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Originally Posted by nick325xit 5spd
A/T tires suck in the snow was your real problem. (Or, more specifically, they suck on ice, which is the challenge with most snow unless you live somewhere that's cold enough to get real powder that stays powder.)
Mine is pretty good in the snow even on all seasons. The only time I ran into traction issues on the Contis was when I was trying to pull a trailer uphill in the snow off road. (I didn't really expect to succeed and had an assist ready.)
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See, but you have an Xdrive which has a totally different AWD system to my 2003. The pre-Xdrive models just have plain old open center diff, but with a rearward torque bias via the planetary differential. It felt a lot like driving a RWD car in the snow, at least with the old tires. It would consistently and repeatedly break the rear end free in the snow or ice with the A/T's.
And my A/T tires were the "snow rated" ones that truck owners buy because they think they are just as good as snow tires. (I know that's not true, but they are probably better than all-seasons just because of their blocky tread.)
FWIW, I do live in a town where we get lots of snow and don't salt the roads.