E36 323 Touring automatic (How crap are they in the snow?)

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Post Sat Nov 26, 2011 2:16 pm

E36 323 Touring automatic (How crap are they in the snow?)

Been through many a winter in a RWD and handled it like a true hero, but this is my first winter in an Auto, it does have a snow setting on the box but I’m expecting it to be truly crap.

Am I right???

I plan on putting a few slaps in the boot to keep weight over the rear wheels
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Post Sat Nov 26, 2011 2:20 pm

My manual 323 touring with ASC was hopeless.

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e30topless said : Proper BMW's have 4 headlights, last of the run was the E30 and E34/E32 anything after that is just complete shite
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Post Sat Nov 26, 2011 2:23 pm

capri_rob wrote:My manual 323 touring with ASC was hopeless.

:(
My old 323 coupe with ASC was hopeless just wondering if the auto will be better or worse.

Both the E30's i've owned were excellent in the snow for a RWD
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Post Sat Nov 26, 2011 4:23 pm

Turn the ASC off.
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Post Sat Nov 26, 2011 6:10 pm

Andyboy wrote:Turn the ASC off.
Didnt make any difference to traction - just got massive wheelspin :chuckle:

Next time I move house I ain't living at the top of a steep hill :mad:
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Post Sat Nov 26, 2011 6:17 pm

Auto's better on snow/ice, remember clarkson's motorworld in greenland?

The Touring's good with extra weight over the driven wheels, the E36 will take 15's (14's?) so you can fit narrow winter tyres.

Unlike our E46 which has minimum of 17's which are 8" wide with 225 tyres. Snow = fail
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Can anyone suggest how to test if the boot lights are staying on with the boot shut?

e30topless said:

lock the wife in there
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Post Sat Nov 26, 2011 6:17 pm

Our manual 323 was pretty good last year, but its pretty flat round our neck of the woods. Rob not your street but the one you turn off to get to your is steeeeeeeep :eek:
How do you pronounce 'either'? I say 'either', but some say 'either'. Either is correct.
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Post Sat Nov 26, 2011 6:21 pm

Duke137 wrote:Our manual 323 was pretty good last year, but its pretty flat round our neck of the woods. Rob not your street but the one you turn off to get to your is steeeeeeeep :eek:
Yep - didnt matter how I did it, either slowly or a full-bore run up I could only get halfway up before it just spun out

I think it had 225's on it which didnt help :mad:
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