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Buy a winter beater if you can. The car is drivable with a good set of winters but like you said all the rocks and salt really does a number on the body etc...
i live in Alberta, Canada and we have some ferocious winters. Snow storms, temperatures hitting -40c, over all just a nasty place for a vehicle.
i had an Audi A5 before this car and it was an absolute champion in the snow.
my main concern is traction. i will be planning on buying studded winter tires. (HAkkapuletta 8)
do any of you guys drive your cars in the winter? how do they perform?
i heard the BMW m3 doesnt like winter because of the high compression engine.
does the Merc struggle? or is my only concern going to be paintwork getting chipped up.
any info appreciated
Search, search, search. There are numerous threads of members who drive yearly and some who never leave the snowy area. One member even made customized mud flaps in order to keep the sides of his car safe from the salt/snow/rocks. Most enjoy driving in the snow but you do need a good set of snow tires, then you'll be perfectly fine.
Do not, I repeat, do not drive your car in the winter with out getting 3m or Xpel clear bra over the entire front end, a pillars, roof and mirrors -- especially if you're in Alberta, Sask etc... I just had my entire front end and hood repainted because it looked like someone took a shot gun with rock salt and fired it at my car. Better yet, get a second vehicle -- a beater -- and drive that in the winter..
I drive mine in snow and all-season tires. I have a beater if it gets too sketchy, but I didn't use it last winter. I can also work from home so I don't have to drive in bad weather, but a couple inches of snow doesn't prevent me from driving it. I just make sure to keep it washed regularly.
i live in Alberta, Canada and we have some ferocious winters. Snow storms, temperatures hitting -40c, over all just a nasty place for a vehicle.
i had an Audi A5 before this car and it was an absolute champion in the snow.
my main concern is traction. i will be planning on buying studded winter tires. (HAkkapuletta 8)
do any of you guys drive your cars in the winter? how do they perform?
i heard the BMW m3 doesnt like winter because of the high compression engine.
does the Merc struggle? or is my only concern going to be paintwork getting chipped up.
any info appreciated
I also live in Alberta and drive my C63 in the winter without issues riding on a square set up of less than stellar Goodyear Winter tires. I am hoping to upgrade to the Hakka 8s next winter, mainly for even better traction (I had the Hakkas 4 and 5s on previous cars).
No issues at all with traction/handling in the winter. A gentle right foot goes a long way.
There was 2 days I drove my Jeep to work, mainly because of the forecast for a fair bit of snow.
The front of the car has 3M treatment.
The main issue is the windshield Will need to replace mine this summer.
i dont drive mine in the winter, but with the right set of tires and maybe some anti corrosion coating underneath the vehicle im sure it would do just fine in comfort mode
i live in B.C. in surrey and it mostly rains here but snows a bunch too and i gotta say my 2010 C63 AMG is HORRENDUS in the snow lol. Sometimes i cant even make it up a 2 inch incline too get into my condos underground parking. Dunno what tires i have but they are the tires MB always gives me and says they are the top ones. Contential's and like $400 a tire. They might not be all weather.
i live in B.C. in surrey and it mostly rains here but snows a bunch too and i gotta say my 2010 C63 AMG is HORRENDUS in the snow lol. Sometimes i cant even make it up a 2 inch incline too get into my condos underground parking. Dunno what tires i have but they are the tires MB always gives me and says they are the top ones. Contential's and like $400 a tire. They might not be all weather.
Driving in snow up hill on summer(ish) tires. You expect it to defy physics?
i live in B.C. in surrey and it mostly rains here but snows a bunch too and i gotta say my 2010 C63 AMG is HORRENDUS in the snow lol. Sometimes i cant even make it up a 2 inch incline too get into my condos underground parking. Dunno what tires i have but they are the tires MB always gives me and says they are the top ones. Contential's and like $400 a tire. They might not be all weather.
My MB dealership sold me a GLA45 AMG in the middle of january with continental summer tires equipped. I have a feeling you're on similar tires. they are effectively useless around freezing temps, turn into hockey pucks...
I driver her all year, real nice during the winter months.
Here in Finland we learn how to drive on ice when we are young and now driving with the 63 in the winter is childs play. Not to mention how awesome the thing is to drift all winter. It handles the -22 fahrenheit weather like a champ. I would not have it any other way.
2017 Mini Cooper S Clubman ALL4 - British Racing Green
Picture above made me smile...
I drove mine yearly. In DC, obviously we don't have as much snow, but we have gravelly roads (I mean roads under constant construction).. The car handles fine in Snow, even with all seasons (I had the Conti DWS all seasons).
Honestly, if the conditions are that bad, you should not be driving so close to the person in front of you that the salt and what not kicked up by the vehicle should be an issue to your hood. The bigger issue is the wheel fenders, your own tires kicking up the salt and stuff. For that, 3M clear bra over the fender area, or better mud flaps.. I have actually seen people use painters tape as well.
I always restrained myself of buying a c63 because of the ****ty winters we have in Quebec, I don't have the budget to have a supercar in the summer and a great car for the winter. (I don't want to drive a POS for winter).
You guys are messing up with my mind lol. Theres a gorgeous white 2013 C63 with 33k miles on sale at my local dealer. I'm gonna end up buying it and drive it all season long if I continue checking this thread.
I drive it year round. I put blizzacks winters on it. Drives great with no issues. The people that have problems in the winter try to cheap out and buy all seasons or don't understand tire compound and use summers in the winter 😫
The C63 with any good set of winter tires will do fine in the snow. It's all the crap on the roads and idiot drivers who don't have winter tires, that gets me worried.
I lease a cheap car to drive around in the winter. It has all the amenities of a modern vehicle, but cheap enough that I can leave it parked during the summer.
FF. W212 E63 M156 non-pano 18" P2 ParkT NightV (gone but will be missed).
Most AMG, Bimmer M, Audi S, and even most Ferrari & Lambo's are mostly mass produced cars that will never become a collector's car. So just drive it and enjoy it.
05-16-2016, 03:18 PM
Will need to replace mine this summer.
