I’ve got a daydream going on in my head where I sell my m3 (probably worth about $30k in equity at this time) and get an Xterra 6-speed for beach duty/hauling and a well-loved 911 4S for year round driving (including snow). Any recommendations on year Kristen? I’m a tad inclined towards a 997.1 C4S given it has an…

Alternative opinion: The 718 S 2.5 turbo 4-cylinder sounds better than my 2015 m3's 3.0 liter twin turbo inline six.

My favorite sand vehicle was I got a rental Evoque (by a screw-up by enterprise) and took it into some serious sand and puddles.

7 years ago I flew my best friend to Nashville TN to pick up a sketchy e39 m5 from the owner who was a homicide detective before we drove it 14 hours back home in one stretch.

As a long-term car enthusiast and student of automotive systems, a 3x Subaru owner, a 1x Wrangler owner, a tirerack aficionado, etc....

Those are an interesting case example - they have very little siping. I imagine they stay soft in cold weather so they have grip, but I can’t imagine them biting into ice. I wonder how they compare to the yokohama GO15, which is probably the A/T I’d look at. 

There’s also a small number of tires - all season and all-terrain - that achieve the “Snowflake on the mountain” symbol of severe snow rating.

There’s an enormous difference between being able to accelerate on snow/ice - i.e. not get stuck - and being able to stop or turn in a reasonable distance.

I drove a very well sorted 1983 BMW 528e 5mt with 343k miles through NYC and I have to tell you - that sucker crashed over the condition of those roads.

I had a ‘97 wrangler sahara 5mt living in Baltimore in 2003 and I endorse this wholeheartedly.

It’s one of the articles premises - that’s who was the primary make-up of survey respondents. 

The report actually said that most experiences of harassment are during peak hours, “Most incidents occurred during rush hour (38%), when trains are crowded, as opposed to late night or off-peak hours.”

Wow, that is an epic-ally flawed study design. Let’s break this down a bit:

I was promised flying cars by now.

Suburban - nearly rural - PA here. My wife just spent 2.5 hours driving 5 miles home because people couldn’t make it up major local roadway hills. She called me up to look at topography and route options to guide her through the right route home.

Unusual opinion:....that’s actually a decent deal for the right buyer...

That’s the point; he didn’t need to fix it. He could have reset it right before going into emissions testing. It’s not like the system senses fuel vapors escaping instantly - it takes time for it to sense that it exceeds acceptable values. That is also right there in the article FYI.

I had to look it up - looks like they don’t melt till a much higher temperature, but yeah, I assume their internal tire pressures were probably >60-70 PSI and possibly alot higher than that.

I thought that was what I saw - man what a legendary tire in the off-roading community from the original to the revised tire. And they even get the snowflake on the mountain symbol.

I hate the term “check engine light” - what it really means is “something something emissions related something something”