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First snow w/ my 4.6is
I drove up to the Arnold area from the Bay Area on Sunday evening through torrential rains which turned to snow around 3500 feet. It was total white out conditions over the Big Trees summit on Hwy-4 just East of Arnold, and the road was not all that well plowed. I had no issue with traction and kept going at a steady 25-30mph which was as fast as I could see. I made it up to the cabin in Dorrington on even less plowed roads with no drama. We woke up to a solid 7-8" of fresh snow from overnight at 5000 feet: The 20 mile drive to the ski area was accomplished again with no drama - never even got the beast loose, although with so much tq available it was easy to get sideways if I wanted to Overall I was quite happy with how it handles snow. Not quite as hooked up as my Audi with quattro, manual and 235-40-18 performance snows. But not that far off either. Certainly acceptable. And the added ground clearance made it much easier to drive out of the driveway in the morning without clearing it first even in more than half a foot of snow. Had a great day skiing 19" of fresh, cold powder all day long - one of the best powder days I've had in several years in fact. This was yesterday: And since hardly anybody was there skiing, we were able to get mostly fresh tracks all day. And then I skied right up to my car at the end of the day because I parked right by the lift!!
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Nice...i'm mad jealous of all that West Coast powder y'all are still gettin'
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Titz pics! (lift shot is excellent!)
Don't miss the snow, but very good post story & pics, imo! GL, md |
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I agree... that lift shot is excellent. I'm actually sad that the snow season is over here on the East Coast.
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This is the second time in the last 5 or so years that I remember getting such a nice cold powder dump in April. It happens. Somewhat rare, but hey - I'll take it. I'm sure that was the last powder day for the season. There is enough snow to ski into May, but most resorts will close early due to lack of business. Once spring hits it seems CA folks find other stuff to do since we have so many options. I'd just as soon keep skiing, but that's just a NW raised guy talkin'...
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Just a fluke btw - I had my phone out and decided to grab a quick shot while it was in my hand. Sometimes it is better to be lucky than good
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Cool pics. nice the know the X is capable of this.
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Damn near anything with AWD and the right tires is capable in the snow, in my experience. I used to drive a FWD honda accord / 5speed with snow tires back in college and took it to the snow all the time. that was back before they required chains on non 4WD vehicles in CA, and I never put chains on or got stuck. It's mostly about the tires. In high school I drove a '63 Impala with studded tires on the rear only and a few bags of sand in the trunk. that car did great too. Never had an issue and I drove it all the time in the snow because I skiied every weekend back then. It's all about tires and driving style / experience.
My set-up on the X5 is not ideal with 265 width tires - surely 225-245 would be better, but a good quality dedicated snow tire does wonders. And these look better with the 4.6is body work and perform quite good in the dry and wet too.
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2003 4.6is - SOLD 2003 M5 Imola 2008 Mini Cooper S 2011 Mazda CX9 Last edited by c4racer; 04-07-2010 at 02:27 PM. |
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