Official M3 Snow Pictures!!! - Page 11

itradem · 12-13-2009, 09:50 PM

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Originally Posted by linsm3

Do you check out what I have on my car, with the drop and molded front I wouldn't have been going anywhere.

Throw snow tires on and you would be just fine... even with a drop and lip. I drove through a pretty snowy Chicago winter last year with a similar set-up.

BMWI6 · 12-13-2009, 11:41 PM

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Originally Posted by dcstep

The snow was not too deep today, but it was zero-degrees. I was taking pictures of wildlife and couldn't resist one of my car:

this is one of the sickest pics i have ever seen... can we see more please????

dcstep · 12-14-2009, 12:06 AM

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Originally Posted by BMWI6

this is one of the sickest pics i have ever seen... can we see more please????

I only took a couple of the car on this day. Here's a view across the back, looking toward the lake and sunset:

Those are Canada Geese out on the ice, bedded down for the night to avoid the coyotes and foxes. I live a few blocks from the other side of the lake.

Dave

M3 vert · 12-14-2009, 01:23 AM

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Originally Posted by dcstep

I only took a couple of the car on this day. Here's a view across the back, looking toward the lake and sunset:

Those are Canada Geese out on the ice, bedded down for the night to avoid the coyotes and foxes. I live a few blocks from the other side of the lake.

Dave

I see you are starting to notice a lot of Canada lately

Thinking of moving

dcstep · 12-14-2009, 10:47 AM

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Originally Posted by M3 vert

I see you are starting to notice a lot of Canada lately

Thinking of moving

No, the geese came to me. Colorado is much nicer in the winter.

Dave

kmac1980 · 12-14-2009, 12:18 PM

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Originally Posted by linsm3

I just left Toronto from a hockey trip with my daughter and narrowly missed the storm out of Buffalo where traffic was stranded for 17 hours due to the snow. If I had been unlucky enough to have had my M in that neck of the woods even with snow tires I would have been a goner. It was brutal in Canada, no place for that car.

Interesting you think it was brutal here, I find Chicago winters harsher than Toronto winters.... now Buffalo has it REALLY bad, they are right in the snow belt.

I'm another toronto driver that has no issues driving around in the snow and slush with my M... really that's why I went for the M, knew it was perfectly capable of being an all-season car as I only have one parking spot in my condo! If I had a 2nd, Id have a Jeep and something even more performance oriented for the summers.

JDy80 · 12-14-2009, 12:30 PM

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Originally Posted by M3 vert

I see you are starting to notice a lot of Canada lately

Thinking of moving

What a nice scene. I need to put that up on my wall.

dcstep · 12-14-2009, 01:35 PM

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Originally Posted by JDy80

What a nice scene. I need to put that up on my wall.

Thank you JDy80.

Here's what I'm using as my wallpaper right now, taken just a day before the icey one:

There's more of those crazy Canada geese.

You're welcome to personal use of anything on my photo stream at Flickr (see the link below).

Dave

kmac1980 · 12-22-2009, 03:56 PM

Did anyone get any shots this weekend in NYC/Philly/DC? I was in NYC for the weekend and it was CRAZY! Unfortunately didn't get any shots as my M was stuck in a parking garage.

J08M3 · 12-22-2009, 03:58 PM

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Originally Posted by kmac1980

Did anyone get any shots this weekend in NYC/Philly/DC? I was in NYC for the weekend and it was CRAZY! Unfortunately didn't get any shots as my M was stuck in a parking garage.

that's what I'm wondering???? Got 24" on the Eastern end of L.I. Got to drive in it for awhile while it was only a couple inches deep with the ///M and that was fun as hell. Didn't get out to snap any pics though, sorry.

Bart@AUTOcouture · 12-23-2009, 12:27 PM

JasonCSU · 12-23-2009, 05:34 PM

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Originally Posted by signes

If you have the means and desire to have two cars, good for anybody who does (seriously). And, yes, an AWD car with snows would have better traction under acceleration than a comparable RWD car. Personally, I like having one car that can handle anything, a snowstorm in the mountains or a track in 100F heat. Just don't say that the M cannot be driven in severe winter conditions unless you have actually experienced it yourself with the right equipment (tires).

Well said. There's nothing wrong with driving M3's or similar cars in the winter with proper tires, but if someone prefers driving a different car when it snows, so be it. I prefer driving my WRX in the snow, but if I didn't have it, I would certainly be driving my 135 with snow tires.

How about some more snow pictures?

dcstep, very nice shots.

linsm3 · 12-24-2009, 08:10 PM

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Originally Posted by M3 vert

My bad

Wow! a girl with a M3 + mods, you have good taste

Where abouts were you visiting in toronto?

Hey have been away from the board for a while, I was actually in Hamilton but we ventured to Toronto, was in the middle of that blizzard that hit. The Canadian girls beat us in every game, they are tough.

kmarei · 12-24-2009, 10:05 PM

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Originally Posted by kmac1980

Did anyone get any shots this weekend in NYC/Philly/DC? I was in NYC for the weekend and it was CRAZY! Unfortunately didn't get any shots as my M was stuck in a parking garage.

this is in Reston, Va

http://www.m3post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=332973

kmac1980 · 12-25-2009, 12:42 AM

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Originally Posted by kmarei

this is in Reston, Va

http://www.m3post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=332973

KICK ASS

dcstep · 12-27-2009, 12:36 AM

A detail shot from today:

I shot this with the Canon 5D MkII, the 70-200 f4L IS lens with the 1.4 Teleconverter

quality_sound · 12-27-2009, 12:26 PM

235/40/18?

Kev · 12-27-2009, 02:27 PM

First time using the snow tires for real:

dcstep · 12-27-2009, 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by quality_sound

235/40/18?

255/40/18

Subw00er · 12-27-2009, 02:44 PM

Here is a couple pics of my interlagos with winter rims/tires. Tires are PA3 and rims are matte VB3.

Bluechipper · 12-30-2009, 05:32 AM

Not a M3, but still cool.

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shagkie · 12-30-2009, 08:36 AM

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Originally Posted by linsm3

I just left Toronto from a hockey trip with my daughter and narrowly missed the storm out of Buffalo where traffic was stranded for 17 hours due to the snow. If I had been unlucky enough to have had my M in that neck of the woods even with snow tires I would have been a goner. It was brutal in Canada, no place for that car.

I've been driving BMWs (330Ci, e46 M3, e92 M3) for 6 winters now in Toronto and haven't encounter much problem. There's the occassional fish tailing when we want to have fun and a bit of a problem going up icy hills but hey most of the time it's great.

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Subw00er Bates '08 Interlagos Launch Drives: 08e92M, 03e46M Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: NY Posts: 1,198 iTrader: (2)	Here is a couple pics of my interlagos with winter rims/tires. Tires are PA3 and rims are matte VB3. __________________ Custom Exhaust Project: Bates Valvetronic exhaust: http://www.m3post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=253661 -- Exhaust Mod pics in here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/40236795@N03/ DON'T BUY Race Ready Performance electronic cutout valves. Here's why: http://www.m3post.com/forums/showthr...40#post9589740

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12-22-2009, 03:56 PM	#229
kmac1980 Major Drives: '11 535xi, (former '08 M3) Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: toronto Posts: 1,028 iTrader: (1)	Did anyone get any shots this weekend in NYC/Philly/DC? I was in NYC for the weekend and it was CRAZY! Unfortunately didn't get any shots as my M was stuck in a parking garage.

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quality_sound 8 tracks of madness Drives: Slowly Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: At home Posts: 2,720 iTrader: (1)	235/40/18?

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