Snow & the Z4M

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scotia_steve74

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With the bad weather I noticed something interesting. Try to reverse up a slight incline in ice/snow and the Z4M goes nowhere. I take it it's the large lump at the front and lack of weight over the rear wheels?
 
scotia_steve74 said:
With the bad weather I noticed something interesting. Try to reverse up a slight incline in ice/snow and the Z4M goes nowhere. I take it it's the large lump at the front and lack of weight over the rear wheels?
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Try driving up even the slightest incline and the Z just goes sideways :rofl: Having 265s on the back does not help :oops: The weight distribution is actually pretty good...
 
Yeah I had some fun on an icy hill at the weekend, the rear was just sliding left to right but managed to get up it in the end...it's just wide tyres, lots of power and a lack of grip. The Z4 has virtually 50/50 weight distribution like all BMs, partly why they moved the battery to the boot in the M
 
I found the same in my non-M: OK going forwards but useless trying to reverse in snow. I got stuck trying to reverse into my garage on a flat bit of ground. Loads of throttle sorted that though.

mikedav said:
partly why they moved the battery to the boot in the M
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The battery in non-M Z4s is at the back of the car too - below the boot floor though, so unlike you M-driver's, us poverty spec drivers have more of a useful boot :wink:
 
Damn, of course, you are right - same as the E46 Coupe...I guess they must have moved it 'up' because of the M exhaust?
 
a11y said:
I found the same in my non-M: OK going forwards but useless trying to reverse in snow. I got stuck trying to reverse into my garage on a flat bit of ground. Loads of throttle sorted that though.

mikedav said:
partly why they moved the battery to the boot in the M
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The battery in non-M Z4s is at the back of the car too - below the boot floor though, so unlike you M-driver's, us poverty spec drivers have more of a useful boot :wink:
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Actually when I looked into the boot of a Z4M Coupe I was shocked how much room that box took up!! :o What's the roadster like!!
 
mikedav said:
Damn, of course, you are right - same as the E46 Coupe...I guess they must have moved it 'up' because of the M exhaust?
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The diff too I heard, cooling fins making it too bulky? :idunno:
 
Don't worry, you can still fit a fully grown male in there - if you try hard enough :|
 
Same happened to me trying to reverse into a parking space yesterday with some snow on a slight incline. Had the same probs with my 350Z - RWD with fat tyres in the snow is not good!
No snow this morning but sidestreets very icy and car was fishtailing in 2nd at 10/15 mph.
I'll be glad when some warmer weather arrives!
 
Worst drive of the year today to Eastbourne. Getting up the hills was a complete disaster, taking an hour to do 3 miles.

Interesting enough, the women were the worst drivers today steaming past me and tail gating me as I was sliddering all over the place. Thought us men were supposed to be the impatient ones ...
 
Well I must be psychic. Weather was due to be sunny today and woke up to find heavy snow and it's it's still falling! Got to make an essential trip so this should be fun! :D
 
I am working in Denmark at the moment so brought my Z4MC with me on the grounds that my colligue already over here said it hasent snowed for about 10 years, oh how I laugh, it hasnt stopped since I got here, my car is known as the BMW M bob and much merryment has been had as I seam to go everywhare sideways... good fun though
 
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