Winter Fun
 

Just wanted to share, thus far, my winter experience with the X has been enjoyable. I was hesitant to attempt an entire winter on DWS's but decided not to spend the money on snows in the middle of the winter and stick it out.

I'm really posting to share something positive since I've seen so many people throw in the towel in the last two months. The car hasn't left me stuck once even through all the snow and ice pounding we've gotten in the last two weeks (knock on wood). Feel free to use this thread for sharing your own pictures and videos.

Not regretting the switch back from my e65 to an e53 one bit.

Some slow speed donuts from yesterday:
http://youtu.be/YaHHkJeICFc


http://youtu.be/c6auaLcAW0k


Pictures from the winter months:
http://photos-e.ak.instagram.com/hph...26533900_n.jpg

http://photos-d.ak.instagram.com/hph...85612690_n.jpg

Glad to see you stickin it out Olek! I've been disappointed lately, but my X is still going strong and never let me down yet!

man I wish we had snow, everyone here in the uk is shit scared of it and the whole country comes to s atop with about an inch of it on the ground but for me its just an excuse to leave for work early to have fun. lovin the first vid sounds evil, if fuel wasn't so expensive here id love the 4.8 but at £1.20 a litre that's pounds sterling its not going to happen, infact why do I live in the uk?

Loved the snow fun! Keep on digging out and driving. I understand you are getting hammered today so enjoy.

Crazy weather in there huh?

Nice you see you in another 4.8 Olek ! Hi from Cory in RI btw :] lol!

Thanks for sharing and posting.....looks like Tons of Fun.. plus your getting another 2 feet of snow today today :D

Be easy on the old girl or it will drop a drive shaft out of the transfer case :nanana: I wont slide mine around anymore because of that.

The ATC500 doesnt have the driveshaft issues that the pre-facelift guys do with the NV125 cases, they just have to worry about the actuator gears and clutch packs lol

I am familiar with the Transfer Case (ATC500) actuator gear.
Any link or thread for the clutch packs?
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Edit FOUND it:
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Cobra Transmission Parts 1-800-293-1848: BMW X5 ATC-500 Transfer Case

Thanks guys. Multi-quote won't work for me so I'm responding to all. We have another 2 or so feet coming down today and more later this week. Driving the X5 hard has literally been one of my few joys the last few weeks. The snow is getting overwhelming and I'm running out of places to put it smh. Hope no one else is dealing with this shit.

As far as breaking things goes - I recently installed two genuine front Axles, serviced both differentials, the transmission, and the transfercase (with original fluids and the trans with a complete mechatronic service), and inspected everything thoroughly. I knew the winter would be a brutal one so I took steps to prevent any issues. So far it was a success minus a frozen level sensor which required resetting the system.