Ignorance is bliss...

[Colin_b]

Shamelessly stolen from another forum

We MB drivers know the basics, at least!

 

[Howard]

What am i looking at ?

 

[Charles Morgan]

Someone who thinks his/her BMW is FWD?

 

[mika]

numpty

 

[Stempies]

Such an appropriate reg. no. in the 2nd pic!!!!

 

[Bellow]

BMW could have saved themselves the trouble of their 'study'.

FWD BMWs soon though.

 

[MOCAŠ]

Is the car in the first photo an X3? If so, and assuming it's 4-wheel drive, perhaps it actually makes sense to use the snow shoes on the front tyres, as this would presumably benefit both traction and steering.

Doesn't explain the second photo, though...

 

[Charles Morgan]

Both are 1 series hatches. Your ability not to recognise the class of a BMW does you credit on here, if only of sorts!

 

[BTB 500]

I saw a BMW 116 struggling to make progress on a well gritted road today. I think they are particularly bad at getting traction when it's even vaguely slippery.

 

[Blackman]

Both of the photos are BMW 1 series, the only RWD hatch back available on the market today.

How do you know? Maybe the guy fitted the "winter shoes" on the front for steering improvement? In any case, I think all that stuff is total bullsh!t. Why can't you just fit winter tyres?

 

[MOCAŠ]

Ah, OK, I may have been thrown by the snow on the roof making it appear taller than it actually is. (And I though the second one was 3 Series...)

 

[corned]

Actually I think there is some good logic to this. (I'm not saying the same logic was actually applied in these cases though!)

I can see the benefit of putting chains/socks on the front axle of a RWD motor. Putting chains/socks only on the rear axle of a RWD vehicle is a good way of getting you INTO trouble - i.e. you will be able to get going, but not necessarily to stop or change direction.

Chains/socks on the front axle is a good way of getting you OUT of trouble. At least you stand some chance of braking/changing direction in this situation!

 

[Blackman]

Actually I think there is some good logic to this. (I'm not saying the same logic was actually applied in these cases though!)

I can see the benefit of putting chains/socks on the front axle of a RWD motor. Putting chains/socks only on the rear axle of a RWD vehicle is a good way of getting you INTO trouble - i.e. you will be able to get going, but not necessarily to stop or change direction.

Chains/socks on the front axle is a good way of getting you OUT of trouble. At least you stand some chance of braking/changing direction in this situation!

That was exactly my point, but I'm 99% sure that the driver thinks: "It's a hatch back, so must be FWD."

 

[wemorgan]

Apologies for duplicating this thread. Bad me.

 

[Bellow]

RWD and all the grip at the front is a recipe for lift-off oversteer. Engine braking will see to that.

 

[Haris]

Looks like a typical BMW driver to me

 

[trainer]

Having one of these as a company car I can quite happily say they are useless in the snow. I lost traction on the flat in a minimal depth of snow, I turned round rather try to get up slope.

The C32 has more grip than the 1 series.

 

[johnpidge]

- BMW driver's - what can I say

 

[Supacool1]

What a douche! Apologies if I had offended anyone in the dupilicate thread.

 

[JOB-BLACK-RAT]

What a douche! Apologies if I had offended anyone in the dupilicate thread.

I am a douche and a poli..............oh wait

No problem matey