snow tires in the snow.

[FC]

Originally Posted by lemming

if she's a real quebecoise, she'll think today is a spring day driving into downtown.

Yeah, she was fine yesterday. She used to not mind driving in the snow, but ~5 years ago (I had just met her) she nearly got killed going to Montreal in her new Beetle. It involved her spinning out of control into the oncoming lane, an 18-wheeler hitting her, and her car getting ripped up and ending up in a ditch.

Needless to say, she is a bit more nervous about driving in the white stuff.

[Rob]

Originally Posted by lemming

anyway. no excitement this winter even with 395ft#'s of torque to deal with on skinny little 245s. i thought it would be more feral than it is. happy to report that snow tires change the nature of the beast when you're in their element. otherwise they're loud, squishy and generally horrible.

Go turn off the traction control and try again. Then come back and report.

[Nick M3]

Originally Posted by rwg

Go turn off the traction control and try again. Then come back and report.

I can tell you that with traction control off, an E55 AMG provides abundant fun in the snow. :whistle:

[lemming]

Originally Posted by rwg

Go turn off the traction control and try again. Then come back and report.

yeah. i did not report on that.

the car is really hairy with the Big Brother Stabilitrak not reducing the engine power and correcting for yaw.

[equ]

Originally Posted by bren

I kinda like the Dunlop M3s. Yeah they suck in terms of absolute performance and they are a little loud on the highway, but not that much more so than half worn Pilot Sports. What's actually fun is that they make it possible to drive the M3 at its limit at normal speeds.

+1

They have my abs kicking in moderately aggressive braking and I'm easy on the corners... However the dunlop m3's are no more squishy feeling than the average all-season tire. Perfectly acceptable, quiet ride on highway to ski slopes. Great on snow.

Also the ride on light 17's with taller sidewalls is WAY better than short sidewalls on the heavy, showy 18's that the zhp somehow needs

[rumatt]

Originally Posted by bren

I kinda like the Dunlop M3s. Yeah they suck in terms of absolute performance and they are a little loud on the highway, but not that much more so than half worn Pilot Sports. What's actually fun is that they make it possible to drive the M3 at its limit at normal speeds.

This is why I use all-seasons for daily drivers. I don't see the point of having extra grip that I don't use.