New car dilemma snow and rear wheel drive....

Question

Okay I am shopping for a new car and I came across the BMW M3 I like it but I live in Ohio and we get this stuff called SNOW! Now all my cars have been 4-wheel drive Jeeps or Front-wheel drive so driving in the snow not a big deal...

Any ways as long as you drive with some sense is a rear wheel drive car going to be that hard to control in hazardous conditions?

Any tips?

Or should I just go with a new SUV or maybe just an all-wheel drive vehicle?

Thanks

Answer 1

i live where  snow a lot and freezing rain

bmw are nice car's as for driving in snow more then 4 inch  foget it

ligth in back  and low  b plowing the roads w  it

also  tranport canada made test w car that ad 2 snow tire and 4 snow tire and all seasons rear wheel drive front wheel drive and suv awd

in snow or freezing rain cant beat 4 snow tire

if u don't have to drive when road are not plow   GO 4 IT

ps driving snow tire on hot  road  make tire rubber hard and  lose there grip on icy road

Answer 2

Ok just put on your snow tires.....LOL I live in Wisconsin... I think it snows here too last time I checked....LOL... But I was driving those kind of cars BEFORE any kind of front wheel drive car ever came around,,,, I never had a problem..... You need to use your head, and dont drive in a blizzard... anything even a 4X4 will get stuck in those kind of conditions!! So just keep a shovel and a bit of sand in the trunk for those just in case times.... and just because the speed limit says 55 dosnt mean you have to drive that fast... you can drive slower!!  

Answer 3

In the old days we used to use snow tires, or tire chains if it got really deep.  Even the old 62 Ford wagon was able to get to a borrowed cabin in the woods in a foot of snow using chains.  But we used one of the snowmobiles to pull in the snowmobile trailer.

Times have changed and many cars do not recommend using chains.  But there are V or Z rated all weather tires, or if you are going to do spirited driving or competition on summer tires, you may want to consider an extra set of wheels with special winter tires, from someone like tirerack.com or Discount Tire.

When I bought my 95 Maxima SE 5-spd new, extra Maxima wheels were $295 each, but I got factory Infinity J30 alloy take offs the same size @ $45 each from Tire Rack.  Take offs are new wheels that dealers replaced with fancier wheels.  I used those for racing tires when the car was newer, but currently for summer performance tires.

PS: But I drive a 2001 Pathfinder in winter (IL).

Answer 4

I would get a 4 x 4 (awd)

Answer 5

it WILL be harder to control, both because RWD just is that way on slippery surfaces, and because you're used to getting understeer rather than oversteer, which is what you get in RWD when the assend swings out

you can learn, you can be careful driving in snow and get this car, or you can decide to play it safe and stick to what you know and are comfortable with

Answer 6

If you use snaow tires all season long and add some ballast to the trunk you should be ok.  After all it does snow in Germany once in a while and Munich (BMW's home city) is near the Bavarian Alps.