| BMW 118d in Snow :( 15:42 - Feb 12 with 5412 views | westwalesed |
Now I know all the stereotypes about BMW drivers, but I promise I'm not one of them! At the age of 35 and years working in the charitable sector I finally managed to get a "grown up car" a few months ago. I easily drive 200 miles a day for work, so I wanted something comfortable to zip around in after years of clapped out Clios, Nissans and Daewoos.
Anyway - rear wheel drive, punchy engine, in the snow! Absolute fecking shambles! Even a hint of snow on the road and I'm sliding about all over the shop. And that's driving super carefully too!
Anyone got any advice for me????
I'm going to buy all weather tyres as soon as mine run out! |  |
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| BMW 118d in Snow :( on 17:31 - Feb 12 with 1130 views | ItchySphincter |
My advice would be to do your research. I've had two beamers and I love them but you wouldn't catch me driving one in the snow. |  |
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| BMW 118d in Snow :( on 17:34 - Feb 12 with 1130 views | ItchySphincter |
| BMW 118d in Snow :( on 16:06 - Feb 12 by Neath_Jack |
Part ex it for an Audi or a Merc.
BMW's are without doubt, far inferior to their competitors in my experience. I'd never buy another one anyway. |
My wife has an Audi at the moment and I can't find fault with it but I wouldn't choose one over a BMW. Never owned a Merc, would like one but not C Class - had one as a company cat and it was sh!t. | |
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| BMW 118d in Snow :( on 17:36 - Feb 12 with 1130 views | N_T_J |
| BMW 118d in Snow :( on 17:21 - Feb 12 by Darran |
German crap get a Bentley. |
One day 😂 |  | | |
| BMW 118d in Snow :( on 17:41 - Feb 12 with 1117 views | monmouth |
| BMW 118d in Snow :( on 17:31 - Feb 12 by ItchySphincter |
My advice would be to do your research. I've had two beamers and I love them but you wouldn't catch me driving one in the snow. |
This.
Nowt against a Bento, but it is a subsidiary of VW of course...the poisonous motherf*ckers. [Post edited 12 Feb 2018 17:55]
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| BMW 118d in Snow :( on 18:07 - Feb 12 with 1092 views | londonlisa2001 |
| BMW 118d in Snow :( on 17:21 - Feb 12 by Darran |
German crap get a Bentley. |
Is there a different Bentley then than the one that is part of Volkswagen? | | | |
| BMW 118d in Snow :( on 18:09 - Feb 12 with 1085 views | londonlisa2001 |
| BMW 118d in Snow :( on 17:34 - Feb 12 by ItchySphincter |
My wife has an Audi at the moment and I can't find fault with it but I wouldn't choose one over a BMW. Never owned a Merc, would like one but not C Class - had one as a company cat and it was sh!t. |
I've had BMWs and Mercs and the BMWs are miles better in my opinion.
All personal preference though I guess. | | | |
| BMW 118d in Snow :( on 18:09 - Feb 12 with 1083 views | Neath_Jack |
| BMW 118d in Snow :( on 16:51 - Feb 12 by N_T_J |
Plus they are shÃthot on fuel i got a 2.0d 190bhp and we took it to London ploding along at 60/70mph and it returned 65mpg and normal around town it returns 50mpg. |
Sorry, I will give BM's that, they are tidy on fuel (dependant on model and age). |  |
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| BMW 118d in Snow :( on 18:14 - Feb 12 with 1070 views | sP7qupUf |
No Saturday. We were 1-0 down and won through goals by Danny Graham and Gylfi. The one good thing was the goals were at our end and we were in the front row near the goal. | | | |
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| BMW 118d in Snow :( on 18:15 - Feb 12 with 1069 views | Darran |
| BMW 118d in Snow :( on 18:07 - Feb 12 by londonlisa2001 |
Is there a different Bentley then than the one that is part of Volkswagen? |
Don’t be silly. Americans bought Swansea City but they aren’t an American club.
Anyway this thread is about driving cars so you shouldn’t be in it.  |  |
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| BMW 118d in Snow :( on 18:16 - Feb 12 with 1065 views | Darran |
| BMW 118d in Snow :( on 18:14 - Feb 12 by sP7qupUf |
No Saturday. We were 1-0 down and won through goals by Danny Graham and Gylfi. The one good thing was the goals were at our end and we were in the front row near the goal. |
Leave the drugs alone. | |
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| BMW 118d in Snow :( on 18:21 - Feb 12 with 1055 views | Darran |
| BMW 118d in Snow :( on 18:09 - Feb 12 by Neath_Jack |
Sorry, I will give BM's that, they are tidy on fuel (dependant on model and age). |
Tell you what back in 2000 I was going to buy a BMW X5,there weren’t any in the country at the time they hadn’t officially been launched,Trainers got hold of a petrol 4.4 litre one and gave to me to try for 24 hours.
