous other cars that were having no problems.
I assume it is the weight of the vehicle. No traction with my winter tyres ( 18 inch ) - waste of time!
However, had to abandon it recently when had light snow/ice on brow of hill. Car went sideways at v. low speed.
Was passed by numerous other cars that were having no problems.
I assume it is the weight of the vehicle. No traction with my winter tyres ( 18 inch ) - waste of time!
Yes - and please don't take this the wrong way - SUVs do seem to be more prone to stability problems in the snow, however well-shod. This is us driving across the Jura Mountains 2 years ago in a convoy of really mixed vehicles (all with winters on to have got this far). We were in a 330d Touring but the convoy included Fiestas, Toyotas, BMW 3, and a Mitsubishi and X5. The only one not to make it was the X5- just 'round the corner he'd caught the front nearside nearside in the snow and had drifted slowly off the road - there wasn't anything he could do about it and he was driving as carefully as he could.
The Fiesta ahead of him stopped and with a tow-rope just managed to pull his front back onto the road. Much to the amusement of the Fiesta driver, I think.
The Fiesta ahead of him stopped and with a tow-rope just managed to pull his front back onto the road. Much to the amusement of the Fiesta driver, I think.
I've got an F25 X3 35D M Sport and had exactly the same issues over Christmas when we went for a drive in the snow.
The weird thing was, a few weeks previous when it snowed it wasn't really an issue at all.
Tyres are some Michelin summer mid performance standard factory fit items with about 7k miles on them since I got the car in September 17. I'll be investing in winters next year !
The weird thing was, a few weeks previous when it snowed it wasn't really an issue at all.
Tyres are some Michelin summer mid performance standard factory fit items with about 7k miles on them since I got the car in September 17. I'll be investing in winters next year !
msej449 said:
Yes - and please don't take this the wrong way - SUVs do seem to be more prone to stability problems in the snow, however well-shod. This is us driving across the Jura Mountains 2 years ago in a convoy of really mixed vehicles (all with winters on to have got this far). We were in a 330d Touring but the convoy included Fiestas, Toyotas, BMW 3, and a Mitsubishi and X5. The only one not to make it was the X5- just 'round the corner he'd caught the front nearside nearside in the snow and had drifted slowly off the road - there wasn't anything he could do about it and he was driving as carefully as he could.
The Fiesta ahead of him stopped and with a tow-rope just managed to pull his front back onto the road. Much to the amusement of the Fiesta driver, I think.
If you want to go off road get a BMW X5 but if you want to get back,get a Fiesta! The Fiesta ahead of him stopped and with a tow-rope just managed to pull his front back onto the road. Much to the amusement of the Fiesta driver, I think.
msej449 said:
Yes - and please don't take this the wrong way - SUVs do seem to be more prone to stability problems in the snow, however well-shod. This is us driving across the Jura Mountains 2 years ago in a convoy of really mixed vehicles (all with winters on to have got this far). We were in a 330d Touring but the convoy included Fiestas, Toyotas, BMW 3, and a Mitsubishi and X5. The only one not to make it was the X5- just 'round the corner he'd caught the front nearside nearside in the snow and had drifted slowly off the road - there wasn't anything he could do about it and he was driving as carefully as he could.
The Fiesta ahead of him stopped and with a tow-rope just managed to pull his front back onto the road. Much to the amusement of the Fiesta driver, I think.
If you want to go off road get a BMW X5 but if you want to get back,get a Fiesta! The Fiesta ahead of him stopped and with a tow-rope just managed to pull his front back onto the road. Much to the amusement of the Fiesta driver, I think.
msej449 said:
Yes - and please don't take this the wrong way - SUVs do seem to be more prone to stability problems in the snow, however well-shod. This is us driving across the Jura Mountains 2 years ago in a convoy of really mixed vehicles (all with winters on to have got this far). We were in a 330d Touring but the convoy included Fiestas, Toyotas, BMW 3, and a Mitsubishi and X5. The only one not to make it was the X5- just 'round the corner he'd caught the front nearside nearside in the snow and had drifted slowly off the road - there wasn't anything he could do about it and he was driving as carefully as he could.
The Fiesta ahead of him stopped and with a tow-rope just managed to pull his front back onto the road. Much to the amusement of the Fiesta driver, I think.
If you want to go off road get a BMW X5 but if you want to get back,get a Fiesta! The Fiesta ahead of him stopped and with a tow-rope just managed to pull his front back onto the road. Much to the amusement of the Fiesta driver, I think.
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