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Realchef:
Glad to hear it worked OK.
I was up country the last few days, covered 1500 km in very poor conditions. The X3 did great; as you noted, there is occasional plowing at low speed but I found that I got around fine with the DSC on, including in deeper snow. We were on packed snow and ice most of the time, temperatures in the -20 C to -30 C range the whole trip.
One thing I did play with on this trip was the DSC switch. I had used it before on the X5 just to see what it did, but I found with the X3 that it functioned differently. With one push of the DSC button the DTC light came on, as expected. Holding it for ten seconds then lit up a second light labelled 4x4. I don't remember that from the X5, there was only one light IIRC. With the X5 you had to restart the car to reset it; with the X3, another push of the DSC button brings the system back to normal settings (DSC on). I never needed to turn the DSC off, even in deep snow or starting on a hill.
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2007 X3 3.0si, 6 MT, Premium, White
Retired:
2008 535i, 6 MT, M Sport, Premium, Space Grey
2003 X5 3.0 Steptronic, Premium, Titanium Silver
2002 325xi 5 MT, Steel Grey
2004 Z4 3.0 Premium, Sport, SMG, Maldives Blue
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