To slightly defend the silly 1 series owners, I guess grip on the steering wheels is slightly useful. Ermmm...
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Posted 1 year ago #
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Neighbours E92 M3 seems to cope just fine. Proper winter tyres though and good driver might help a bit...
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mmannerr - Member
Neighbours E92 M3 seems to cope just fine. Proper winter tyres though and good driver might help a bit...
Good point mmannerr
Many moons ago as a 17 year old working on a farm, I pulled a well known rally driver out of a ditch in his 4x4 rally Cosworth car thing with my tractor.
He had let a friend of his have a spin in the snow & the driver had dumped it on the first bend he had come to
Not a big car/rally fan tbh, but watching this pro drive off and set the car up for the bends was amazing to watch.
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I've got a 330d tourer it's getting better the more I drive in this stuff, it's knowing how to handle it properly that's the problem for a lot of people, i guess they don't feel the grip they just look out of the window and expect results when they floor it.
BMW or not, snow will screw you over if your driving is pish. Gentle on the throttle, get into second sooner and take it easy. DSC helps loads but it's no replacement for common sense.
I did LOL at those 1 series pics. Freshers.
I'll tell you what is scary... the amount of people doing 90+mph in -10c!
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Have to say 4WD does make a big difference even with rubbish tyres - was hooning it around in my 4motion Golf yesterday on uncleared roads and even with Pilot Sport summer tyres, never had any issues with grip - unless I booted it and had all 4 wheels roostering
Engine braking seems way more effective as well (which I suppose it is with 4 wheels to brake with).
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We have had no problems with X5 at all with standard run flats tyres and 20's.
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135i with Bridgestone RE050A summer tyres goes nowhere.
Goodyear Eagle Ultragrip GW3 winter tyres. Goes everywhere so far.
15% hill round a right angle turn, on untreated road, to get out of my village , no struggles yet.
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135i - apart from the "controversial" looks, VERY nice!
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You see that punter who has put the snow socks on the front of a rear wheel drive car. If I only had one set of snow socks I'd be tempted to do the same.
Unlike snow chains the manufacturers do not tell you to only fit them to the driven wheels.
Infact their own website says "it's recommended that users of rear wheel drive cars should also fit a set to the front wheels to provide better directional stability, especially under braking."
Personally, I find that stopping and turning are much more important that going.
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Turning and stopping are useless if you cannot move. However if you can move you can move appropriately slowly so that you can still turn, and your rear wheels also have brakes.
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Brakes + ice = useless. It's all about tyre grip and braking kills it completely. A rolling tyre "grips" much better than a braking/locked one.
Most of the time, people just enter bends too fast - always expect to lose grip and so drive at the appropriate speed - usually MUCH slower than expected.
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A posh-successful-but-rub-it-in-your-face neighbour got his big-ass personalised RWD Chrysler stuck in the road blocking our way - I tried to help with some digging and shoving etc. But he kept using the accelerator so nothing was going to work. He's too alpha-male let me drive. I couldn't help a certain amount of inner-smirk at his discomfort.
The auto-socks need to go on the drive wheels. On a RWD, the engine weight over the front wheels provides enough steering grip.
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So speed is more important that the ability to slow down and steer then. Hmmm - you learn something new every day.
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Successful and owns a Chrysler? Ermmm
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Yep my beemer is that bad it took me and Trekster to Dalbeattie to make the first tracks on the red route in -10ºC
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So far I've lost control of my 3 series 3 times in this bad weather. It's braking that caused it each time. However, I am going to look at some winter tyres tomorrow.
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Give me strength.
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Scotabroad- my mate got his van almost lodged in the ditch on the drive to the main carpark. His first ever go at driving in the snow and he learnt a lot of lessons.
Mine got up there, but interestingly it'd only work reversing up the hill than taking it gently in 2nd/3rd- this is a fwd car. Any reason for this?
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No problems here with a 320d touring, I put some new tyres on last month which no doubt helps. As others have said if you turn off the traction control and drive appropriately then they're only marginally worse than most FWD cars. I've seen a lot of 4WDs struggling in the snow during the school run.
Obviously it helps that I'm a FANTASTIC driver, passed my test after one lesson and shagged the (female) driving test examiner.
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SpokesCycles - yip - you turned it into a rear wheel drive.
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SpokesCycles
Mine got up there, but interestingly it'd only work reversing up the hill than taking it gently in 2nd/3rd- this is a fwd car. Any reason for this?
Probably more weight over the driving wheels provides more grip and traction. Same applies when it's not snowing, you'll often be able to reverse up a hill you cannot drive up forwards.Posted 1 year ago # -
Mine got up there, but interestingly it'd only work reversing up the hill than taking it gently in 2nd/3rd- this is a fwd car. Any reason for this?
Simples - its a short steep hill by reversing up you got more weight onto the (front) driving wheels and hence more friction.
What I didnt say was mine turned into a sled coming back down it, should have went a smidge faster to keep the traction
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