X5 xDrive35d in the Snow....

[midwest x6]

I hear ya OP....

Living in MN we get our fair share of snow and cold.

I recently started another thread on how I just swapped my All Seasons for some Dunlop Snows on my 011 X5 35D...

Ain't no comparing all seasons with proper winter tires when you live in the snow belt (or NE Coast!)

You guys over the Bears loss yet? I was rooting for you guys and as a Viking fan -- that wasn't easy

[AzNMpower32]

Snow tires are one of those things like a heated steering wheel, where one is very skeptical about the benefits. And then you try them, and won't areally ccept all-seasons as substitutes anymore.

I drove my pop's X5 diesel in the snow with the standard Bridgestone All-seasons. Um, yeah, it accelerates okay but handling and stopping a 2,5 ton truck was pretty hairy, and that's at low speeds around the neighbourhood.

[edpm3]

2011 X5d + Pirelli Scorpions + 15 inches of snow = no problem.

[synaptik]

im using pirelli scorpions, and i can attest to this car's awesomeness in the snow. went up residential hills in whistler during blizzard conditions this winter and didn't have a problem...easily kept up with a range rover sport.

only when i braked on thinner snow did i feel the grind'n'slip. gotta go slower i suppose?

[JCL]

Originally Posted by synaptik

im using pirelli scorpions, and i can attest to this car's awesomeness in the snow. went up residential hills in whistler during blizzard conditions this winter and didn't have a problem...easily kept up with a range rover sport.

only when i braked on thinner snow did i feel the grind'n'slip. gotta go slower i suppose?

Depends on whether they were Pirelli Scorpion winter tires, or the all season variant labelled M+S. Going slower will always help, but using the winter tires will really help.

[Richard in NC]

Charlotte recently had snow one day and it iced over the next. My neighborhood streets were sheer ice. The Scorpion Ice & Snows had amzing traction. I only had a slight slipping on a down hill icy section. Other than that, it was absolute traction the whole drive into work.