After putting Blizzaks under my 540 wagon it helped both braking and turning IMMENSELY but the car is fucking planted and not squirrelly at all unless I make it get loose but even that is hard to do, still have to think ahead and drive responsibly though. I call these tires my winter velcros. Huge improvement after…

Yeah, that reply should have gone to the commenter upstairs, not literally upstairs but Jalopnikaly, instead of you.

Four wheel drive DOES not mean four wheel stop.

If renting store the winter tires in a small garden storage bench type deal or chain them all together and cover with a motorcycle cover or a tarp and bungee cords.

Then by y the best “all season” tires you can afford before winter hits if they are getting worn. Not just two, replace all four. It is cheaper than getting into an accident, hitting a pedestrian and having higher and higher insurance premiums. Is it really that hard to plan ahead?

Then carry some fucking sand bags in your trunk and if you get stuck open trunk and sprinkle sand I front of and get some under you spinning tires to get you going.

It’s called planning ahead if you live in a northern region, the winters would have already been on and you would have had better grip to help get you home. I live in Wisconsin and only have rear wheel drive or my 4WD Suburban. Stuck twice in my driving career, one time because I was out fucking around in an old Volvo…

Have to rev match the down shifts so the tires are not jolted by just letting the clutch out, same thing on a motorcycle in the rain. Learn that and your engine will slow you down very well.

The cops will not come help you out of a stuck. Tow trucks do with large bills as well. Learn to drive and carry the correct equipment.

Gotta learn to rev match them down shifts to not cause the momentary locking of the driven wheel. Practice in a snowy parking lot. It works very well. I do this regularly in large dump truck when we have to go out to fix water main breaks. Works just as well in my personal cars and trucks.

I’ll second that.

I hate being a fucking responsible adult when shit like this is dancing in front of me trying to make me make bad decisions that I later rationalize in absurd ways. My 335IS strapped down in the back as the tender while we roll around exploring the many fun places in America would be fucking awesome. NP all the way,…

I would hope the price would not jump that drastically but that kind of price could allude to some major carbon fiber usage to strengthen and also reduce weight. That would be sweet, especially if they could drop the weight significantly. It wouldn’t need much more power, MOAR is always better but, if the car losses…

Hahaha get it, “it flew right by ya”.

17,000 turbine horse power makes this one of the best. If I were to start playing the lottery and won it big a Wally would be my get away. And get away it can.

17,000 turbine horse powers makes this one of the best. If I decide to at the lottery and win it big a Wally would be my floating get away. And get away it can.

I have a 2002 540i wagon that may well get one in it at some point. Been doing a lot of reading online and it does not look like a horrible job. I fix shit for a living and have very good fabricator friends to help me when needed so I’m not intimidated by this kind of project and would like to add one to my “done…

Because why not? If the engine shits out in my E39 540i wagon it may well get an LS motor shoved in. Because it’ll cost about the same but give more power for less money in engine modifications. I'm thinking even a stock 6.2 Chevy motor may end up in there with a manual from a late model GTO.

Bean counters, the motherfucking bean counters ruin a lot of stuff.

If it runs on gas or diesel and makes me grin, I'm in.