I bought some Michelin Easy Grip snow chains the other day. Used them yesterday.
My house is about 0.5 mile from the treated road and its a bit hilly. I made it back the other day without snow chains but it was very slippery. On that day someone had half ripped one wheel off from sliding into a curb on a downhill section.
Might very well have made it yesterday as well without the snow chains, but it made sense to use them. Took about 5 mins to them get them on. It does required a bit of strength and with the Z4 not having masses of arch gap makes it a little tricky.
Grip is really good, I was able to pull away uphill with no wheel spin. There is even enough traction to get going relatively swiftly. Of course if you give it too much throttle the wheels will still spin. Braking is a bit better than without but still need to give plenty of space for stopping ( no chains on the front wheels ). Definitely gives more confidence when slowing down. I had no issue with them falling off as many reviews seems to indicate, I suspect/guess that may happen if they are not put on properly.
Overall very happy I got them, ideal for me for the few times a year it snows and there is a problem. Anyway here's some pics


Pretty pattern


My house is about 0.5 mile from the treated road and its a bit hilly. I made it back the other day without snow chains but it was very slippery. On that day someone had half ripped one wheel off from sliding into a curb on a downhill section.
Might very well have made it yesterday as well without the snow chains, but it made sense to use them. Took about 5 mins to them get them on. It does required a bit of strength and with the Z4 not having masses of arch gap makes it a little tricky.
Grip is really good, I was able to pull away uphill with no wheel spin. There is even enough traction to get going relatively swiftly. Of course if you give it too much throttle the wheels will still spin. Braking is a bit better than without but still need to give plenty of space for stopping ( no chains on the front wheels ). Definitely gives more confidence when slowing down. I had no issue with them falling off as many reviews seems to indicate, I suspect/guess that may happen if they are not put on properly.
Overall very happy I got them, ideal for me for the few times a year it snows and there is a problem. Anyway here's some pics


Pretty pattern

