New to the forums. Currently have a BMW 330xi as my vehicle to get to the mountain. See where that's a problem? More than a couple inches on the road and I am screwed..
Looking for input on what vehicles you all drive to the mountain. I have about 12k to put into this. Maybe more.
Haha, at first I thought you meant what you got pulled behind! It's crazy fun! Anyway, I was rocking an old AWD Caravan (lol), this year's probably going to be a PT Cruiser; it's actually not that bad for as far as space goes.. just uhh... get good tires.. A Subie might be a good call, but I've had space issues in the past; maybe it was just the way I was loading it. Honestly, the 91 AWD Caravan has been one of the better things I've driven! It's super comfy, tons of space, and it has pretty decent clearance. JUST MAKE SURE TO BRAKE EARLY lol.
Dunno man, I just know that it felt awesome going through new powder in it. It was awesome to glide around and get sideways; not something you usually associate with a van. Man.. I'm kind of sad we haven't fixed it yet.
Hmm, I see fairly new AWD dodge vans running around every once in a while; nothing super new, but I know they're newer than 91 lol.
No doubt, but some vehicles can *get away* with lower end snow tires.
Last year I went up in my 97' 4Runner while it was snowing (with snow sticking to the ground). It's a 2WD with AT tires, and I never had to put chains on :thumbsup:
old reliable right here. Complete grampa mobile right here. over the 40k miles ive had her and all the hell ive given her. Malibu has never done me wrong heading to the mountain or anywhere for that matter.
2002 Subaru WRX wagon, stage 2 with a 5 speed. Michelin pilots for the winter, I think it's gonna be their last season so I'm gonna try and get some Blizzaks for next year. Had the car for quite a while and love it. Right now, I have no rack and can fit 3 people + gear and still be roomy, but I'm wanting to get a rack just to keep wet snowboards out at the end of the day.
My 2006 Z71 with the hunka steel on the front managed 18 on my last CO trip. But I drove conservatively and didn't have much snow to deal with. Probably could have done better but I let it warm up 15 mins each morning.
I'd expect a newer truck to do better than mine. A lot depends on how it's driven I guess.
Renault Megane Estate, Bose version, 2012 on Continental winter tires.
Gets a lot of kilometers on a boarding trip to the Alps, round trip is 2100KM.
Always have chains on board just in case.
This year I'll have a coffin on the roof. (i believe u guys call it a roof box or skibox?)
Well last season it worked out that my truck only made two trips before the transfer case exploded and I ended up using my car. Good thing I have two vehicles I guess.
Both did an excellent job of hauling people and their stuff.
Cool thread. I just got a 3rd car purely for snow trips/winter driving and it handles like a dream in the white stuff:
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