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      01-20-2013, 10:44 AM   #1
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Drives: G30 M550
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my 530d in cold weather - snow (but not really settled)

just felt compelled to write about my 530d msport.
i'm in London an dthe last few days its been snowing (I know nothing compared to other locations but we in the south of Uk tend to make a meal out it!). Temperature around freezing. Roads gritted.
just have to say the car warms up very quickly. Heated seats are like sitting on on a volcano!
Only issues I had which is documented in the manual is that the radar sensor under the front bumper got a build of snow and there fore I got a warning on my HUD about the collission warning being deactivated.
Quick wipe off and all good again.
Car felt really luxrious and has made the journeys feel like a complete non event. Grip on summer tyres on the few roads that hadn't been treated was surprisingly good. I noted that when i applied some gas and the rear wheels started to slip, it took quite a bit of effort before the DSC kicked in, its almost as if it knew it was on snow and allowed a small amount of slip before intervening.(Perhaps becuase its under light throttle it assumes that?)

All in all, very capable - i just need to get the car cleaned now!
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