Unless you have been in the south and in a real ice storm, 1-2" of snow quickly turns into thick ice. As I walked the last 5 miles home on Tuesday night (10 hours to go 10 miles in the work suv, then ditched it in the parking lot) I met a lot of great people walking with me from Ohio and New York. All fully understanding what a real ice storm is and admitted it wasn't like the north but worse. These are also the people who created dangerous driving conditions by passing in oncoming traffic lanes. They left their cars in the middle of the roads. That's what they admitted freely. From the short 5 mile walk, anything that is rear wheel drive, you were screwed. AWD cars did fine except for the Porsche Panamera. That guy parked his car back in the woods. Unfortunately, RWD cars and 2WD trucks are more popular due to the environment. BTW, X5 did fine on summer slicks and I use to live in upstate NY for many years.

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1973 - Porsche 914 1.7 Stock - Sold (sad day)

2001-VW Beetle 1.8t Modified (200HP) - Lost my "man card"

2002 - X5 4.6is - Stock - Got my "man card" back