How does ur E70 handle in the Snow???

powr_x5 · #1 12-02-2007, 07:18 AM

It's was my first drive in the snow today. The X5 handle really well eventhough i have a 20 inch sport tire. The ABS was awsome, my GMC Safary barely make it to my drive way, but the X5 drive through it with no problem at all. anyway, Can anyone tell me what's the DTC Button for??? I press on it and it say DTC Activated and DCS Limited... Do you know in what kind of situation i should press this DTC button??? I did look through the manual but still confusing... Any help is great and have a safe winter driving.

rickp · #2 12-02-2007, 08:53 AM

RTFM?

Too Many Toys · #3 12-02-2007, 09:32 AM

I had my 1st opportunity to try winter weather this weekend. I do have the OEM 18" winter package mounted. I'd give the X5 a A+ for winter ability.

Here in Iowa we had the worst combination for driving. A mix of sleet & freezing rain. We were about 100 miles from home & drove right through the heart of it. We had two vehicles so my wife drove the X5 with the kids. I actually had to call one of my daughters to have her "tell mom to slow down". I was in a front drive sedan & was having troubles with her speed (45-50 MPH), both in keeping up & worried that the X5 was making her over-confident. When we got home I jumped in the X5 to see for myself. Man, it was like a cat on carpet. I even tried to 'get it out of shape' on a low traffic road. With the winter tires & the X5's stability control I couldn't hardly get in trouble.

(I did see some poor soul going the other way in a M3 w/o winter wheels/tires. They didn't look like they were having fun

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proveg · #4 12-02-2007, 04:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Too Many Toys

I had my 1st opportunity to try winter weather this weekend. I do have the OEM 18" winter package mounted. I'd give the X5 a A+ for winter ability.

Here in Iowa we had the worst combination for driving. A mix of sleet & freezing rain. We were about 100 miles from home & drove right through the heart of it. We had two vehicles so my wife drove the X5 with the kids. I actually had to call one of my daughters to have her "tell mom to slow down". I was in a front drive sedan & was having troubles with her speed (45-50 MPH), both in keeping up & worried that the X5 was making her over-confident. When we got home I jumped in the X5 to see for myself. Man, it was like a cat on carpet. I even tried to 'get it out of shape' on a low traffic road. With the winter tires & the X5's stability control I couldn't hardly get in trouble.

(I did see some poor soul going the other way in a M3 w/o winter wheels/tires. They didn't look like they were having fun

)

haha.. I had E46 M-Performance package on Dunlop winter sports, wasnt a day in 3 years that I didnt feel confident driving it. One time I drove into some deeper snow in an isolated area, there were kids in FX enoying 4 wheel drive, they were shocked to see a sporty BMW in same snow as them, they got mad and left looking for deeper snow as they no longer felt special.
Snow tires do make a huge difference and I was un-stopable for exception when the snow got harder and ground effects or the belly of the car was resting on it.

Warning:
DSC/DTC nor Winter tires can be echanged for stupidity, you still need to be carefull.

trueX5er · #5 12-02-2007, 09:58 AM

We had the first snow of the year yesterday, and the X5 was admirable.

DTC is used when you want slight wheelspin. Basically, it limits the traction control. Never disable the DSC. This is what keeps you on the road if you mess up.

pb48 · #6 12-02-2007, 04:03 PM

Mine did perfectly fine with the 19" all-seasons. Very similiar to my previous FX45 with winter tires - Apart from the braking aspect....surprisingly bad.

swesson · #7 12-02-2007, 05:05 PM

We've had a few snows in Colorado this season (mainly in the mountains) and the X5 has done quite well. I'm amazed how well this vehicle keeps its legs under it. My other two cars--a Suburban and a Jeep Wrangler--do not have near the traction control and tend to drift. XDrive works.

brian5 · #8 12-02-2007, 06:10 PM

We had an inch or less of snow today. I'm having my winter tires mounted tomorrow.

I thought I would try my current summer 20" tires in my driveway. I was easily able to slide 6 feet with minimal braking. These tires have to come off...

swesson · #9 12-02-2007, 06:15 PM

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Originally Posted by swesson

We've had a few snows in Colorado this season (mainly in the mountains) and the X5 has done quite well. I'm amazed how well this vehicle keeps its legs under it. My other two cars--a Suburban and a Jeep Wrangler--do not have near the traction control and tend to drift. XDrive works.

I neglected to mention...I have 19" winter tires on my X

eddiek · #10 12-02-2007, 08:56 PM

I'm curious if everyone that has responded has the winter tires or not (at least those that didn't specify it). There's some occasional ice/snow as well as the occasional trip to go skiing at Mt Hood which usually isn't too bad (maybe several inches of snow at worst) for me and I was hoping the all seasons on the stock 4.8 (no sport pkg) would be good enough. I had some Michelin cross terrains on our Lexus RX which handled Michigan winters then Mt. Hood with no problems at all.