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Drives very well in the snow actually. The only real issue i would say is clearance. When there's 30-40 cm of snow on the ground it's tough to get around since the car is so low. But we've had a few snow storms with up to 20cm and i had no problems whatsoever. The studs make a huge difference. Total cost including install was about 2200$ |
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01-10-2009, 12:25 PM | #24 |
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I went for the $4000 OEM winter package but was able to work a package price together with the car. They are run-flat which I assume a lot of the after market ones are not? Compared to my old Blizzak WS-50s however, these BMW tires are pretty slippery and the back end slides around a fair bit.. BUT I haven't got stuck anywhere yet, not even on snow covered hills. The car is low however and I hear the front end scraping on stuff when there is even a few inches of snow on the road.
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01-11-2009, 10:04 AM | #27 |
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Welcome M3 Mike. Like the MR! Oakville definitely is well represented here!
I have done a fair but of winter driving with the OEM package and have not had any problems yet. If I have a choice I will take the X5 (like last night) but so far I have been satisfied with the package.
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01-11-2009, 11:29 AM | #28 |
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01-26-2009, 11:00 PM | #29 |
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Hi Everyone, 1st post here. : ) Took awhile to sort out the registration issue. All is well now so I thought I'd post a couple of shots.
Got the car back in late October and have to thank everyone here for information that helped me got the winter setup. Coming from a quattro, have to say it handles better than I thought in winter. The car is amazing and I have a smile everytime I step out. : ) |
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01-27-2009, 01:24 AM | #30 |
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staggered pirelli sottozeros on oem 18s... didnt go for the 19" option on the M cos i already have an aftermarket set of 19s waiting to be mounted.
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01-27-2009, 07:42 AM | #31 |
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UNivek,
I think I may have seen you a while back...in November, there was a road closed (forget which road) and everyone decided to divert to Thornhill Woods Drive. I was going south and saw a black E90 M3 with those wheels going north. Did you get your winter setup from SimplyTire? |
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01-27-2009, 08:31 AM | #32 |
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Hi bobbyz, ya, I remember that day, it was bumper to bumper traffic on the woods.
Yup, got mine at SimplyTire. Allen was great and ordered the Michelin PA3 for me from US, since they were completely sold out in Canada. Kevin |
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01-27-2009, 12:48 PM | #33 | |
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01-27-2009, 01:23 PM | #34 |
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i want to grab a set of m6 reps for the winter next yr... looks good
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01-28-2009, 08:19 AM | #37 | |
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How are you liking the sottozeros? The stock 18's look great - must be a MR thing as Vise is running them too - thought about doing the same, but I really like the 18's for summer. |
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01-28-2009, 10:27 AM | #38 | |
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the staggered set up i have has enough traction even in the icy conditions we have here in montreal. although you still slide around a little if you give it too much throttle
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Heading home now (south from Markham on the 404/DVP), wish me luck guys.
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It was actually worse at noon. I drove by the plow depot at Downsview park at 11:30 and most of the plows were still there, but I just headed out an hour ago and the roads were better then they were at noon time with plenty of plows out. M3 handles fine in this stuff...its the 25-30cm days that ground clearence becomes an issue. I'll be heading home in an hour and dont forsee any issues.
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Got home without any major problems... lucky I left so early though. Only issue was 2mins from my house trying to accelerate up the hill on Eastern Ave (eastbound) going over the DVP. Tires weren't gripping and traction kept cutting the power so had to turn DSC off to get moving, once I got going my only real issue was some jackass in a Cobalt trying to pass me as I was fishtailing/driving sideways up the hill.
Thanks... I was debating working from home but it didn't look that bad this morning so I went in. Traffic didn't get really bad until the halfway point so pretty much too late to turn around. Good luck to anyone out there today, take it easy and drive safe.
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01-28-2009, 04:12 PM | #43 |
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I plowed my neighborhood to get to work today. : )
I find using the M dynamic mode DSC provides a good balance for the times where we need some wheel spin. I configured the M button to have just that (without the sport throttle) so I can enable it by pressing a button on the wheel. |
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