Question for the Northern States only i guess

 

I just have my lovely Mercedes-Benz SL500, so I drive it through summer on 20" and in winter on 17"... No problem till now, this car does it job in winter too.

 

I drive my Bmr 6 when the weather gets ugly.

 

i drive my rr sport or my work mini van. my sl doesn't even see rain. my brother says i have moisture sensors installed on my ignition. lol

 

I use snow tires from mid-Dec to late-March on the SL. If there is chance of light snow, I'm not worried about the SL. If there's heavy stuff forecasted, then I drive the GL with all-seasons.

 

During the 6 days that it rains in AZ, we drive a G500 or an S4 Avant.

 

I'll put the SL away sometime in October. Then out comes my much neglected ML63
to get me through the long cold winter.

 

Our R-class.

 

I'm reading a thread and a little white jealousy...

In Lithuania we got big costs of insurance, so it is hard to have more than one car...
But while I was reading this thread I'm getting to think I need a second car for winter...

 

In SF, the weather never is too severe to require a awd vehicle so we usually just drive the M5 when it rains. But, if the SL gets rained on, no big deal. Spray it off and dry it and throw on the cover. It's all good...and fun!

 

I keep my SL handy all year long, but when it rains or snows, the ML gets it turn on the roads and it does a great job. I have a moisture sensor installed on my SL's ignition, too , just like gqa, so the SL only goes out when the sun is out and the roads are dry. The weather tripped me up (the whole city, really) one day last year. It was when I still owned my '06 SL500. I left the house late morning with blue skies and sunshine and I went to a mall about a half hour from home. I was only in the mall for about 30 minutes, but when I came out, it was flurrying. By the time I reached my neighborhood (I live on a hillside above the city), it was snowing so hard my SL would only go part way up the hillside. I had to park my SL on a side street about a half mile from home and I was sick over that. I paced the floor all day waiting for a snow plow truck to clear our neighborhood streets. One never came because they were all too busy clearing the downtown streets from this bad snowstorm. Finally, at 8 pm that night, I jumped in my ML and went searching for a city snow plow truck to help me. I found one about a mile from home and I asked/pleaded/begged with him (I am a woman ) to help me get my "Mercedes Roadster" home to my garage. He was happy to do it and I was happy that he was happy to do it. He cleared and salted a path from my SL all the way to my house. I followed right behind him in my SL. I gave him a $50 tip (now that I think back, it was a bargain, really. I would have paid anything.) I was so relieved to get my car home and he drove away a really happy snow plow driver with an extra $50 in his pocket. There was no way I was going to leave my SL parked on the street overnight without me keeping an eye on it. I love my SL(s) a lot (especially my new one ), but I really wasn't looking forward to sleeping in my car that night in that cold weather. My SL never saw a muddier, filthier, wetter day in its life than that day.

 

Rainy season in Florida...my pimp daddy gold trim Cadillac Deville or the old S430. My "boats" have always always been steady for me.

 

I have to slum it in the GX470 (which I actually love)...seems like everyone here has similar problems.