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An x5 seems right in case you really like to drive in the snow ;-)
And its a nice car too - I dont have any problems in the snow we get here in denmark.. /Henrik "Ulf" > wrote in message ... > My '86 BMW 323 is really a crappy winter car. Sure, it handles great, but > I get stuck everywhere! Today, I got stuck *twice* within a couple of > minutes. Same scenario, hit a snowdrift and snow goes flying onto the > windshield. I brake because I can't see anything, and then I'm stuck... > :-( > > First time, notice how little snow it actually takes: > > http://members.roadfly.org/ulf/bmw1.jpg > http://members.roadfly.org/ulf/bmw2.jpg > > Second time, this time the car stopped in the next snowdrift: > > http://members.roadfly.org/ulf/bmw3.jpg > http://members.roadfly.org/ulf/bmw4.jpg > > Notice that both times I'm stuck completely *on* the road. > > I'm leaning more and more towards a 525xi, nothing like AWD to avoid > getting stuck. :-) > > Ulf |
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On Tue, 01 Mar 2005 17:46:08 GMT, Ulf > wrote:
>My '86 BMW 323 is really a crappy winter car. Sure, it handles great, >but I get stuck everywhere! Today, I got stuck *twice* within a couple >of minutes. Same scenario, hit a snowdrift and snow goes flying onto the >windshield. I brake because I can't see anything, and then I'm stuck... :-( > >First time, notice how little snow it actually takes: > >http://members.roadfly.org/ulf/bmw1.jpg >http://members.roadfly.org/ulf/bmw2.jpg > You look like your on the shoulder in those >Second time, this time the car stopped in the next snowdrift: > >http://members.roadfly.org/ulf/bmw3.jpg >http://members.roadfly.org/ulf/bmw4.jpg > >Notice that both times I'm stuck completely *on* the road. No, this time you're definitely *OFF* the road. > >I'm leaning more and more towards a 525xi, nothing like AWD to avoid >getting stuck. :-) Why not move where it doesn't ****ing snow so bloody much? > >Ulf |
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"John Burns" > wrote in message ... >> My '86 BMW 323 is really a crappy winter car. Sure, it handles >> great, >> but I get stuck everywhere! Today, I got stuck *twice* within a >> couple >> of minutes. Same scenario, hit a snowdrift and snow goes flying >> onto the >> windshield. I brake because I can't see anything, and then I'm >> stuck... :-( > > Wow! And I thought my E30 saw serious snow in the winter! I'm > assuming > your on snow tyres. Time for a 325iX I think ;-) > psha!! That snow's not all that deep. He just ran the car into the snow bank and didn't have good winter tires... -Fred W |
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"Cartlon Shew" > wrote in message news > Why not move where it doesn't ****ing snow so bloody much? I'm not the OP, but I know the answer to that one" 'cause that's where all the other people live... There is a lot of value in being away from the rest of humanity. -Fred W |
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"> Ah.. I love Jeep mentality "a ****ty peice of ****" nice!!!... Thats > why Rovers are always pulling them out....Your JeeP is not the best > offroader out there so how about you sit back and have a nice cup of > "shut the f@$k up". Never seen any Land Rovers around here. But I have pulled many of European crap out of ditches, pulled even more Asian riced crap out. Advantages of driving for a towing service :P... oh and yes pulled a few JeePs out too. Snow......"your suvee is NOT a JeeP and my JeeP is NOT a suvee" |
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"Snow" > wrote in message . .. > > "> Ah.. I love Jeep mentality "a ****ty peice of ****" nice!!!... Thats >> why Rovers are always pulling them out....Your JeeP is not the best >> offroader out there so how about you sit back and have a nice cup of >> "shut the f@$k up". > > > Never seen any Land Rovers around here. But I have pulled many of > European crap out of ditches, pulled even more Asian riced crap out. > Advantages of driving for a towing service :P... oh and yes pulled a few > JeePs out too. Like almost anything to do with stuck cars, it generally has little importance what they are driving.....bad drivers can get stuck in almost any car they drive, and good drivers can manage to move safely no matter how difficult the vehicle they seem to be piloting. And while I myself really love Jeeps and own two, neither Jeep nor Land Rover make the best full line 4x4/off-road vehicles...that honor goes to Land Cruiser. We, and Europe, just don't get some of their best units. In SOuth Amercia you can find LC's that are superb. Built like monster and perform with ease and capability. I am even of an opinion that Jeep and LR don't match up against some of Mistu's 4x4's, but then Mitus doesn't have a full line of off-roaders. By the way JeFf Strickland (I remember you from the r.a.m.j.w) have you seen the LC FJ40 coming to the states in a couple years. Beautiful little retro 4x4 with starting price around 23, 000 (according to AutoWeek). Jeeps in for a fight when Toyota lands that little bugger on our shores. The kids are gonna love it. |
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"The Malt Hound" <Malt_Hound@*no spam please*yahoo.com> wrote in message ... > There is a lot of value in being away from the rest of humanity. Are you implying that where Ulf lives, humanity doesn't exist :^) |
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"Ulf" > wrote in message ... > My '86 BMW 323 is really a crappy winter car. Sure, it handles great, > but I get stuck everywhere! Today, I got stuck *twice* within a couple > of minutes. Same scenario, hit a snowdrift and snow goes flying onto the > windshield. I brake because I can't see anything, and then I'm stuck... :-( In snow, momentum is your friend. You don't need a better car. Just turn the wipers on high before you hit a drift, pay attention to the road beyond the drift and keep moving. -Dave |
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The Malt Hound wrote:
> "Ulf" > wrote in message > ... > >>My '86 BMW 323 is really a crappy winter car. Sure, it handles >>great, but I get stuck everywhere! Today, I got stuck *twice* within >>a couple of minutes. Same scenario, hit a snowdrift and snow goes >>flying onto the windshield. I brake because I can't see anything, >>and then I'm stuck... :-( >> >>First time, notice how little snow it actually takes: >> >>http://members.roadfly.org/ulf/bmw1.jpg >>http://members.roadfly.org/ulf/bmw2.jpg >> >>Second time, this time the car stopped in the next snowdrift: >> >>http://members.roadfly.org/ulf/bmw3.jpg >>http://members.roadfly.org/ulf/bmw4.jpg >> >>Notice that both times I'm stuck completely *on* the road. >> >>I'm leaning more and more towards a 525xi, nothing like AWD to avoid >>getting stuck. :-) > > > This is a joke right? > > You don't look like your "on the road" to me. Looks like you drove > into the snowbank. Well, the "snowbank" was *on* the road. :-) Here are two more pictures. In the first I'm parked *off* the road while taking the picture. This is also before I got stuck as you can see by the front only being covered by road grime and not snow. In the second picture, compare how much of the amber sticks, marking the edges of the road, is viable on the right vs. the left side of the road. I'd estimate that it's between two and three feet of snow *on* the road on the right side. I'm standing pretty much in the middle of the road in this picture too. http://members.roadfly.org/ulf/bmw5.jpg (original size) http://members.roadfly.org/ulf/bmw6.JPG > > Also, do you have snow tires on the thing (can't tell) Yup, studded snow tires. > > -Fred W > > Ulf |
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