[scooba0010]

Just ditched the BMW .Had to walk home totally pissed off ! 2" snow and the car is stuffed so dissapointed thought it would be a little better traction control light went mental turned that off and still no joy .

I will recover the beast when the weather warms up .So i will have to walk to work tomorrow and grap a TD5 LANDROVER and see how that behaves may even tow the BMW home :mad0 259:

[dxb335d]

You actually ditched it? any damage?

You gotta take it real easy with rwd in this weather?

sorry to hear this Scoob.

[RCUK]

You tried putting it into manual (if its an auto and driving it in a high gear?

[roofer]

I've just come back in after playing in it for an hour. DSC right off, not had so much fun in ages.

[scooba0010]

Sorry Carlos i should have put abandoned .I was having some fun until it was time to come home up hill all the way the roads round here havent been gritted apparently the east sussex highway dept have run out of grit and spent there budget

[roofer]

Only parked it up just over an hour ago, proper snow

[RagingKileak]

I just had some fun around Wakefield/Leeds.

To be fair I would say the 335D is s**t in snow, if I am perfectly honest, but I still had a lot of fun and got home in one piece.

I did try to get up a hill at one point, but it wasnt happening.. Let it roll/slide back down and then just hit it at pace following my own tracks, traction control fully off, flappy paddles set to 2nd/3rd when I could and I shot up it fishtailing like crazy before sliding more or less all the way back down lol!!!

Matt

[Zk1]

i went to tescos and uysed the car park it was like ice skating. Brilliant. I didnt go there deliberately honest.

[hmi1750]

i drove from Bayswater to hounslow.

No probs, but was going slow, but yes I did get some slide just getting up the kerb into the drive... but slow and gentle was excellent traction really, felt stable and gear change on the auto was very smooth, and I only pushed the DTC button to turn on DTC but didnt disengage the traction fully.

Almost span once, at 10mph on a side road in bayswater, but that was fun as the road was clear.

Prob keep it in the drive tomorrow and use the other car.

[NFS]

Originally Posted by scooba0010

Just ditched the BMW .Had to walk home totally pissed off ! 2" snow and the car is stuffed so dissapointed thought it would be a little better traction control light went mental turned that off and still no joy .

I will recover the beast when the weather warms up .So i will have to walk to work tomorrow and grap a TD5 LANDROVER and see how that behaves may even tow the BMW home :mad0 259:

Should have done a little better with DTC on and use of a higher gear, to allow for spin and reduce torque at the rear.

Having said that, last time we had proper snow here, I couldn't get of the drive. Wheels just span and the car slid sideways into the flowerbeds.

[hmi1750]

just watched some 5series and E classes get up the road, they seem to not be aware the minute they hit a slope its going to be hard going, if at all. The snow is just sludge and no doubt will be ice soon.

[booforty]

Its trecherous out there! Oh well better spend a day at home!

[CD]

didn't even bother taking mine out ... Took the land rover instead

Never had such a poor car in adverse weather.

[Serjames]

well I can confirm the Niswah is ok in the snow... Much better than the PUG which is so light it just spins the wheels :/

Forget the Bimmer... just NO way !

SJ

[Carrera RSR]

All cars are shit in the snow without WINTER tyres, period. Not just BMW's. This includes 4x4's with smooth, grippy road rubber.

Because we don't get too much snow none of us are prepared for it, so no skinny, little wheels and no super grippy winter/snow tyres. Then we wonder why the country comes to an abrupt standstill

It'll all be gone by Wednesday anyway so best get out and play while you can

[tinka]

Just cleared some kids off, taking snow off my car. annoys me because they can cause all kinds of scrathes on it with what they wear.

So ive just been outside and cleaned all the snow off it.

I was considering going to work on the motorbike today aswell, but thought better of it and took the day off instead.

[Thetoycollector]

Just been out all morning in the snow. Could not get any further than Surrey cos M25 was blocked.
Thought car would be tricky with rwd but I was impressed as it was really stable in some very icy patches.

[Oil Burner]

fought my way in then took one look at our car park, and the snow still coming down, and decided to head for home. Traction control light was very active esepcialy on A308 and A30, but apart from some fish tailign car kept going, and i got home safely. can;t ask for any more, well except maybe for more sense next time to work from home

[E92Fan]

Just got back to London from Prague, driving a LWB 7m long Mercedes Sprinter van..! 17 hours in total, no sleep, including waiting an interminably long time (3 hours) for the Eurotunnel train

Was clear all the way from Prague to Calais - came out at Folkestone this morning at 7am and it was like I'd entered a different world!!! Had immense fun coming back into London - can't believe how much snow there is!!! Got the van stuck totally sideways on the slope outside my flat Brother wedged cardboard under the wheels so I could spin the van round. It's now ditched at the bottom of the slope - no hope of going anywhere in that!

Got straight in the BM - out the garage into the snow and sludge... immense fun and loads of grip even uphill as I have winter tyres on Can feel the diff working out which side of the rear wheels to send the torque to - am loving this weather!!!

[mds82]

what kind of tires do you have on the car?

Any rear wheel drive car with the wrong tires will suck in the snow... thats life!

[E92Fan]

Originally Posted by mds82

what kind of tires do you have on the car?

Any rear wheel drive car with the wrong tires will suck in the snow... thats life!

I am using the Vredestein Wintrac Extreme - fantastic winter tyre, and not expensive either

[dxb335d]

How much tone?