W1ghty
MB Enthusiast
I’m another winter tyre fan , got them in both cars , if I’m on a hill going up I turn off the esp and put it on again for the flat parts .
Downhill I use a low gear hold .
Downhill I use a low gear hold .
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Just not so keen on having them on a 500+ Monster, and unsure how the car will react and handle the snow, icey weather we get here rarely. But they can only be a positive surely.
I think a 911 is technically AWD rather than 4x4 although I’m ready to be proved wrong.The resort I'm staying in is very affluent, loads of AMGs, Porsche etc, very nice ones too! I think the majority are 4x4 versions but I have seen quite few 911s that I don't think are 4x4 flying around with no problems
I recall loads of old Panda 4x4s in Italy. Stick some winter tyres on them and they’re unstoppable.Maybe a second vehicle with a less value is the way to go over here when we get this type of weather. This new ULEZ rule isn't helping though . I would have my second car bought by now
I think you’ll find that the transformative effect will be even greater on your E 63 than on you 5-Series. More powerful, more sporting cars benefit most.Just not so keen on having them on a 500+ Monster, and unsure how the car will react and handle the snow, icey weather we get here rarely. But they can only be a positive surely.
I think you’ll find that the transformative effect will be even greater on your E 63 than on you 5-Series. More powerful, more sporting cars benefit most.
The reason being that the wider, stiffer, lower profile, more performance-orientated that a summer tyres is, then the more it will be compromised in cold conditions.
To answer your question on how MBs perform on winter tyres, I’ve run all sorts of AMG models on winter tyres, and all have been transformed as you found with your BMW.
The first car I had with winter tyres - a C 32 AMG - was a nightmare in the snow and got well and truly stuck right outside my workplace to the amusement of colleagues.
That was the last straw - it was a very urban area, and the last of several difficult journeys in the snow. Each time I was concerned about using it in the snow.
After fitting winter tyres that car would go anywhere, and I would drive through the Peak District in heavy driving snow without thinking twice. A complete turnaround.
I now have them on all of our every day cars, including my GT C which has been the car which has benefited most, as the tyres are very stiff, wide, low profile, etc.
We have had lots and lots of snow in the last two months and I drive my GT C happily anywhere and everywhere in the snow, with the roof down too.
Contrast that with caution when driving it in summer in the rain, because the very stiff, wide, low profile tyres just can’t stay warm enough to work in the wet even in summer.
I suspect that your E 63 AMG will be somewhere between my C 32 and GT C in terms of transformative effect, so between completely transformed and mind blowing.
Same , on one of my jobs in Italy some years ago (sun burning down , great weather) I noticed loads of 4x4 pandas in the area and just thought the local dealer must have got a job lot of them. One weekend I took a drive in the sunny hills and noticed 'snow/ice' warning signs and snow depth posts along the beautifully sunny dry lanes. The penny dropped , they get REAL weather out there in that region, not like where I live in the UK where one season pretty much becomes the next and I have never needed winter tyres.I recall loads of old Panda 4x4s in Italy. Stick some winter tyres on them and they’re unstoppable.
As a teenager I learnt a lot about car control in the Winter of 1982, I loved it.In my youth I found it quite exiting to drive in snow but there was a lot less traffic on the road back then.
Nowadays as I’m retired I prefer to just stay clear of the roads when it’s snowing.
Last December I had no option as I had to take the missus to hospital (in Clydebank) for an angiogram. It was a 7.30 am appointment (really) and with the hospital almost 40 miles from home I set off early. It started snowing heavily just 10 minutes before we left the house and we travelled less than two miles before we decided to turn around.
The CLS with its wide rear tyres were more like skate boards so rather than risk injury, not to mention damage to the car I turned back. The missus had her test almost a month later but had to have yet another Covid test prior to the angiogram.
4 separate 70 mile round trips with two major hospitals within 10 miles from home, now that really makes sense.
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