I think some of this came from early BMWs, without some of the features of the new BMWs, and probably people driving BMWs with their high performance tires in the snow. My next door neighbor said that his former Saab (900? He's never said the model) couldn't get up the hills that surround our house when it snowed. Consequently, he has a bad opinion of Saabs in the snow. However, he never put snow tires on the car and, instead, ran high performance tires on the car.

Any car with low profile, high performance tires will not do well in the snow. I'm going to see if I can make it up the hills in my Viggen, but I've already bought snow tires for the car.

It still makes sense to me that 4wd/awd beats fwd which beats rwd in the snow. Many BMWs have around 50/50 weight distribution, and my Saab has about a 70/30 weight distribution. There's so much more weight over the wheels in a Saab that I think it should perform better in the snow.

My truck is an example of this. In 2wd drive, it goes nowhere in the snow. Even with 200 pounds of sand over the rear axle, it still sucks in the snow. Put it in 4wd, though, and it cuts through the snow like the snow isn't even there. Obviously, some power is still going to the rear wheels, but I really feel the front wheels do the vast majority of the work in the snow.

Let me know if the new 330Ci owner is in CT. I'm really interested to compare a Viggen with snows with a 330Ci with snows.

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• Disturbing conversation (longish), Josh91900, Wed, 31 Oct 2001 16:25:51
  • I'll take my Saab over any BMW, thank you very much..., Adrian, Thu, 1 Nov 2001 15:32:19
  • Damn..., Justin VanAbrahams , Thu, 1 Nov 2001 03:12:41
    • Low Mileage Survey?, ChrisB, Thu, 1 Nov 2001 08:43:28
      • Re: Low Mileage Survey?, Brian 92CDt, Thu, 1 Nov 2001 13:44:17
  • Re: Disturbing conversation (longish), David Hanley, Wed, 31 Oct 2001 18:22:40
    • BMWs and snow..., Bob M, Thu, 1 Nov 2001 07:57:48 <-- Viewing This Message
      • Re: BMWs and snow..., David Hanley, Thu, 1 Nov 2001 11:54:49
      • BMWs and snow... Two words: Traction Control . nm., JMC, Thu, 1 Nov 2001 08:43:28
        • Traction control doesn't create traction..., saabaru, Thu, 1 Nov 2001 09:40:47
          • I hear you, but I've never heard anybody complain about>>>, JMC, Thu, 1 Nov 2001 10:57:26
            • I'm still undecided about TC..., Bob M, Thu, 1 Nov 2001 13:46:40
  • Re: Where does the line form?, paul de k, Wed, 31 Oct 2001 17:39:47
  • Josh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, JMC, Wed, 31 Oct 2001 17:01:04
    • If only I had money..., Josh, Wed, 31 Oct 2001 21:04:31
      • beg... borrow... steal..... nm, JMC, Thu, 1 Nov 2001 13:06:53
  • Re: Disturbing conversation (longish), Quinn S. Kurz, Wed, 31 Oct 2001 16:44:37

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