Winter Tires Or 4 Wheel Drive?

First question you may ask is why do we have Skoda Yetis on a BMW website? Because we are going to be watching a video of identical Skoda Yeti's with the same engine compete in a snow challenge.  One of the Yetis is Front Wheel Drive (Like the MINI) with winter tires... The other Yeti has four wheel drive (like xDrive) with standard all seasons tires, they will compete in an acceleration, braking and a grip test to see which of these two Yetis will fair in the snow. Watch the video below or click read more for the results of this test.


Summary of Results
The 4 wheel drive Yeti with regular tires accelerated faster.
The Front Wheel Drive Yeti with Winter tires stopped a lot sooner
Winter tires generated 35% more grip.

Verdict: 4 Wheel drive allows you a accelerate faster in the snow, Winter tires allows you to stop faster and provide more grip.

- Skoda Yeti is a small activity vehicle not available in North America and some parts of the world.

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Winter Tires, It's about time.

STORM THROUGH WINTER

At 7°C, summer tires and all-season tires begin to lose traction. BMW Approved Cold Weather Tires have been specially designed to perform where other tires cannot. Increased safety without compromising BMW’s signature, sporting style is what you can expect. Equip your BMW with a BMW Approved Cold Weather Tire Package so that you can stay safe on the road and embrace all that winter has to offer.

Popular Mechanics - In a stopping distance test in the snow between 2 sets of 2 identical cars one set with All Wheel Drive and the other with Front Wheel Drive here are the results:

AWD with All Seasons - 387 ft, 8.50 Seconds

AWD with Winter Tires -  366 ft, 7.97 Seconds

FWD with All Seasons - 383 ft, 8.62 Seconds

FWD with Winter Tires - 374 ft, 8.17 Seconds

In the Greater Toronto and Markham Area winter 2012 is not going to as mild as the last -  Read about it on The Toronto Star

Updated Oct 30 2012

Winter 2012 Specials 
$100 off Steel Wheel Winter Tire Packages
$200 off Alloy Wheel Winter Tire Packages

To receive this special let us know you found it on the Blog.

Contact Town+Country BMW Parts Today for Winter Tire Packages Specials. 905-477-2212

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Are You Ready For Snowpocalypse?

Did you know we added a new feature to our blog? Have a look at the sidebar> We have added BMW Self Help Videos. We are known for our delivery presentations here at Town+Country BMW and a lot of people have asked us to post some videos refreshers just in case they have just returned from a vacation and haven't driven the car for a while since they picked it up. So Check it out.

Now, New Yorkers had just been hit with a surprise snow storm this past weekend and we are counting down the days till fluffy white snow blanket the Greater Toronto Area. Nothing to worry about because we have a special promotion on winter tires right now and because you heard about it on our blog we will give you an additional $100 off the packages with Steelies or $250 off on the packages with Alloys. Leave us a contact number and what model of BMW you have so we can contact you for pricing at bdc@tcbmw.com, Print out this coupon and just hand it to us when you come in to pick up your winter tires.

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