Winter cars

[System]

As I live in Finland where they liberally salt the roads, it's almost a necessity to tuck the nicer vehicles up for the Winter. With this in mind, I typically run a winter car. Previous cars have included Audi Avants, 958 Turbo etc. I now just bought an Audi A5 3.0 TDI S-Tronic Quattro - fuel is now so expensive and I always liked the look of Walter De Silva's favourite work. It's actually quite an accomplished brute.

Keen to hear what others run.

 

[Alex]

Porsche 996 C4.

 

[Parsley]

E82 135i for me.

 

[wilpert]

Defender 90 hardtop for me, air suspension to get a bit more height through the flooded lanes and deployable tow bar for the 4 legged bay eating moneybox transportation.

 

[MaxA]

apart from the 997 ... we've also got an old tow car/family workhorse.

An unmodified Discovery3 2.7TD V6 with a solid 189hp and 550NM of torque, running Falken all-terrains in summer and Goodyear Ultragrip studded tyres in winter (they were cheaper than the proper Nokian Hakkapeliitta10 SUVs).

 

[wilpert]

Defender 90 hardtop for me, air suspension to get a bit more height through the flooded lanes and deployable tow bar for the 4 legged bay eating moneybox transportation.

 

[pzero]

Defender 90 hardtop for me, air suspension to get a bit more height through the flooded lanes and deployable tow bar for the 4 legged bay eating moneybox transportation.

Does the horse eat hay too?

 

[Magic919]

I use a 7 Series all year as a DD. Pictured at the top of the Great St Bernard pass this morning. Unusually, no sign of snow yet.

 

[IMI A]

:drive:

 

[jonttt]

I drive a 4x4 with extra ride height :thumb:

 

[1marc]

Ditto! Mine is basically a fat hatchback though.

 

[plavix]

Pictures without sleet or snow don't count. Perhaps that's why I'm on my third tandem pump :dont know:

 

[MaxA]

Pictures without sleet or snow don't count

OK

 

[Ratattak]

This is my winter car ... back on the road next month

 

[infrasilver]

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