I purchased my SHO back in 8/13 and not to much info on traction in the snow related to the SHO,last winter basically did not really drive it so much due to having my Ford truck,now with the SHO being my only car thats suitable for the snow,besides my rear wheel drive bmw,my question is how deep of snow have you driven your car on,just curious to know cause expecting a fairly llarge amount of snow today,wish had an X-SPORT,thanks,Z.
Traction on the SHO and Snow
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bpd1151
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Other than acting like a snow plow at times, due to my lower front chin spoiler.....
No issues to report.
'Tis actually kind of fun driving her around in the snow.....
A good thing to keep in mind is, is that regardless of the AWD and your ability to make use of better traction capabilities, that doesn't always necessarily equate into better braking ability.
AWD tends to instill a sense of OVER CONFIDENCE (in the snow) and most driver's don't heed caution as such.
Here's a few images of mine captured from last Winter's excessive amounts of snowfall that we saw in the CHI-Town area:
Thankfully Mother Nature's been relatively kind to us this year. :yes:
No issues to report.
'Tis actually kind of fun driving her around in the snow.....
A good thing to keep in mind is, is that regardless of the AWD and your ability to make use of better traction capabilities, that doesn't always necessarily equate into better braking ability.
AWD tends to instill a sense of OVER CONFIDENCE (in the snow) and most driver's don't heed caution as such.
Here's a few images of mine captured from last Winter's excessive amounts of snowfall that we saw in the CHI-Town area:
Thankfully Mother Nature's been relatively kind to us this year. :yes:
PokerMunkee
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I've driven mine in 6" with no issues. Wouldn't want to go much more, especially if it's really hard packed snow. I run winter tires.
Not that my experience counts, but I had plowed through 10+ inches of snow in the ole Gen 2 SHOs. Packed snow was never an issue coz of driving on top of it, rather than through it. Unpacked, 6-7" max for semi-normal driving.wasinger3000
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I've been though 4-5" without any trouble. Even climbed up a mountain pass with a few inches of snow on it.
panther427
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THey do great really. I am running blizzaks and a tune still. The natural FWD basis of the system can be exploited to cause some rather fun tail out conditions. With snow tires you can easily get going with out the car going to AWD. then you make a turn and mash the throttle. The front wheels slip so it sends power to the rear, that instant power to the rear causes it to break loose and cause some fun.... Or if you wasnt expecting the condition a instant wtf moment. lol.
Im stock height and 6 inches is the most i have been in. But not worried about more
Im stock height and 6 inches is the most i have been in. But not worried about more
brooklynsho
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Hey Z better get some snow shoes for the car !!! lol were getting a couple of feet of snow
My only concern for you is that you have the PP so if still have to stock summer tires on it your life will suck. If you have all seasons now then you won't have a problem. I love mine. We got buried in SW Michigan last year and she was a tank. I agree with the joys of having tail out fun when you want to but lots of grip when you need it and drive like a normal human should.
wasinger3000
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Wait till you take 4k video... it's stunning.ZSHO said:Thanks Rich,just got the note 4,takes pretty good pics,also learned from the best.SHOnUup said:
I just got the GoPro 4 silver with 4k video option....when I go to play on my desktop it freezes - plays-freezes-plays....to good for my computerwasinger3000 said:Wait till you take 4k video... it's stunning.ZSHO said:Thanks Rich,just got the note 4,takes pretty good pics,also learned from the best.SHOnUup said:
Rich
wasinger3000
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Yeah it is a lot of information to process. If you look at it on a 4k res screen it is quite impressive though. That's why I like the note 4. You can take 4k and view it natively.SHOnUup said:I just got the GoPro 4 silver with 4k video option....when I go to play on my desktop it freezes - plays-freezes-plays....to good for my computerwasinger3000 said:Wait till you take 4k video... it's stunning.ZSHO said:Thanks Rich,just got the note 4,takes pretty good pics,also learned from the best.SHOnUup said:
Rich
It takes my dual processor computer some time to render 4k video when I mess around it. All 64 core can he maxed out at times.
I have driven mine in at least 8" and it made it through fine. You can tell its front dominant because it dosen't really let you correct for a slide like a RWD. I guess most people say FWD is better in the snow because it requires less skill to start off. I prefer RWD in the snow because it allows you to correct. Hopefully with the new AWD system they make it more RWD on a slide.