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#1 ·
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.

Thanks for input--

-Alex
 
#625 ·
Word. If you drove a jetta and had a winter set and a summer set then you already know whats up.

The conti pros are some pretty good tires and many of the new VW's come with them and I never saw any problems. (I am a VW tech)

I am a VW head myself. My whip is a 2004 24v vr6 GTI. I hope you enjoyed your jettas before you traded for some AWD fun.:thumbsup:
 
#627 ·
I did. I liked my first one better. I sold it because I thought I was moving to NYC indefinitely, and then I ended up coming back home and needed another car. I picked up a used '05 Jetta, but the dealer was shiesty and I think it was in a front end collision because it just never drove as well as the '01. It was REALLY, REALLY hard to get rid of it. It took a good month of driving the Subaru before I was okay with it. And I had the Jetta in the driveway for a month or so trying to sell it, and I always made someone else drive it keep the battery charged up because it broke my heart. Love the steering on VWs.

I test drove the Tiguan before I decided on the Outback. The Tiguan was fun to drive, but it didn't have enough space in it for what I wanted. It's nice to be able to open the back and toss in a bike, and a picnic table, and whatever else is laying around.
 
#626 ·
I have winter performance tires on my wrx. It's worth it, you don't need to get dedicated 'snow' tires for the tri state but winter tires I woudl say yes. Especially if you're on a snowboard forum I'm assuming you make enough snow trips to deserve a pair of winter tires. I have a set of dunlop wintersport m3s and love them.
 
#628 · (Edited)


I have a 2007 Gray Jeep Wrangler X w/ soft top. I love my Jeep. It's a monster in the snow, but I have yet to figure out a decent strategy for my board. If I'm driving solo, it's no prob - the board just rides shotgun. If anyone else wants in, there's no solution. I'm aware of the Thule "spare-me" rack option, but in my opinion, its way too huge of an investment for such a mediocre rack. I already have the Spare-Me bike rack. I'm wondering if I could just clamp this thing onto it... Seems like it would be as good an option as any - and at a more reasonable price.



Anyone ever heard of mounting one of these to a Thule "Spare Me" Bike rack?

Thanks!
 
#634 ·
I drove to the mountain last weekend in my BMW 335i coupe ! RWD and I barely made it with 2 boards and all the gear. Im thinking about trading the car in over the summer for a new Jeep Grand Cherokee - this will never ever cut it next winter
 
#636 ·
Yeah I know, my sister drives a 328xi and its fantastic in the snow,but the entire reason I got this car was the twin turbos, RWD and coupe body style. That's before I became snowboard obsessed and before I had to neutral drop the car at 3k+ just to get out of my driveway in 1/2" of snow. Im over the speed and would rathr have a more convenient car.
 
#639 ·
I drive a Honda Element AWD and it works pretty damn good. The thing about the Element is that they come with all rubber interior so snow water mud anything you throw at it gets cleaned right up, i actually don't even bother if it just water or snow. although i would def get a Subaru if I were gonna get a snow specific vehicle. also a Jeep is a snow slayer as well, esp the new ones.
 
#651 ·
ah man, its so far from a minivan. i love it, i love that it started shitting snow on us 2 days ago and it didnt phase me for a second. the bmw was twin turbo and AWD w/ z rated tires..id literally go sideways at 25mph if a fartsworth of snow was on the ground. i guess i needed to get my priorities in order. im also getting the same gas mileage on the jeep as on the bmw, but i dont have to use super, which is nice. overall, it had to be done.
 
#649 ·
This is my Prized Possession

2003 f150 xlt fx4, magnaflow exhaust, couple other things but I don't know them all as I'm not huge into mechanics and stuff just bought it with the upgrades, came with a 4" lift kit and 28" mickey thompson tires that I sold to buy the stock wheels and tires, didn't need the lift and I was only getting between 14-16 mpg, not sure what I'm gonna get now because its chipped now and less weight.

Anyways for being only 19 I love this thing!

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#652 ·
Used to be this with a set of roof racks on top:




Unfortunately after some internal engine trouble I was forced to sell it. Now driving a 97 Audi A4 Quattro. The AWD is great for the snow but I don't really like the car as a whole. Kind of settled because I needed something to get around in and I was desperate at the time.
 
#656 ·
2000 Mazda Millennia with boards and people in the back seat...college student'd
 
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