And few years ago, I was in Bellingham, WA for the winter. The X was wearing its 19" diamaris tires. Except for a couple of slipping incidents, I was able to get around in the 4-5" snow. It wasn't the best traction but it worked.

Today in 3" in Charlotte with the Arturo AZ800 m&s I was able to get around all those who were stuck on small hills. I couldn't get the traction control system to activate unless I stood on the gas a little.

Anyway, the road leading into the apartment complex i'm staying in IS a little bit of a hill. When I got in line there were four cars in front of me on the hill slipping and sliding and going nowhere. At the head of the line was a 328 struggling with its rear wheel drive.

Once all the cars ahead of me gave up, I crept past them all, got out of the way of all traffic, parked, and came back to help. I was able to get the BMW moving up the hill by pushing but it mostly went sideways.

After a few minutes I asked the next guy in line to help me push it. He just stared at me from within his car and then continued - with no success to try to get up the hill. I looked to the next guy in line and he got out of his car to help.

After we got the BMW squared away we went back to his car and I got ready to help push his car. But he really didn't need help because now that the BMW was out of the way, he was able get around the second car in line to climb the hill on his own.

Meanwhile the guy who wouldn't help was still spinning his tires going nowhere. I stood there watching for a while and then left.

Now, I admit that I only saw this one guy refuse, but I'm really surprised that anybody wouldn't help.

You get help unsticking your car and the next in line helps you, that's the way it was when I was a kid. Has that gone by the wayside?

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2006 X5 Sport 4.4i