Snow in atl

bugmcw · 01-09-2011, 10:53 PM

Wellllll I am the moron who doubted that it would snow a ton.

I left dinner in buckhead with tiny flurries falling down. By the time I hit 400 south there was 1/2" on the road. By the time I hit 85 there was 1". By the time I hit the connector 3". Was sideways stck for a while. Was majorly stuck on a hill for 45 min. Had two guys in town from Minnesota staying in a hotel near the highway push me up the hill. Got off the highway. Almost got tboned by a cab. Some idiot stopped at a red-light half way up the hill on ivan Allen. Had to get pushed again. Guy wanted push me with his car. Wasnt gonna happen. Made it home finally. Total time. 2 hours. Total distance 6 miles.

Moral of the story? I hate runflats more than ever. WORST TRES EVER.

/rant

GregTheStig · 01-09-2011, 11:35 PM

I've got 16" all-season RFTs and I briefly drove around in some fresh powder and everything felt fine, I didn't go up any huge hills though. Glad you and your car made it safely, the South East is going to be in chaos for a few days

ATL_E90_chic · 01-10-2011, 07:27 AM

Glad you made it home safely. I think I would have chewed every nail off during that ordeal!

I asked one of my friends from Boston if she thought it was going to snow, she said, "dude, it's going to snow, I can smell it." Once she said that, homeward bound I was and only opened the door to let the dogs out.

RON1X · 01-10-2011, 09:12 AM

dude that sucks! If I need transportation, I am screwed because the 3er just wasn't made for these conditions

JoosyJoos · 01-10-2011, 10:25 AM

Your problem isnt the run flats... its the fact that you have WIDE SUMMER tires on and no limited slip differential.

335i sucks ass in snow. I'm not going anywhere on my PS2's... wouldnt make it down my neighborhood street.

GregTheStig · 01-10-2011, 10:35 AM

Well at least none of you were the guy that set fire to his '99 5er on the morning news. As I was walking out of my dorm this morning I saw on the news about how this m0ron couldn't make it up a small (and I mean tiny) incline so he just went WOT until the tires caught fire and incinerated his whole car, all caught on TV

bugmcw · 01-10-2011, 12:45 PM

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Originally Posted by GregTheStig

Well at least none of you were the guy that set fire to his '99 5er on the morning news. As I was walking out of my dorm this morning I saw on the news about how this m0ron couldn't make it up a small (and I mean tiny) incline so he just went WOT until the tires caught fire and incinerated his whole car, all caught on TV

wow.

there were a TON of people going WOT on 85 last night, for hundreds of yards at a time. Sounded like jets were flying over. I was outside of my car hoping to stop anyone from sliding into me. Thankfully no one came close.

JoosyJoos · 01-10-2011, 05:33 PM

I think what happened to that 5er is that he burnt up the transmission and the DSC was modulating the brakes so it just got so hot that eventually it burst into flames.

GregTheStig · 01-10-2011, 07:17 PM

^That works too. Didn't think of that. From what I saw/heard from that report he did do a lot of spinning while he was trying to make it up the hill, and that's just what the station thought had happened.

cac244 · 01-10-2011, 08:43 PM

I don't know about all BMWs but mine (325i) is rear-wheel drive. Rear wheel drive is the worst you can have for snow. You have no ability to turn the tires (rear tires) in order to obtain any type of grip possible if you're stuck. Front wheel drive at least gives you the capability to dry-turn your tires to try to get grip anywhere on the road. I've been inside all day and I probably will be tomorrow too.

War Eagle!

MOTO69JOE · 01-10-2011, 09:27 PM

We got 8" here and the 3er hasnt left the garage nor will it till this mess is over. This was just madness...

scalbert · 01-11-2011, 07:34 PM

Been driving around just fine yesterday and today.

Granted it was in the FWD Odyssey. The M3 has and will stay in the garage until the schools open and I have to venture out in the BMW.

All jokes aside, the Odyssey is fantastic for this even if only FWD. I had five young girls in back to take over to the golf course to sled and even though the stability control flashed like crazy, it kept moving along.

iwanna335 · 01-11-2011, 10:09 PM

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Originally Posted by scalbert

Been driving around just fine yesterday and today.

Granted it was in the FWD Odyssey. The M3 has and will stay in the garage until the schools open and I have to venture out in the BMW.

All jokes aside, the Odyssey is fantastic for this even if only FWD. I had five young girls in back to take over to the golf course to sled and even though the stability control flashed like crazy, it kept moving along.

You got an M3? Funny I had a "Pilot" full of girls to our golf course to sled.

scalbert · 01-12-2011, 09:28 AM

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Originally Posted by iwanna335

You got an M3? Funny I had a "Pilot" full of girls to our golf course to sled.

Yep, picked it up last week:

GregTheStig · 01-12-2011, 11:24 AM

Sexy ^

bugmcw · 01-12-2011, 12:09 PM

Ventured out in the 3 today, had to take my fiance to work. (I work from home) Wasn't too bad. got stuck once but managed- life should be back to normal soon

RON1X · 01-12-2011, 12:34 PM

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Originally Posted by bugmcw

Ventured out in the 3 today, had to take my fiance to work. (I work from home) Wasn't too bad. got stuck once but managed- life should be back to normal soon

ballsy brent, i like your style

im finishing up some work and will be on CoD later this afternoon lol

might try to get the car out too

bugmcw · 01-12-2011, 12:38 PM

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Originally Posted by RON1X

ballsy brent, i like your style

im finishing up some work and will be on CoD later this afternoon lol

might try to get the car out too

im working today too unfortunately- have a conference call at 2, but might be able to hop on after- I feel the need to have many beers tonight. Thoughts?

Alexander · 01-12-2011, 12:46 PM

That's why I keep a set of snows in my garage!

ctt335i · 01-12-2011, 01:11 PM

my E90 wouldn't even make it up the hill in my neighborhood. Luckily, our other car is a Volvo S60R AWD. I drove my wife to work in it today... it performed flawlessly. I passed a dozen cars stranded going up a hill.

iwanna335 · 01-12-2011, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by scalbert

Yep, picked it up last week:

Very jealous

Congrats on the upgrade

DCT or 6 man?

scalbert · 01-12-2011, 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by iwanna335

Very jealous

Congrats on the upgrade

DCT or 6 man?

Thanks, 6MT.

Full directory of images here:

http://www.flwse.com/images/steve/BMW/M3/Initial/

01-09-2011, 10:53 PM	#1
bugmcw jerk of all trades 11 Rep 469 Posts Drives: none Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Chas, SC iTrader: (1)	Snow in atl Wellllll I am the moron who doubted that it would snow a ton. I left dinner in buckhead with tiny flurries falling down. By the time I hit 400 south there was 1/2" on the road. By the time I hit 85 there was 1". By the time I hit the connector 3". Was sideways stck for a while. Was majorly stuck on a hill for 45 min. Had two guys in town from Minnesota staying in a hotel near the highway push me up the hill. Got off the highway. Almost got tboned by a cab. Some idiot stopped at a red-light half way up the hill on ivan Allen. Had to get pushed again. Guy wanted push me with his car. Wasnt gonna happen. Made it home finally. Total time. 2 hours. Total distance 6 miles. Moral of the story? I hate runflats more than ever. WORST TRES EVER. /rant
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01-09-2011, 11:35 PM	#2
GregTheStig derp 48 Rep 1,203 Posts Drives: a Tuk Tuk Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Atlanta, GA iTrader: (1)	I've got 16" all-season RFTs and I briefly drove around in some fresh powder and everything felt fine, I didn't go up any huge hills though. Glad you and your car made it safely, the South East is going to be in chaos for a few days __________________
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01-10-2011, 07:27 AM	#3
ATL_E90_chic Enlisted Member 9 Rep 30 Posts Drives: 2009 335i E90 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Acworth, GA iTrader: (3) Garage List 2009 335i [0.00]	Glad you made it home safely. I think I would have chewed every nail off during that ordeal! I asked one of my friends from Boston if she thought it was going to snow, she said, "dude, it's going to snow, I can smell it." Once she said that, homeward bound I was and only opened the door to let the dogs out.
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01-10-2011, 09:12 AM	#4
RON1X Colonel 75 Rep 2,491 Posts Drives: 991 C2S Guards Red Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Nashville, TN iTrader: (8) Garage List 2008 E92 M3 [9.00]	dude that sucks! If I need transportation, I am screwed because the 3er just wasn't made for these conditions __________________ 991.1 C2S PDK, Guards Red \| PDCC \| Sport Chrono + \| Clear Tail Lights \| Alcantara Steering Wheel \| HRE FF01 \| TechArt Springs \| Sport Exhaust Previous: Porsche 997 Turbo 6MT, Atlas Gray \| Cobb Stage 2 \| HRE FF01 \| Europipe Stg. 2 Exhaust \| GMG LMS Rollbar \| GT2 Exhaust Tips \| Pagid RS-29 \| Rennline Pedals \| SSK 997.2 Track Car, heavily modded & E92 M3 DCT, still miss her daily & E92 335i heavily modded
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01-10-2011, 10:25 AM	#5
JoosyJoos Major 113 Rep 1,347 Posts Drives: 2011 335d Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Atlanta, GA iTrader: (1) Garage List 2008 BMW 335i [0.00]	Your problem isnt the run flats... its the fact that you have WIDE SUMMER tires on and no limited slip differential. 335i sucks ass in snow. I'm not going anywhere on my PS2's... wouldnt make it down my neighborhood street. __________________ 1997 M3 Coupe - BMWCCA I-Prepared #22 2006 M Roadster - 23,000 miles and slowly counting
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01-10-2011, 10:35 AM	#6
GregTheStig derp 48 Rep 1,203 Posts Drives: a Tuk Tuk Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Atlanta, GA iTrader: (1)	Well at least none of you were the guy that set fire to his '99 5er on the morning news. As I was walking out of my dorm this morning I saw on the news about how this m0ron couldn't make it up a small (and I mean tiny) incline so he just went WOT until the tires caught fire and incinerated his whole car, all caught on TV __________________
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01-10-2011, 05:33 PM	#8
JoosyJoos Major 113 Rep 1,347 Posts Drives: 2011 335d Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Atlanta, GA iTrader: (1) Garage List 2008 BMW 335i [0.00]	I think what happened to that 5er is that he burnt up the transmission and the DSC was modulating the brakes so it just got so hot that eventually it burst into flames. __________________ 1997 M3 Coupe - BMWCCA I-Prepared #22 2006 M Roadster - 23,000 miles and slowly counting
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01-10-2011, 07:17 PM	#9
GregTheStig derp 48 Rep 1,203 Posts Drives: a Tuk Tuk Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Atlanta, GA iTrader: (1)	^That works too. Didn't think of that. From what I saw/heard from that report he did do a lot of spinning while he was trying to make it up the hill, and that's just what the station thought had happened. __________________
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01-10-2011, 08:43 PM	#10
cac244 New Member 0 Rep 7 Posts Drives: 2006 BMW 325i Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Atlanta iTrader: (0)	I don't know about all BMWs but mine (325i) is rear-wheel drive. Rear wheel drive is the worst you can have for snow. You have no ability to turn the tires (rear tires) in order to obtain any type of grip possible if you're stuck. Front wheel drive at least gives you the capability to dry-turn your tires to try to get grip anywhere on the road. I've been inside all day and I probably will be tomorrow too. War Eagle!
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01-10-2011, 09:27 PM	#11
MOTO69JOE Captain 27 Rep 876 Posts Drives: E46, E90 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: The South iTrader: (3)	We got 8" here and the 3er hasnt left the garage nor will it till this mess is over. This was just madness...
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01-11-2011, 07:34 PM	#12
scalbert Major General 153 Rep 5,780 Posts Drives: '13 S4, '15 Q7 Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Woodstock, GA iTrader: (8)	Been driving around just fine yesterday and today. Granted it was in the FWD Odyssey. The M3 has and will stay in the garage until the schools open and I have to venture out in the BMW. All jokes aside, the Odyssey is fantastic for this even if only FWD. I had five young girls in back to take over to the golf course to sled and even though the stability control flashed like crazy, it kept moving along.
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01-12-2011, 11:24 AM	#15
GregTheStig derp 48 Rep 1,203 Posts Drives: a Tuk Tuk Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Atlanta, GA iTrader: (1)	Sexy ^ __________________
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01-12-2011, 12:09 PM	#16
bugmcw jerk of all trades 11 Rep 469 Posts Drives: none Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Chas, SC iTrader: (1)	Ventured out in the 3 today, had to take my fiance to work. (I work from home) Wasn't too bad. got stuck once but managed- life should be back to normal soon
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01-12-2011, 12:46 PM	#19
Alexander Mad tyte EuR0 style boooi <--- Joke 212 Rep 2,472 Posts Drives: E30, E85, MKVI Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Deal's Gap iTrader: (0)	That's why I keep a set of snows in my garage!
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01-12-2011, 01:11 PM	#20
ctt335i Private 6 Rep 89 Posts Drives: 2008 E90 335i 6A Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Atlanta, GA iTrader: (0)	my E90 wouldn't even make it up the hill in my neighborhood. Luckily, our other car is a Volvo S60R AWD. I drove my wife to work in it today... it performed flawlessly. I passed a dozen cars stranded going up a hill. __________________ My girl: Heidi - 2008 335i Sedan, Steptronic, TiAg, Black Dakota, Sport/Premuim, Aluminum Trim, Navigation, Comfort Access, HD Radio, iPod, PDC, Sunshades.... she's loaded.
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