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Which explains why I use high performance all season tires on all my cars. It doesn't snow here enough nor deep enough to merit a dedicated set of snow tires. Summer tires are too soft to get decent mileage out of them. The loss of grip between summer tires and All Seasons is not that big of a gap for any type of street driving IMO. When I bought my Z4 Coupe in December 2014, it had Michelin Pilot Sport summer runflats on it. I drove the car all that winter and never noticed any sort of loss of control due to driving summer tires on cold pavement. My sport-package E90 came with Bridgestone REA050 summer tires. Bought in May 2006, I drove it all winter of 2006 and never lost control of the car nor had an accident because of some perceived (and unexpected) increase in braking distance. And I live rural with great driving roads starting just at the end of my driveway. People who say driving summer tires in winter on cold pavement (not snow covered pavement) is like driving on ice skates is just utter bullshit. People who say driving on (high performance) All Seasons is a compromise is again, utter bullshit. Live in an area of the country where it is cold and snowy all the time, then sure winter tires make sense. But All Seasons hold their own in most winter situations and return better tread life than either winter tires or summer tires without much compromise in cold or warm weather grip.
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A manual transmission can be set to "comfort", "sport", and "track" modes simply by the technique and speed at which you shift it; it doesn't need "modes", modes are for manumatics that try to behave like a real 3-pedal manual transmission. If you can money-shift it, it's a manual transmission. "Yeah, but NO ONE puts an automatic trans shift knob on a manual transmission."
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I decided I'm going with the BMW recommended Pirelli Cinturato P7 all season run flats 225/40R18 for all 4 wheels.
What driving mode is best for ice/snow conditions on the highway? What about DSC/DTC? I see DTC is actived during Sport+. Is that good or bad for slippery conditions? I'm more conservative in general. I was having a great time with Sport/Sport+ this weekend, but that's a rarity. Generally speaking I'm in 'comfort' and happy with the performance. What are the best settings for inclement winter weather? Thanks! This board is a plethora of great info... ("I just would like to know if you know what a plethora is. I would not like to think that a person would tell someone he has a plethora, and then find out that that person has *no idea* what it means to have a plethora." - name that movie) |
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I run separate winter and summer wheel/tire sets, but I live in an area where the average snowfall is over 80" and the highest summer temp and the coldest winter temp are 125 degrees apart - 130 or more, in some years. I make regular trips to the cabin over unplowed roads and an unplowed driveway. Most places have much less extreme conditions, and an all-season tire is the sensible option. Saves $ and storage space.
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I use Comfort when I want to relax and enjoy the ride, or I'm preoccupied with something.
If I want to blow someone's doors off in a drag race, I'll hit the DSC button once to put it into "Traction" mode. You get yaw/spin (lateral stability) control like Comfort but it'll let you spin the tires quite a bit in a straight line, so an aggressive tire like I run will give a bit better thrust than when they're fully hooked up. If I'm up for paying full attention and feel like having some fun, I turn DSC fully off and drift merrily about. There's something really fun about perfectly carving an interstate cloverleaf on-ramp at full opposite lock at 30mph in fresh snow. But ONLY when I'm up for it. Otherwise, let the nannies take care of you.
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Very nice, thank you for sharing.
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