Whats your winter ride?

[TTBear]

2002 4.6is, with the recommended 18" BMW wheels to replace the original 20s (the 275 front, 315 rear Micheline Diamari summer combo is not good, at all, in the winter - we are using Blizzak LM-25s, and they are awesome).

Waiting semi-patiently for developments regarding the rumoured M version of the new X5 or perhaps X6..... at first, we were thinking an "M" version of the X's would be sacrilegious, but what the hell... can't hurt to look

[Ross08E93M3]

Originally Posted by Reedomn

Don't call it a mini.......

Is that for real? No way....


I'm driving my 2008 Touareg V8 for the winter. And now actually..just got it 2 weeks ago

[ideliver]

08 Yukon (the check engine light has been on for 8 months...3 visits to the stealer)...but got snows (Blizzak LM-22s) for the M...

[SS32]

See sig. Everyone freaks out at the slightest bit of snow and the city shuts down, so driving/not driving isn't really a big deal. Last time it snowed I found a traffic circle and practiced some oversteer for awhile without seeing another car.

[b16r1ch]

Given Texas is mainly just cool...I'll prolly stick with the M3. Of course, if need be, I could always 'borrow' the wife's GL550...or pull out my STi for the rare snow. Heh, given my STi is mainly prepped for the track, it'll be like X-games style...drifting and throwing snow from all 4 tires...=)

-Rich

[GregW / Oregon]

Originally Posted by Ross08E93M3

Is that for real? No way....

Yeah, not sure how power would get from the front drive.

[Reedomn]

IT IS REAL.....


MINI Conquers Snow and Ice
The Monster Garage turns a MINI into a Snowmobile!
How about a MINI Cooper that can claw its way over 4-foot snow drifts and speed effortlessly across a frozen lake? Is this the next new model? Not exactly.

A sneak preview of the finished product.
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A bright-red MINI Cooper was transformed into a larger-than-life, 300 horsepower snowmobile by Discovery Channel's Monster Garage TV program.

The program takes vehicles and transforms them into outrageous, but functioning re-creations, doing double duty not only as a car or truck, but as in MINI's case, a snowmobile. The trick is that the building process cannot take longer than five days or cost more than $3,000.

A team of five guest fabricators led by show-host and custom motorcycle builder, Jesse James, spent five days creating the custom snowmobile out of a MINI Cooper.

With the aid of the custom mechanical wizardry, the MINI Cooper morphs into a snowmobile exhibiting a raked stance. Skis lower under the front end and a pair of deeply grooved traction belts extend under the rear wheels to grip the snow and ice.

Once completed the Monster Garage MINI will be pitted head-to-head with a Polaris snowmobile in snowy Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Monster Garage's Jesse James will be behind the wheel of the monster MINI while Richard Petty of NASCAR fame will pilot the snowmobile.

[lizak187]

04 325ci W/ pirelli P6 all seasons ..extreemly slick and we get like 16 inches of snow like its normal....i had to get shoveled out of a starbucks last winter so this yr im gonna go for a snow tire pkg....any requests the wheels are the stock 16's

[monsta]

Originally Posted by Reedomn

Don't call it a mini.......

thats crazy!!

btw I got a Element 4wd as a beater/winter use

[Space Ghost]

2007 A4 Quattro. Had an F150 but, the A4 gets over 30MPG!

[evil_genius]

Audi TT with snow tires.