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Originally Posted by jcc911
So i have been thinking about dumping the 5 series and buying a 964 for daily driver. Have any of you other Northerners driven these cars in the winter and how have your experiences been? Of course I will buy a set of snow tires 
My wife thinks I am not practical, but that is debatable...
Thanks for the info. |
The issue you will have is that the car is low to the ground and may float in heavy snow. Also, the snow tires need to be much narrower than is standard, so they can "bite" into the snow. This will mean a set of "Winter" wheels.
Finally, real snow tires do not ride well and are noisy.
When I used to commute 54 miles each way from West Stockbridge Mass to Schenectady NY, I drove a front wheel drive Honda. I kept a set of snow tires in the trunk and swapped them out on the days there was snow. This way I had better mileage and lower noise during 90% of the winter, and great snow traction when there was snow.
If I had to do it these days, I'd get one of those electric impact guns and a low weight capacity electric jacks.