Re: Winter Driving

[John E. Yurkon <yurkon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bob G. 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 it says in the manual for my '97 328is.  More specifically
they suggest turning it off for starting out in deep snow.  They
also warn against shifting gears in motion while trying to rock the
car out.

    John Y.

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