Schnee performance depends on:
1. Tire performance. (min of Blizzaks, max of hakkas)
2. See #1 (repeat) No fat tires. Stock size. The engineers picked
the best tire size.
3. Driver experience/ability
4. Weight over drive wheels
Note 1: Front wheel drive is less controllable in slick conditions than
RWD. The contact patch between the tire and the pavement is the same
size, regardless of RWD, FWD or 4WD. 4WD makes no difference in
starting or stopping, but IS as uncontollable as FWD once the front
tires lose grip. FWD and 4WD will put you in the diitch faster. Gimme
an SDL on Blizzaks and I can go anywhere in ice or snow until it gets so
deep the belly pan floats the car on the schnee.
Note 2: You will notice the type of vehicle is not listed because it
makes minimal difference.
Scariest drive I ever had was in the crand caravan in 2006 or so when I
got caught on the east shore of lake michigan with summer tars when it
started to snow. All I tried to do was drive to the nearest wally world
to buy winter tars. It was the worst white knuckle ever, and the
schnee was not that deep yet. 1-3"
Clay Monroe via Mercedes wrote on 3/8/19 3:52 PM:
how is the BMW in the snow?
clay monroe
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