I hate blizzards.....
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I have had my 08 535xi for about a 45 days now, I am running all seasons and I had alot of fun durring that blizard. AWD will not help with black ice unless your running spike tires, but as far as driving a xi in the snow I felt my only limit was the hight of the front bumper. As for the maxima doing better in the snow then a rear wheel drive 535i thats a no brainer.
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I used to love ice skating. When i battled the NE winters, I did so in a little KIA! I banked that thing everyday and rotated the friends to come pull me out. Now in the so-called "sunshine state" i keep my front undercarriage off. Doing so helps me to detect leaks and occasionally the heavy rain water helps to give it a bath.
I don't care what tires one has or what drive train they have, there is no escaping the black ice
I don't care what tires one has or what drive train they have, there is no escaping the black ice
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What part of the undercarriage are you talking about? Living where you have the chance of getting snow at the least you should be running with all weather radials. Heck I live in Texas and run AW's. With the weather your facing now I would have a dedicated set of wheels with snow tires on them. Throw those on your car in early November through to the beginning of April or so. Hopefully there is little to no damage. Be careful out there!
Tow trucks, busses, even the snow plows were stuck, why even drive? xdrive, snow tires, none of that will help you these first few days. The worst time to drive in the snow in NYC is the first snowfall of the season, that's when all the people who "forget" how to drive in the snow or think their AWD is upto the job come out. I let them play demolition derby for 48 hours, then I come out and rubberneck at the damage.
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i used to live in Syracuse and went to school in Buffalo. MUCH worse snow. I drove a CLK55 AMG with all seasons and had no trouble. Biggest problem with NYC is too many cars, streets are too small, and the rate of snowfall was to rapid. I drove my friend's ML430 and we got stuck. Drove my Audi Allroad and we got stuck too. Ask 99% of NYCers what they did for the past two days. 99% of them will say digging. LOL. I dug my car out this morning. Dug myself a parking spot this evening. I think I am selling my Allroad once my shop is opened. I want a bigger car. Maybe a Cayenne Turbo if the price is right. Or possibly a GX470. May also look at a G55
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i used to live in Syracuse and went to school in Buffalo. MUCH worse snow. I drove a CLK55 AMG with all seasons and had no trouble. Biggest problem with NYC is too many cars, streets are too small, and the rate of snowfall was to rapid. I drove my friend's ML430 and we got stuck. Drove my Audi Allroad and we got stuck too. Ask 99% of NYCers what they did for the past two days. 99% of them will say digging. LOL. I dug my car out this morning. Dug myself a parking spot this evening. I think I am selling my Allroad once my shop is opened. I want a bigger car. Maybe a Cayenne Turbo if the price is right. Or possibly a GX470. May also look at a G55
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My logic is pretty simple:
You could have snow, all-season, or summer tires - drive over a patch of black ice and you can still lose control of your car.
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Glad to hear you're OK, the car can be fixed.
I wholeheartedly disagree. Yes the ice will still be slippery but winter tires are a tremendous help on ice. All season tires are no season tires.
I wholeheartedly disagree. Yes the ice will still be slippery but winter tires are a tremendous help on ice. All season tires are no season tires.
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I've broke sideways in a car with studded tires once. Winter tires alone are an improvement, but don't help as much as one might think. They DO complement good winter driving skills and technology such as DSC. Even with all that, its one thing to know when you are driving over ice. The OP was referring to black ice, which is almost impossible to see so you don't anticipate it. With you being from MI, I'm sure you have experienced this at least once.
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I've had a set of dedicated Nokian snows on the 535i every winter.
Never had any problems, and I've driven through snow deeper than my mtech intake.
One year I was two days late in putting on the snows, and couldn't make it around with a half inch on the ground.
Snows rock.
Never had any problems, and I've driven through snow deeper than my mtech intake.
One year I was two days late in putting on the snows, and couldn't make it around with a half inch on the ground.
Snows rock.
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