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Old 01-31-2021, 09:52 PM
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Snow!!!

I drove up to Lake Arrowhead, CA (about 60 miles north east of LA) early this morning where there was 3-5 ft of snow and it was super beautiful!

At first, I was a bit hesitant to use the throttle much but once I got the hang of it, the X5 handled great. The roads were fairly clear in town but there was a lot more snow and ice on them as I got up into the hills. The General Grabber AT/X tires had pretty good grip in the snow since they are Three Peak Mountain Snowflake (3PMSF) rated.

Three Peak Mountain Snowflake Explained

Here is some video of the X5 Overland in the snow - you can jump to 1:45 to see where it took me three tries to make it up the hill because I was a bit too timid on the first two tries and then gave it some throttle on the 3rd try and made it easily.

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Video embed doesn't seem to want to work so here is a link:
Spec X5 Overland Lake Arrowhead, CA Jan 2021
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Last edited by thstone; 02-01-2021 at 02:10 AM.
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