Why aren't BMWs limited to Winter tyres and 75 BHP

nubbz

Had a BMW e36 until a few days ago.
Was perfectly fine in the snow.. ye the back end kicked out a lot but only when I wanted it to. Was plodding on quite fine until I went down a hill had to stop due to a transit being stuck in the snow.... Was waiting for about 30 minutes for him to dig himself out when a 4x4 honda couldn't stop and went right into the back of me.
T'is not the car but the driver that is the issue.

almillar

The combination of 500BHP, a lead right foot and ultra low profile summer tyres does not make for good progress

It's the driven rear wheels with not much weight over them that makes the difference versus most other cars. Because most BMWs aren't 500 BHP, and most other cars are on summer tyres. And you can get XDrive (4WD) Beemers now so....

The manual tells you to switch off DSC for slow speed driving on snow.

Applies to all cars, but I would say don't switch it off until you actually get stuck. It could save you whilst driving, and it only really gets in the way when you're stuck.

Even the xdrive BMWs are useless if they have large wheels and performace tyres.

... again, applies to any brand of car...

They just have the equivalent of massive engine braking when you lift off the go pedal

Most electric cars do this when you lift your foot off the accelerator pedal - it feels like engine braking. It can be stronger than that of course, but the thing that Nissan are advertising with the Leaf is that you can come to a stop without using the brake pedal. One pedal driving. Great, except that the i3 has been doing this since 2014(?)!.

Joe_Horner

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Worse are the people driving their over-worn rock solid ditchfinders around the place, bemoaning the lack of gritting and skidding all over the place.

My video above was on about half worn "ditchfinders" - Three A P306's for the record. Really didn't have a problem. :beer: