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Hey everyone! It's looking like I'll be heading to the University of Notre Dame this coming fall to further my academic career at the Law School (I'm waitlisted at a couple of other schools, but I've placed a deposit with Notre Dame and am extremely excited).
That being said, I've never had my M3 in real 'winter.' I got the car in Maryland, but during the spring, and soon after had her back home in Los Angeles. I will most likely be shipping the car in the Fall and driving back to Los Angeles for summers (where I will by trying to secure intern and externships during my law school career and it is where I ultimately want to begin my professional career post law school) [I've lived in LA my whole life minus 4 years at Hopkins in Baltimore, where I had a car only my last year]. So... I'm wondering what the BMW community is like out here (currently in South Bend visiting the law school for an admitted students day tomorrow). I also know that I will need to invest in a GOOD set of winter tires. Any recommendations would be sincerely appreciated. I'm not planning on doing much snow driving (wherever I choose to live will have to have a covered parking lot), but I want to make sure that I can drive more comfortably in heavy rain and small (*very small*) amounts of snow. Thanks in advance, and I look forward to meeting some bimmerpost members if I move down here this august!
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06-03-2016, 09:38 AM | #2 |
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(Almost) Welcome to Indiana! I moved out here exactly 2 years ago from LA as well (after graduating from USC, BOOOOOOOO Notre Dame!). I'm living in Fishers though (near Indianapolis). Never drove in snow before moving here, except for snowboard trips to big bear/mammoth, but always had chains on my car. Haven't expereienced it with the ///M yet (ED on 6/14), so this will be my first winter experimenting with it.
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M3/M4 is good in the snow with winter tires. I've always driven all my rides w/ high horsepower and RWD all year round. Get some winter tires, I've used Dunlop and Blizzaks, and you'll be fine. If u notice you're still sliding around too much than add some weight in the trunk on snow days (I put 2- 45lb plates) and you'll get much better traction. Oh yeah, u get to drift w/o running ur tires
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When I was at ND for BS and MS degrees, I drove really crappy FWD cars, so I can't speak to the M. But hills there are rare, so with a decent set of tires you'll be fine.
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Thanks! My off campus housing option is right across the street from the school (probably like a 10 min or so walk to the law school), so I'll drive when I'm lazy and most likely leave my car in the garage when the winter gets back (I'll still invest in a good set of winter tires as well... will keep miles off of the MPSSs as well haha).
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Last year and the year before, the winters were very modest here in Indy. I got by with Dunlop Wintersport's on my old M235i. However, the year before that was terrible in terms of snow accumulation.. I think we have a very big one coming this year. With that said, I am going to chance it with the M3 and do the Dunlop's again this year.
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There is one that normally meets on the northside of Indy. This Saturday it's meeting at the Indianapolis Speedway (or so I saw on twitter).
I think they meet Saturdays from 10-12 at Gator Motorsports. The drive from SB to Indy is much shorter than it used to be. The state built bypasses around the speedtrap cities of La Paz and Lakeville, and also around Kokomo, which i think prides itself on poorly timed traffic lights. i go up for games a lot and can get up there in well under two hours.
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I am moving from Salt Lake City to Carmel in early July. Good to know there are some people in the area already (Fishers is really close). i have family in the South Bend area so i will be around there a lot in the summer as well.
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