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Driving my w211 E63 AMG during the snow blizzard with all season Michelin AS 4 tires was a lot of fun. Got stock a few times but the AMG power pulled me out.
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Your a brave man, I don't even drive my AMG in the snow. And I have all-Season Continental ExtremeContact DWS06. We didn't get hit as hard as you guys, and I still don't drive it.
Instead drive my X5M, and it has the same tires as my E63. It is much better for putting the power down with its All-Wheel Drive.
Your a brave man, I don't even drive my AMG in the snow. And I have all-Season Continental ExtremeContact DWS06. We didn't get hit as hard as you guys, and I still don't drive it.
Instead drive my X5M, and it has the same tires as my E63. It is much better for putting the power down with its All-Wheel Drive.
Thanks buddy. I took winter driving course years ago so know the ropes. But in such deep snow, winter tires are must-have. I didn’t have any issues on snow with my 4Matic e550, but I am not missing it
Thanks buddy. I took winter driving course years ago so know the ropes. But in such deep snow, winter tires are must-have. I didn’t have any issues on snow with my 4Matic e550, but I am not missing it
x5m is another beast.
Years ago, I got caught up in a snow storm on the Pennsylvania Turnpike, coming from Pittsburgh to New Jersey, and that was scary. There were no snow plows whatsoever, I stayed behind a Semi and let him plow the way thru the snow. It was very nerve racking, because if you lost it, no one was coming to your rescue. But we made to New Jersey and the only issue was high oil temperatures do to the snow packing up in front of the oil coolers. Had to pull over and remove the snow 😁👍🏽. Anyway that night NJ got more than 2 ft of snow, and the E63 made it thru with all season tires. So who needs snow tires 🤔
No, you can check oil temperatures in the instrument cluster along with battery voltage. My car operates anywhere between 81-89 degrees Celsius in the cluster. Which is between 174-192 degrees Fahrenheit.
When the temps are higher than that, the cars oil is running hot, for example a 5 hour long road trip running AC in 98 degree weather with high humidity.
So in my case both the primary and secondary oil coolers, were blocked by snow and ice and I could see the temps risen in the instrument cluster, so I knew I had to pull over and clear them. And sure enough the temps returned to normal.
If you didn’t know, the E63 oil temperature gauge will flash until the car reaches normal operating temperatures at 81 degrees Celsius. That is when the oil temp gauge stops flashing.
02-08-2021, 10:01 PM
