Well drove the z4 in blizzard conditions today , snow and bit of ice , got to say very impressed. When it turned white outside the windows I thought " oh f**k I'm not getting home , but auto gear box sorted it all out up and down some hills ...... How's everyone else find their cars ?
Driving in the snow
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I nearly took my winter wheels off last weekend. Bloody glad I didn't now given the bloody windy white nightmare happening outside...
On winter tyres mine drives fine in snow, just need to be careful. The only time it gets dodgy is if there is over 12cm of fresh snow, as I become a snow plow
Worth setting the traction control to DTC if the e89 has that setting, so you get some slip on the wheels and don't keep suffering from traction control induced stop-motion.
On winter tyres mine drives fine in snow, just need to be careful. The only time it gets dodgy is if there is over 12cm of fresh snow, as I become a snow plow
Worth setting the traction control to DTC if the e89 has that setting, so you get some slip on the wheels and don't keep suffering from traction control induced stop-motion.
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I suppose as I'm from the tundra part of North America(South Dakota). And drove a 24 meter long double trailered lorry 5 nights a week for 10 years. I laugh at the snow and ice. Tyres and being smooth are the key. In all honesty my 3.0si has the same clearance and suspension as the wife's 328. We don't hesitate to drive it in the snow. I think folks just look at the swoopy body on a Zed and automatically freak out. Then assume that it is rubbish.
After driving that big truck all night long. I would jump in my 356 speedster that was about 3.5 meters long for the drive home. Polar opposites.
After driving that big truck all night long. I would jump in my 356 speedster that was about 3.5 meters long for the drive home. Polar opposites.
bigdog said:I suppose as I'm from the tundra part of North America(South Dakota). And drove a 24 meter long double trailered lorry 5 nights a week for 10 years. I laugh at the snow and ice. Tyres and being smooth are the key. In all honesty my 3.0si has the same clearance and suspension as the wife's 328. We don't hesitate to drive it in the snow. I think folks just look at the swoopy body on a Zed and automatically freak out. Then assume that it is rubbish.
After driving that big truck all night long. I would jump in my 356 speedster that was about 3.5 meters long for the drive home. Polar opposites.
I would rather drive that than the Zed anyday and pleasure in bulldozing all those off the road without winter tyres
Tim.
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I don't know about that. One isn't immune with a big truck. It's just that I have a lot of experience. I have over 1.2 million miles of driving that truck in those ten years. There's not that much out there that I haven't seen or had happen. I had a near miss with a tornado, Rescued people at 3 accidents, Helped the police at a drunk driving accident. Killed 30 deer and one Elk (with the truck). What was tough in the truck was trying to gain and then maintain your momentum on an up hill section. Coming down an icy hill was even harder than going up one. I have come down hills with that second trailer wagging back and forth so far that I could read the FedEx decal first in one mirror, Then the other. Your instincts tell you to slow down. But you have to do the opposite. And give it just a little throttle. The second trailer acts like when one tries to push a rope. It just coils up.
I don't know about that. One isn't immune with a big truck. It's just that I have a lot of experience. I have over 1.2 million miles of driving that truck in those ten years. There's not that much out there that I haven't seen or had happen. I had a near miss with a tornado, Rescued people at 3 accidents, Helped the police at a drunk driving accident. Killed 30 deer and one Elk (with the truck). What was tough in the truck was trying to gain and then maintain your momentum on an up hill section. Coming down an icy hill was even harder than going up one. I have come down hills with that second trailer wagging back and forth so far that I could read the FedEx decal first in one mirror, Then the other. Your instincts tell you to slow down. But you have to do the opposite. And give it just a little throttle. The second trailer acts like when one tries to push a rope. It just coils up.
Bing said:I nearly took my winter wheels off last weekend. Bloody glad I didn't now given the bloody windy white nightmare happening outside...
On winter tyres mine drives fine in snow, just need to be careful. The only time it gets dodgy is if there is over 12cm of fresh snow, as I become a snow plow
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Same here - asked my dealer to get by tyres out of storage, and that night the weather changed! They're still getting my wheels, but I'm having them delivered to my home so I can choose when to put them on!
I tend to find a 'little' weight on the rear helps.
Took a month. But it's all in. by NeilllP, on Flickr
Took a month. But it's all in. by NeilllP, on Flickr
I've hardly used my M recently because of the weather, but when it was a daily driver, during the first year I owned it, I found it a lot better in the snow than my old E85 (summer tyres non RFT). It's all relative though, because it was still fairly crap!