FR BMW owners:please stay in when there is snow on the roads
FR BMW owners:please stay in when there is snow on the roads
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Z4STER

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46 posts

207 months

Saturday 18th December 2010
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Your cars can't go up hills, especially motorway exit ramps. Just don't try as you just block the rest of us from getting anywhere. Seen 4 diffrent BM's wheel spinning nowhere today. I used to have a Z4 so from personal experience I know that it could not even succsfully negotiate the camber on the road in the snow, instead it just wheel spun itself in to the kerb. Quote of the day "There is no point having a 4x4 when there are BMW's on the road!!" Mini rant over.

Jem0911

4,415 posts

217 months

Saturday 18th December 2010
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I can confirm the 320D tourer I owned on low profile 19's is pony and trap in the snow/ice.
That's if I could get it of the drive!

Stu R

21,410 posts

231 months

Saturday 18th December 2010
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put some flagstones in the boot, and / or equip it with less rubbish tyres.


tertius

6,914 posts

246 months

Saturday 18th December 2010
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My 330i on winter tyres had no problems at all today, only spun the wheels when I asked it to ... wink

_bondy_

76 posts

222 months

Saturday 18th December 2010
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Hmmm, my 330 has been 100 times better than the mondeo I used to have... I live at the bottom of a half mile access road which is fairly steep, and thus far I've managed. I think the majority of it is knowing how to turn the DSC off...
I'm on Vredestein Sessantas, so not winters, but I think they're better than most!

Haighermeister

32,936 posts

176 months

Saturday 18th December 2010
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To be fair, this goes for all RWD vehicles. My wifes MGF is treacherous in this...

k-ink

9,070 posts

195 months

Saturday 18th December 2010
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It's not all RWD vehicles. Mine on summer rubber has been out every day and it's been fine.

Z4STER

Original Poster:

46 posts

207 months

Saturday 18th December 2010
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Agreed. To all rear wheeled drive car owners, please stay in when there is snow on the roads..

Also, I must have seen 50 cars stopped on the M23 and M25 motorway with no occupants today. Did you all really run out of petrol?? Fools the lot of ya.

NickXX

1,614 posts

234 months

Saturday 18th December 2010
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e46 M3 was fine in the snow last year. Managed my 10 mile e/w commute in the snow with no real issues.

Do keep a shovel in the boot though tongue out

Allanv

3,540 posts

202 months

Saturday 18th December 2010
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Hate to break it to you guys but some of us can drive a BMW in the snow, please do not tar us all with the same brush.

carlgrz

73 posts

219 months

Saturday 18th December 2010
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I got home yesterday to a light dusting of snow (less than an inch) and I couldn't get the M5 on the drive or even anywhere near it. After I spent half an hour sweeping the drive and the adjacent road I managed to get it safely tucked away where it will remain for the forseeable. I took the wife's boring focus to work today. Different class in the snow. There was luxury german decoration all over the roadside this morning. I watched a CLS 320 get stranded on a totally level road in Woking town centre.
I think by next winter I'll have to invest in a cherokee or something similar to deal with our incresingly erratic winters.

AnotherClarkey

3,690 posts

205 months

Saturday 18th December 2010
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The Crack Fox said:
Having lived in Scandinavia I am confortable driving in the snow, however I can confirm that my E46 330CI is a pig to drive in the snow, and I assume others are too.
That is the thing - driving talent will only get you so far. If you don't have traction, you don't have traction and that is it.

groomi

9,324 posts

259 months

Saturday 18th December 2010
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My 535i auto coped just fine the other week in Falken 452's... maybe it's the drivers?

aizvara

2,066 posts

183 months

Saturday 18th December 2010
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Yeah, my 325i has been fineish, a little bit hovercrafty on some days. That's largely due to its 225/255 low-profile 18" mix 'n match tyres, mostly worn out.

Given that a crap setup like that was mostly fine, I was fairly reluctant to put winter wheels & tyres on but the GF, being swedish, insisted. So, with ultragrip7+s all round on narrower wheels, I'm hoping I'll not be causing too many hold ups for you.

B3Svert

553 posts

208 months

Saturday 18th December 2010
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Last winter I used my e46 Alpina every day without* issue. This was on rather wide, very low profile Michelin PS2's.



  • There may have been one or two "issues" very late one night in a rabbit warren of cul-de-sacs covered in sheet ice when I truly believed I had become a driving, nay, drifting God. fk I wish I hadn't sold that car for a stty FWD Audi frown

Z4STER

Original Poster:

46 posts

207 months

Saturday 18th December 2010
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Some BMW drivers will never admit that their cars are ste in the snow because they are driving gods. No other car model was struggling today. I bet the 4 owners I saw in BMW's wheelspinning backwards down the road were all driving gods too !!!

Jem0911

4,415 posts

217 months

Saturday 18th December 2010
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My current car has a BMW engine and is awsome in the snow.

madbadger

11,667 posts

260 months

Saturday 18th December 2010
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Funny how all the BMWs in Germany, Switzerland, Austria etc a seem to manage fine in snowyer conditions than we get..........

James_N

3,175 posts

250 months

Saturday 18th December 2010
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My S2000 on Uniroyal rainsport 2 tyres has been unstoppable. On the standard Bridgestones I admit, it might be a but useless, but its great on the uniroyals!

AnotherClarkey

3,690 posts

205 months

Saturday 18th December 2010
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Z4STER said:
Some BMW drivers will never admit that their cars are ste in the snow because they are driving gods. No other car model was struggling today. I bet the 4 owners I saw in BMW's wheelspinning backwards down the road were all driving gods too !!!
The ones that have no problems just haven't been in conditions which expose the inherently poor performance of RWD cars in snow.