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03-14-2006, 11:07 AM | #1 |
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rwd snow performance
i know i've posted on this before but it never ceases to amaze me how well this car does in the snow (yeah, climbing) with some good snow tires. no awd and this car dominates. italy, austria, geramany...whatever, the alps the dolomites...the car plows uphill through 5 inches of fresh powder with total confidence. pics from my latest ski trip to austria. the car was beautiful through the pass with snow, and the roads were not the greatest. right up to our hotel. one pic is looking back at the border into italy (pontebba) on the road through the promolo pass. i love this car! enough words, check the pics. i love this car!!!!!!!!!!!!
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03-14-2006, 11:12 AM | #2 |
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Great pics.
I have to agree with you, and coming from Montreal Quebec, our winters are pretty scary, lots of ice, snow, ice and snow, slush, whatever. Of course I must emphasise that the car does not perform better than AWD. The disadvantage is starting from standing stop; my old A4 was simply in a different class on that metric. But with this exception (which of course would also apply to any frontie), the e90 is surprisingly good in winter. And this coming from someone used to AWD in winter. |
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03-14-2006, 11:17 AM | #3 |
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What snow tires are you running?
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03-14-2006, 11:24 AM | #4 |
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yes bimmerista, awd gives and even greater advantage. i'm on that cusp of the globe where i could go either way on the drivetrain (awd/rwd), but ended up going rwd because i will probably move to an overall warmer area year-round. i'm running kumho tires. they didn't have the blizzaks or the dunlops here when i purchased so i went with the best they had at the time. i'm very happy.
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03-14-2006, 11:56 AM | #6 |
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Super sweet pics and nice ride. The ability to get to all those great mountain locations - simply awesome !
In that first pic were you able to simply back out of your parking spot without removing any of the snow ?? |
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03-14-2006, 12:01 PM | #7 | |
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03-14-2006, 12:56 PM | #8 |
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i run the same set of wheels and just put the snows on for winter. i'm thinking of getting some CSL wheels to run in summer time. the front snow tires are the same size as the spt pkge tires , but the rear are not as as wide, i think one size more narrow. everything else is the same.
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03-14-2006, 01:52 PM | #9 |
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My 330i does not compare to my lowered RSX. Both have winter tires.
After a big dump of snow, my 330i got stuck in front of my house....twice. The RSX just plowed through. I knew the BMW wouldn't be as good but I didn't think it would be this bad. I love my BMW, but it makes a better ski than a car in deeper snow. |
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SO many people say the 330i is GREAT in snow. That's why I got the 330xi (12 inches of snow and all weather tires).
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