I grew up in Michigan and driving in snow, so I have that experience and know the fundamentals.
We used to have a 2 door Tahoe (k-Blazer back then...) with off road tires. It was literally unstoppable in snow. Our Denali was good, but the all-season tires were not as good.
Getting pulled by a Porsche Cayenne after a lot of fooling around on the snow. My X3
with summer 18" Dunlop Sport 01's and Cayenne with Pirelli Winter sport (had to put on the $1500 "snow boots" to get me out)
Getting pulled by a Porsche Cayenne after a lot of fooling around on the snow. My X3
with summer 18" Dunlop Sport 01's and Cayenne with Pirelli Winter sport (had to put on the $1500 "snow boots" to get me out)
The X3 is a LOT of fun to drift as well with the proper tyres. I haven't driven a car that's quite as controllable, yet easy to kick the tail out as the X3. It makes anyone feel like a pro-rally driver.
My 2005 X3 is fantastic, before purchasing I had my eye on the z4 but my Husband claimed not practical for all season driving in Edmonton Canada. Every winter I tell him how right he was. We live at the bottom of a VERY steep, long hill and the X3 powers up it. Snow is no problem we had 20 cms fall last sat and even ruts that big were no match.
My 2005 X3 is fantastic, before purchasing I had my eye on the z4 but my Husband claimed not practical for all season driving in Edmonton Canada. Every winter I tell him how right he was. We live at the bottom of a VERY steep, long hill and the X3 powers up it. Snow is no problem we had 20 cms fall last sat and even ruts that big were no match.
mzp, a wise decision to go with X3. I bought it for all the same reasons, AWD, reasonably high ground clearance when getting out of unplowed side street, enough room in passenger compartment and for luggage in the hatch and safety rating. Good luck with snow this weekend.
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