Winter Transportation

[2ndBimmer]

I noticed some of you shelve your Ti's for the winter (like J!M's 250hp beast ).


What do you drive when the white stuff is coming down?

[tastade]

Mine is in the garage for the winter. I am not taking that thing near the salt on the roads in Iowa. The old rusty 4x4 truck is better for that.

[96cali]

Unfortunately my '88 Integra winter beater got rear ended this past summer and so was totalled. Nine years, 125K miles with her (185k total) I still loved driving it especially in the slippery stuff. The ti now has snowshoes on and I eagerly await the first virgin snowfall in an empty parking lot for donutfest 2003! ;}

[bimmerboi318]

oh yeah, 4 studded snows, 100lbs of sandbags in the trunk, and im set to go. this is my 3rd winter so far and i havent had any issues with mobility in the snow. sure i'd like a beater for winter, but for now this is all i've got. no complaints so far.

[J!m]

As already noted- my car hybernates for the winter.

I don't like salt

It handles like a wet diaper on snow

I like my sheetmetal the way it is (except for those damn door dings)

Please check my personal gallery for the latest pics...

[1996 328ti]

Closed until next winter.

[rennerb]

Winter ?
What's that ?

SoCal

[city]

mine gets tucked away until the spring, except it will be going under MAJOR CONTRUCTION this winter and I am soooo excited My ti will be off the chain next spring. But to answer the question I will most likely pick up a new POS to get me through the winter.... any suggestions on cheap-o vehicles for the winter?

[bmwracerchick]

What is snow? lol The only thing that ever came close to snow was hail we had early this year. I was freaking out when I woke up to something hitting my ceiling and found out it was Hail....that never happens here. I was staring at my car praying it wouldnt get damaged...it was a looooooong 5 minutes.

We arent supposed to get these things in Florida....grr

[Panzer_M]

Snow, Ha

Hurricanes..now that is when I park in the "bunker"

[Mendi3]

No salt, no snow around here. A bit of rain in Northern California and that's about it. I drive it all year around.
Got to love it!

[robbie-z]

i ran my ti this winter, and let me tell you, i'm not doing it again. i got stuck twice last winter. but, i did get pulled out once by a very cute girl with a dodge ram. the traction control performs as well as the minardi f1 team (they finished last in a 6 car race). i'm picking up an old s10 blazer for this winter and will let the real fun begin!! lol

[evalha007]

I plan on driving the ti very sparingly this winter. This will be my first winter with it, but judging by how it handles in rain, I'm not even going to bother buying snow tires. I still have my last car, which is an 88 Nissan Sentra, it does pretty well in snow as it is front wheel drive.

[Calgary98TI]

Well in Canada, winter isn't much of an option so short of buying another car, I will keep driving my 98 ti. I put winter tires on all 4 corners (BF Goodrich Winter Slalom) and it is the best handling car I have driven on snow or ice. The balance of the car and traction control make it an amazing ride on snow. Being rear wheel drive with the traction control, it is not the best accelerating car but it does get going, even on hills. The other thing is to learn when to turn off the traction control. When trying to get going in deep snow turn it off.

Great winter car

[CirrusSR22]

This is my first winter in Minnesota with it, so we'll see how it goes. I've got a full set of Blizzak WS-50s ready to bolt on, so I'm confident it'll be fine I don't have traction control either.

Just the other day I bought a bundle of shinlges for ballast in the back, i'm guessing it weighs 50-60 lbs. ? BMW recommends up to 110lbs.