how bad is your rwd e30 in the snow

[Dirty325ix]

Hey so I'm sure this has been covered before but it's almost summer so I figure why not now
for the last few winters I have owned a 325ix with working 4x4 and studded tires
I have only gotten it stuck once in snow and that was in more than 2 feet of snow and I just had to shovel off the snow that had piled up on the hood and I was off
and thanks to me being a backcountry skier I tend to drive on unplowed roads alot

but recently I had some close calls with the 4x4 components failing and I'm worried that something may fail making it to expensive to own so I'm thinking of selling it (especially with the prices they are going for)

I love the idea of a simple rwd e30, better mpg, cheaper parts (The sound of a 200$ transmission makes me wet) and just so much easier to work with/ find parts.

So how well do your rwd e30s do in the deep snow...I'm talking about a e30 with snow tires and a lsd in a blizzard driving through i70?


Or should I just keep collecting parts for my ix so it won't be as bad when shit breaks

[Andy.B]

My GF and I both drive rwd 325i's in snow in Buffalo NY. Add studded snow tires and they are tanks.

[S14pwrdE30]

Never had a problem. Just get some good snow tires like Blizzaks or X-Ices and you should be fine.

[MPLFoster]

I drove my 325i with an open diff, on sport tires, in ice pack thru town and blizzard conditions thru the mountain passes. It was fine. I recently used studs last winter and it felt unstoppable. It has a lot to do with the driver but as a platform i think it does just fine for most people. Common sense and experience combined with proper tires and you'll be set.

[tschultz]

If you are talking standard Denver area winters, sure studded snow tires and you will go anywhere in town. Heading to the mountains for typical skiing at the resorts, you will be fine.

If you are talking unplowed back roads 1-2ft of snow with a RWD E30, you will get stuck where your iX wouldn't...

[Dirty325ix]

That give me hope
and I also forgot to mention no burnouts in a ix

[nomansland92]

If you get that much snow I think you will regret selling it

[nrubenstein]

I logged a lot of winter driving in the 332is. It was acceptable in the snow on snow tires. In the amount of snow that you are describing, though, you're going to want to stay home.

Basically, if you expect to bottom out the car on the snow, forget it. In other words, if you plan to drive in more than five inches of snow, you really do kind of need the iX. Especially when you're apparently heading off into the middle of fuck all.

And to be clear, we have an iX with working AWD. For real snow duty, there is no comparison.