[1mm2]

Took my wife's out Monday in heavy snow for the first time.

BBS 18/245s with X-ice square.

Very impressed.

Certainly better than my 991.2 on PA4s.

[RocketTR]

Originally Posted by SafariEdition

.... The diff propels it along with absolutely no issues, out accelerating awd X5's in deep snow and ice all day long!....

That's funny...surely you can't be serious though. I guess that X5 must have had summer tires because there's no way that a RWD is going to be able to put more power down in deep snow (not sure what you meant by deep, but the M2 has not much in the way of ground clearance) compared to any 4WD or AWD SUV unless it's equipped with bald summer tires.

[RocketTR]

Originally Posted by DanG

Yep. I live on top of a hill. If you leave you can’t get back home in the snow.

I live on the ridge of a mountain. In fact, my development's name is Eagle Ridge. I have to go uphill and downhill whether I am coming home or leaving home. AWD and/or 4WD is pretty much a necessity when the plows can't keep up with the snow.

[SafariEdition]

Originally Posted by RocketTR

That's funny...surely you can't be serious though. I guess that X5 must have had summer tires because there's no way that a RWD is going to be able to put more power down in deep snow (not sure what you meant by deep, but the M2 has not much in the way of ground clearance) compared to any 4WD or AWD SUV unless it's equipped with bald summer tires.

Definitely not summer tires (my biggest pet peeve are people driving summer tires in winter) but to be fair, it was on all seasons, and fairly deep snow...we were in the middle of a lake effect snow storm getting over a foot in accumulation that day. Proper winter tires make a massive difference.

[RocketTR]

Originally Posted by SafariEdition

Definitely not summer tires (my biggest pet peeve are people driving summer tires in winter) but to be fair, it was on all seasons, and fairly deep snow...we were in the middle of a lake effect snow storm getting over a foot in accumulation that day. Proper winter tires make a massive difference.

My winter vehicle is a Grand Cherokee Trailhawk (which comes with the top 4WD system that you can' get in a Grand Cherokee) and I normally drive it on all season tires all winter long. The thing is absolutely unstoppable in the snow, even with the all season tires. I pushed through snow that was up to my headlights on more than one occasion.

[DanG]

Originally Posted by RocketTR

I live on the ridge of a mountain. In fact, my development's name is Eagle Ridge. I have to go uphill and downhill whether I am coming home or leaving home. AWD and/or 4WD is pretty much a necessity when the plows can't keep up with the snow.

My area is also on a ridge. It is called Blue Ridge.

[dcmac]

It’s an awesome snow mobile

[QM]

Michelin Xice 3 for the win!

[SafariEdition]

I've been running the Continental Viking Contact 7's, which have been REALLY good

[rich8566]

My 17' M2 is awesome in the snow. It also does well when I'm racing on frozen lakes in upstate NY with Michelin PA4s on all four corners. The parking lot photo is after 7 inches of snow. No prob getting home that mid-November night.

[chris719]

Originally Posted by 1mm2

Took my wife's out Monday in heavy snow for the first time.

BBS 18/245s with X-ice square.

Very impressed.

Certainly better than my 991.2 on PA4s.

I am not surprised. I put 30k miles on 2 sets of PA3s and they are definitely more for clear / light winter weather. If I had to regularly drive through snowstorms I would not buy a performance winter.