Re: Winter Driving

[Steven Schlossman <steven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bob G <rfg@domain.elided> writes:
>In one of the recent posts regarding driving BMWs in the snow,
>someone wrote about being careful to disengage traction control when
>rocking the car back and forth to get yourself out of a snowbank, etc.
>
>This is my first car with traction control (5-speed '96 328i) and I
>was not aware of that.
>
>	*Question*:  is this advice correct?

That's what my 1998 318ti owner's manual, it says. . .

"We recommend that you manually deactivate ASC+T when starting off in deep
snow or when rocking car to free it."

...steven

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