Thirsty fuçker it was. | |
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| BMW 118d in Snow :( on 18:23 - Feb 12 with 1049 views | Shaky |
Try a few sandbags or some other reasonably heavy load in the boot. Used to work wonders in the old 3 series. |  |
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| BMW 118d in Snow :( on 18:27 - Feb 12 with 1042 views | londonlisa2001 |
| BMW 118d in Snow :( on 18:15 - Feb 12 by Darran |
Don’t be silly. Americans bought Swansea City but they aren’t an American club.
Anyway this thread is about driving cars so you shouldn’t be in it. |
Some Bentleys are also made in Germany. | | | |
| BMW 118d in Snow :( on 18:37 - Feb 12 with 1025 views | dickythorpe |
| BMW 118d in Snow :( on 17:04 - Feb 12 by westwalesed |
W really fecked me off today was that it was a crisp, clear Pembrokeshire day, then five minutes of heavy snow and hail out of nowhere, about an inch settled and I was utterly fecked! |
Go to Gravells and test drive the Dacia Sandero Stepway and the Duster |  | | |
| BMW 118d in Snow :( on 18:42 - Feb 12 with 1019 views | max936 |
| BMW 118d in Snow :( on 18:07 - Feb 12 by londonlisa2001 |
Is there a different Bentley then than the one that is part of Volkswagen? |
 what a bellend in he |  |
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| BMW 118d in Snow :( on 18:45 - Feb 12 with 1014 views | dickythorpe |
| BMW 118d in Snow :( on 18:21 - Feb 12 by Darran |
Tell you what back in 2000 I was going to buy a BMW X5,there weren’t any in the country at the time they hadn’t officially been launched,Trainers got hold of a petrol 4.4 litre one and gave to me to try for 24 hours.
Thirsty fuçker it was. |
Did you call her Max? | | | |
| BMW 118d in Snow :( on 18:49 - Feb 12 with 1011 views | Darran |
| BMW 118d in Snow :( on 18:45 - Feb 12 by dickythorpe |
Did you call her Max? |
Yes after the thirsty fuçker Max that posts on here. | |
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| BMW 118d in Snow :( on 18:55 - Feb 12 with 998 views | monmouth |
| BMW 118d in Snow :( on 18:23 - Feb 12 by Shaky |
Try a few sandbags or some other reasonably heavy load in the boot. Used to work wonders in the old 3 series. |
I've actually learned something today. Thanks. | |
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| BMW 118d in Snow :( on 18:57 - Feb 12 with 988 views | N_T_J |
| BMW 118d in Snow :( on 18:55 - Feb 12 by monmouth |
I've actually learned something today. Thanks. |
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| BMW 118d in Snow :( on 18:59 - Feb 12 with 985 views | monmouth |
| BMW 118d in Snow :( on 18:09 - Feb 12 by londonlisa2001 |
I've had BMWs and Mercs and the BMWs are miles better in my opinion.
All personal preference though I guess. |
I agree wholeheartedly. Except for the runflat crap they insist on putting on the wheels, although I think Merc are also going down that road too.
45 to the gallon out of a 5.4s 0-60 3 litre twin turbo too. Cracking cars. | |
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| BMW 118d in Snow :( on 19:00 - Feb 12 with 981 views | BrynCartwright |
The 320D estate with M pack I used to have was a great car and i really enjoyed driving it, but it was utterly useless in snowy conditions because of the rear wheel drive.
Are there ANY rear wheel drive cars good in snow conditions? |  |
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| BMW 118d in Snow :( on 19:00 - Feb 12 with 980 views | monmouth |
| BMW 118d in Snow :( on 18:57 - Feb 12 by N_T_J |
😂 |
I mean it. In over 40 years of driving and carting around salt, shovels and chocks, no one has ever told me that. | |
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| BMW 118d in Snow :( on 19:06 - Feb 12 with 971 views | max936 |
| BMW 118d in Snow :( on 19:00 - Feb 12 by BrynCartwright |
The 320D estate with M pack I used to have was a great car and i really enjoyed driving it, but it was utterly useless in snowy conditions because of the rear wheel drive.
Are there ANY rear wheel drive cars good in snow conditions? |
Buy a set of Snow Socks they work well I'm told, work supplies them to us, but haven't had call to use them as of yet, other than that winterised tyres although for the amount of snow we get they are probably not worth the cost, | |
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| BMW 118d in Snow :( on 20:51 - Feb 12 with 918 views | Shaky |
| BMW 118d in Snow :( on 19:00 - Feb 12 by monmouth |
I mean it. In over 40 years of driving and carting around salt, shovels and chocks, no one has ever told me that. |
Necessity is the mother of invention when skidding around on the frozen wastelands of the North (Circuluar). | |
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| BMW 118d in Snow :( on 21:10 - Feb 12 with 896 views | Cooperman |
My advice is:
1) Keep the car now that you've made the purchase.
2) Give up any hope of driving it when its snowed. Fortunately that doesn't happen very often.
3) Don't bother with winter tyres.
4) RWD can be a right handful on wet greasy roads as well so take it easy.
5) Familiarise yourself with the indicators and their functionality. |  |
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