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[Del Boy]

Avon ZZ3's are terrible in the snow 

Big beemer was absolutely terrible in the snow today and I mean bad, at one point I couldn't move as traction control just kept cutting the power, stability control was good mind you, put my foot down to get past a car started spinning at 60 MPH. Coming back from the wedding today up the M20, today is as bad as I've ever seen the motorway, 40 MPH all the way home from Maidstone, and it was sliding then, scary stuff, but it's so fun when you're on a quiet road.

All I can say is, the M3 stays asleep 

[mrgreen]

snow at 60 mph sounds scary to me without snow shoes on.

[Del Boy]

snow at 60 mph sounds scary to me without snow shoes on.

Even scarier when a lorry is sliding around next to you, which is why I had to get passed 

[Lizzie_Zoom]

Avon ZZ3's are terrible in the snow 

Big beemer was absolutely terrible in the snow today and I mean bad, at one point I couldn't move as traction control just kept cutting the power, stability control was good mind you, put my foot down to get past a car started spinning at 60 MPH. Coming back from the wedding today up the M20, today is as bad as I've ever seen the motorway, 40 MPH all the way home from Maidstone, and it was sliding then, scary stuff, but it's so fun when you're on a quiet road.

All I can say is, the M3 stays asleep 

I must say Del during that freeze at the end of last year mine were very good in the snow.  However my new Pirelli's have proved to be worth every penny giving me great grip and traction so far!  

[Del Boy]

Maybe it's just the big Beemer that's poor then  :-/

[Lizzie_Zoom]

Maybe it's just the big Beemer that's poor then  :-/

Or the tyres are getting low on their treads Del? :-/ :-/

[Del Boy]

Nope, about 5mm at the back.

[Marks DTM Calib]

Beemers are pretty bloody awful in the snow.

Get some weight in the boot as that will make a hell of a lot of difference.

It wont be the tyres, as long as they have reasonable tread left

[cem_devecioglu]

bimmers are really awful in the snow, even with snow tires..

not worth the risk to damage an expensive car ..

use taxi

[Shimmy]

More to do with the width of the tyres on BMW's imo, they're usually quite wide compared to other marques which doesn't help in snow.  When my rear tyre blew out recently, I had more grip with the spare wheel on the back which had a much smaller contact patch to cut through the snow.

Obviously brimmed tank and lots of ballast in the boot will help loads.  I actually used my rather hefty brother yesterday to sit in my boot to get me going through the thicker stuff.

[aaronjb]

Beemers are pretty bloody awful in the snow.

Get some weight in the boot as that will make a hell of a lot of difference.

It wont be the tyres, as long as they have reasonable tread left

As long as it's not the one with the cardboard boot floor eh..

[Del Boy]

Few bits in the boot, tyres are 265's at the back, they are cack in the snow, but I'll use the van, that got stuck this morning though  :-/

[Kevin Wood]

Few bits in the boot, tyres are 265's at the back

 

Who would have thought a company based in Munich would have made something that doesn't work in the snow.

Then again, they put their 265s away and swap to a set of 185 winter tyres in the winter.

The rock hard suspension that most BMWs have probably doesn't help a lot either.

Kevin

[Del Boy]

Few bits in the boot, tyres are 265's at the back

 

Who would have thought a company based in Munich would have made something that doesn't work in the snow.

Then again, they put their 265s away and swap to a set of 185 winter tyres in the winter.

The rock hard suspension that most BMWs have probably doesn't help a lot either.

Kevin

They're supposed to be 245's & 275's, but 235's & 265's are cheaper  My suspension in squidgy I've got an SE.

[msb1973]

my m3 was brilliant in the snow so are you sure its not the driver thats the problem instead of the car?