I give up.........

[r2uzenblot]

So just how do you do it?

I came home late last night to find my sloping long driveway under a blanket of snow. Just how the F**K do you get a Z4 up a slope in the snow? Tried so many things and failed.

Any tips, tricks or suggestions apart from buy a front wheel or 4x4 drive?

[jamie_z4]

winter tyres? snow chains? clear the drive first?

[enuff_zed]

Move house

[q96169we]

winter tyres. Best and cheapest solution. Drove mine in the Peak today with about 5-10cm of snow. No issue at all.

[MikeyH]

Reverse up the drive, worked for me in my sprite years ago. But yes move to Devon or Cornwall, not much snow here, ever.

[Chris_D]

If you have to ask such a rudimentary question you really shouldn't be out driving in the snow.

[brillomaster]

park on the main road. BMWs on summer tyres don't do snowy inclines. at all.

[brillomaster]

i'd think shropshire is somewhere where i'd consider switching to allseasons over winter.

not worth it here in leamington, and i have the option of working from home, which i am doing today.
but anywhere further north/more rural, i'd switch onto some all seasons between nov/mar if i had to remain mobile.

[Stevepj]

You're just not trying hard enough!
Got caught out a few years back when I still had the kit car, forgot to check the weather forecast before going to work a night shift, getting home kept me awake!

[buzyg]

Move to Cornwall. I carry snow chains and a shovel, for when I leave the County in winter.

(Yes, I actually do.)

[buzyg]

You're just not trying hard enough!
Got caught out a few years back when I still had the kit car, forgot to check the weather forecast before going to work a night shift, getting home kept me awake!

Awake! !. I'm amazed you didn't get frost bite.

[r2uzenblot]

If you have to ask such a rudimentary question you really shouldn't be out driving in the snow.

I wouldn't dream of going out in the snow.......... It dumped on me at the end of a 4 hour drive home.

[N4LLY]

Gor some snow socks after the beast from the east, not used them yet

[DevonPaul]

I tend to go old school...

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[AER86]

I feel your pain, when i had my E85 in the UK my parking was down a small ramp, we only had a dusting of snow but i could not get up the ramp regardless of what i tried and then had the humility of watching a little smart car drive straight up it with ease.

Living in Canada now with a lot of snow, My Z4 is parked for winter and i have an F150 that i daily drive, but not before i learnt my lesson with a few RWD mustangs through canadian winters. If that experience taught me anything its that RWD in winter is possible, but you do need winter tyres and a bang of sand (or other weighty item) in the boot helps as well. Brown trousers help when changing lanes on the motorways as you pass over the snow berms between lanes as well.

I do recommend you purchase another set of cheaper rims, throw some winter tyres on them and you should be good, winter tyres are good for winter generally, not just snow, if the temps are below 7 degrees, you will get better grip from a winter tyre.