View Single Post
  #26  
Old 01-06-2009, 07:24 PM
skiboats's Avatar
skiboats skiboats is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Western NY
Posts: 339
skiboats is on a distinguished road
Quote:
Originally Posted by Towdad
Have to agree. Wife doesn't care for our X5 on snow or icy slick surfaces. So then she gets out the old Expedition and drives happy. Some of it is getting use to the snappier throttle movement and sudden brake reaction of the X5 but alot is the OEM tires. I would have thought with BMW traction control the X would have been more stable, but no, it wags it's tail frequently on the slick.

I have an 06 Expedition and an 01 4.4 X5. Took off the 19in Performance tires and put on 17in dedicated snows. Michelin Pilot Alpins. We live in Buffalo off an alley that gets plowed once a year if we are lucky. It is solid ice underneath foot deep ruts.

My X is my daily driver and will pound through anything. I only drive the Expedition if there is more than 5 of us riding.

As everyone else said it's all in the tires.
Attached Images
 
Reply With Quote

Sponsored Links