Snow tires on this car?
Shelton, what tires are on that car? Snows?
Snow in Olympia!?? It's completely dry and sunny here in Vancouver BC.
--Trevor--
Vancouver, BC
I feel your pain OP, if you don't drive it like a grandma in the snow (assuming you have summer tires or even regular, non-snow rated tires), its pretty annoying.
Got stuck at the bottom of my court a couple of times so far this winter
As long as we don't hit anything or anyone its all pretty fun. I need a set of cheapo steelies and some Blizzaks or something like that.
325i, 2005, 5MT, Silvergrey, leatherette, Sport package; CDV delete, KONI STR-T & KYB Excel-G, Weisslichts, Stewart H2O pump
328i, 2010, 6MT, Spacegrey, dakota leather, M-sport packages; has a 330 intake but no tune - yet
The car is on Blizzaks guys. The problem is... that there is about 3 inches of solid ice I was not anticipating there. Nonetheless, I got out and turned back around and went straight back home. Thanks for everyone's concern
What I find when I get stuck with my winters...
I drive backwards ala FWD to get out of crappy situations and give my neck a crappy situation instead!
I did a test and went up a steep hill with a sharp corner with ice/snow. I started at about 20mph from the bottom and only got up 40% of the hill until the back couldn't hold no longer. This was with lowered tire pressures to 25! So I turned around and drove backwards up the hill at about 10MPH. I made it 90% of the way up until I had to stop because of my awesome ability to drive backwards I was too closed to a parked car so I stopped....LOL. Wrong move as my FWD setup couldn't move up after that. I've used this method in parking lots a couple of times with success.
But if you're in the ditch...YOU IN THE DITCH Ssssssson!
--Trevor--
Vancouver, BC
Glad you're ok bro. I lol'd at your friend.
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Yeah, ice definitely sucks but your Blizzaks will stick to ice better than all-seasons. Glad to see you guys were able to have fun with a bad situation.