"snowflake" code appeared???

Originally Posted by jsc

In the USA (which is the most all-season tyre orientated market that BMW sells in), the X5M and X6M only come with summer performance tyres. Another example of factory fit summer tyres are with the 335i xDrive Coupe if you select 18" wheels with the ///M Sport package (instead of all-seasons with the 17" wheels).

Ah, good to know. I checked several xDrive options and all the ones I checked were all seasons vs. summer tires on the non-xDrive equivalent.

Hopefully they are trained to tell you about the tires when you buy, it would be a rude surprise to find out after it snows. No amount of AWD is going to save you from that.

I find the snowflake indicator very helpful. As I live in Atlanta, and driver's here do not keep winter tires in stock. And when the roads are icy, I stay home and not commute to work.

Next person that asks gets this:

Originally Posted by JimD1

I haven't done it yet but there is a coding change that will turn off the gong for the snowflake. I should probably make the change. I think the visual clue is enough.

Jim

I have a different car but I couldn't disable the gong for the snowflake. I have had my car coded 'professionally' and have now started doing the coding myself. We both know what to change in the coding but it had no effect on the gong.
Maybe BMW does not allow one to stop the snowflake gong (even though there appears to be a simple code change to do this).
I want it off as I don't need it. I have winter tires on my X5.