Winter beater that makes the winters easier...

[Digitalwave]

LOL... does it ever snow during your winters?
nice beater btw

Never, ever

[E30 Wagen]

i'm driving my e30 this winter - without snowtires, although my tires on the bottle caps are new. Today i practiced drifting our front turn around driveway. At least i have an LSD. I would rather put another car through the winter abuse though. My first car was a jeep grand cherokee - v8, fulltime 4 wheel drive. it was a beast. Then i slid it into a ditch.

[parkerbink]

Been so long since I lived in snow I miss it (92 lived in Reno) I grew up in Manhattan and love snow. None of my current cars have ever seen a real winter (below 55 degrees) I was in snow in Yosemite in 2000 in freaking April, then in December I was there for a week at the Ahwahnee hotel and there was none! California is weird!

lol

[UNHCLL]

:curse: :curse: :curse: :curse: :curse:

In the snow storm on Thursday, I was traveling up 93 North.
2 cars locked up and spun infront of me... having no time to stop without t-boning one, and cars on my right so i couldnt swerve... I was forced down into the ditch on the left side of the road.

Full counter lock, pedal floored, 4 snow tires = Chris comes flying out of the ditch like a WRC champ after avoiding both cars, 1 pole, and a culvert.

Damage = cracked front headlight :( But the mtech came out OK!


Winter car is in the works if I can swing it.... Silver 318is :pimp:

Scott, Wranglers are good, but very prone to fliping so be careful. A hardtop makes it 100X more tollerable too.

[DEV0 E30]

Damn Chris, really close call. Glad you're ok.

[Rob]

all seasons+~100lbs of weight in the back+LSD=plenty for NC snows. It works fine and its fun racing range rovers, etc. Honestly though, i'm forced into making due for financial reasons. Oh well.

I will admit though scott, wronglers are fun in moderation, I'd damn well take one over a ix, although I'd need a damn hard top and doors if I was rocking one for the winter. I think a cherokee would be a better option, although harder to find in manual/i6. FWIW, my first car was a 94 wrangler.

[808BMW]

My winter beater is in my sig.

Ding.

Snow+salt and stuff must suck... I don't really know :P

[Q5Quint]

My ix did good in the little snow we had last week, I am curious to see how it does when I actually have all 4 tires trying to pull me up a snowy incline~

i did have to upgrade to a 1000amp battery, the 850 one that came with it had a hard time starting when it was below 20, it takes up the entire battery tray in the rear and the weight is offset by some tools, a shovel and some snowchains on the other side.

[parkerbink]

Close call Chris, glad you came out ok.

[turnofftheradio]

I drive mine as a winter beater for now. I'll admit, it is to keep a honda out of the salt.

nice buy scott, I had a wrangler for a while and loved it, but so did the cops. I would get pulled over once a week.

[Bimmerfanatik]

I will admit though scott, wronglers are fun in moderation, I'd damn well take one over a ix, although I'd need a damn hard top and doors if I was rocking one for the winter. I think a cherokee would be a better option, although harder to find in manual/i6. FWIW, my first car was a 94 wrangler.

I've got a hard top and full doors :) I'm no sucker. It's not that bad, in all fairness - I was expecting a much LOUDER ride. Definitely bearable.

Chris - stop trying to rally your car. For real. And you're lucky the mtech 1 made it out alive...TAKE THE DAMN THING OFF FOR THE WINTER!

Glad to hear you're ok.

I've had like 4 Cherokees, they were a blast too, but I want a Wrangler because I can drive it year round - great in the snow and fun in the summer without the top and doors. Pretty much the only car I can picture driving year round (with the e30 as my other car, of course!)

Dave, why did they pull you over all the time in the Wrangler?

[UNHCLL]

It cant come off... I just sold the plastic front bumper, and sold the late model front valance. I also didnt feel like splicing a bunch of wires to make connections for turn signals/side markers.

If it gets damaged, it gets damaged. I can always buy another. I'm not keeping the black car anymore. May not even keep a non-M e30 after graduation... only time will tell.

Cheers honky, I'll be down in the next 2 weeks to get my airdam... got a 318is to mount it on for the winter! :pimp:

[James Crivellone]

Nice, my daily/winter rig is a 1992 5-SPD V6 Toyota 4Runner.

I don't even drive the E30 when it rains anymore...:D

[Jand3rson]

My winter beater is in my sig.

Same here.

[Bimmerfanatik]

It cant come off... I just sold the plastic front bumper, and sold the late model front valance. I also didnt feel like splicing a bunch of wires to make connections for turn signals/side markers.

If it gets damaged, it gets damaged. I can always buy another. I'm not keeping the black car anymore. May not even keep a non-M e30 after graduation... only time will tell.

Cheers honky, I'll be down in the next 2 weeks to get my airdam... got a 318is to mount it on for the winter! :pimp:

Getting out of the non-m e30 world? I'll believe it when I see it ;)

So you're selling the black car? Interesting...and what of the white car?

Where'd this 318is come from?