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My last car was a 330xi, which with AS tires I could not begin to get it to slip, slide or get sideways even if I wanted it to. Then I bought a 2011 528i RWD. I decided to spend what I saved by doing away with AWD on more options. I felt that for the few days per winter that I needed AWD for ice and snow I could make due. Then from 2011 to now we have had much more snow and ice. My experience has been that I really missed my AWD. The 528i can't get up my driveway in 1-2" of snow. The 330xi would plow through anything. I felt much more secure and confident in the xi. Fast forward to the present. I ordered a 535 x drive. In the meantime my wife drives me to work in winter weather in her X5.
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My driving is 99% on the lowland coastal area where we might have a few days with snow and the rest of the winter it's mild or we have salted or wet roads. For me European spec winter tires are actually better for 99% of my winter driving. Nordic style tires are much better up in the mountains and those parts of Norway that has snow in the winter though. I just happen to live where the winter road conditions are much better suited to euro spec winter tires IMO. I deliberately ordered Nokian euro spec winter tires since that means I don't have to compromise so much wet and dry tarmac performance, which is what I drive on for 99% of the winter If you go up in the mountains each weekend then I would NOT have bought the tires I have now. They suck on snow and ice compared with nordic winter tires! |
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01-10-2015, 05:35 PM | #28 |
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I've driven RWD BMWs for a long, long time in the snowy northeast. It's perfectly acceptable so long as you know how to control the car in each circumstance.
However, I decided to go xDrive with the 550 purchase. The reality is, while RWD is perfectly fine, AWD is superior in the snow - there's no doubt about it. Find yourself in a slightly slick situation trying to get up a hill, and AWD can do wonders when giving all four wheels the ability to help motivate the car. That said, where people go wrong: 1. AWD isn't a substitute for good tires. If you're going to be in a heavily snowy area, winter tires are going to have the biggest impact on finding traction. Winter tires on an AWD car? Priceless. 2. AWD helps cars find traction to accelerate - doesn't help STOP them, though. I enjoyed RWD on my previous 3-series cars, but the 5 certainly does well with xDrive. I bought this car to be as comfortable, powerful, and pampering as possible - and I think xDrive is integral to that mission, as it's one more aid that will help ensure the car controls to the best of its ability regardless of driving environment.
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I meant that in general if you drive in various conditions in the Nordics, a Nordic compound is safer. |
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