Winter Tires Or 4 Wheel Drive?

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">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.<b> <span style="font-size: x-small;">Watch the video below or click read more for the results of this test.</span></b></span><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/7l2cMlNRX_A?rel=0" width="640"></iframe><br /><a name="more"></a><b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Summary of Results</span></b><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The 4 wheel drive Yeti with regular tires accelerated faster. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The Front Wheel Drive Yeti with Winter tires stopped a lot sooner</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Winter tires generated 35% more grip.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Verdict: 4 Wheel drive allows you a accelerate faster in the snow, Winter tires allows you to stop faster and provide more grip.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">- Skoda Yeti is a small activity vehicle not available in North America and some parts of the world.</span></div>

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 Ye...

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Winter Tires, It's about time.

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">STORM THROUGH WINTER</span></span></b><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">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.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD57pW6KJMNFG5SQEMSl4tZ8jzb1nauJ6mfvvGAEYiQNSytlWUD2Gz_uOcfB8CEm1KCiDMlgkFKaTBrHdQsKaMv2OIQnixVoRYGHedoiUhOZlXu29vQsx6ZOtP-fSPd_AMZ5GdiCEWelQ/s1600/BMW_CWT_Banner_1024x303.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD57pW6KJMNFG5SQEMSl4tZ8jzb1nauJ6mfvvGAEYiQNSytlWUD2Gz_uOcfB8CEm1KCiDMlgkFKaTBrHdQsKaMv2OIQnixVoRYGHedoiUhOZlXu29vQsx6ZOtP-fSPd_AMZ5GdiCEWelQ/s640/BMW_CWT_Banner_1024x303.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><a name="more"></a><br /><br /><br /><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/how-to/products/tire-testing-showdown-winter-vs-all-season#slide-3" target="_blank">Popular Mechanics</a> - 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:</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">AWD with All Seasons - 387 ft, 8.50 Seconds</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">AWD with Winter Tires -  366 ft, 7.97 Seconds</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">FWD with All Seasons - 383 ft, 8.62 Seconds</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">FWD with Winter Tires - 374 ft, 8.17 Seconds</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">In the Greater Toronto and Markham Area winter 2012 is not going to as mild as the last -  </span><a href="http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/1242932--toronto-will-see-mild-but-real-winter-climatologist-guesstimates" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" target="_blank">Read about it on The Toronto Star</a> <br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Updated Oct 30 2012 </b></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Winter 2012 Specials  </b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">$100 off Steel Wheel Winter Tire Packages</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">$200 off Alloy Wheel Winter Tire Packages</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">To receive this special let us know you found it on the Blog. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Contact Town+Country BMW Parts Today for Winter Tire Packages Specials. 905-477-2212</span><embed align="middle" allowscriptaccess="always" height="361" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" quality="high" src="http://www2.tcbmw.com/webimages/PDF/WinterTire_675x380_v8.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="641"></embed></div>

Winter Tires, It's about time.

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Are You Ready For Snowpocalypse?

<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">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. </span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">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 <a href="mailto:bdc@tcbmw.com">bdc@tcbmw.com</a>, Print out this coupon and just hand it to us when you come in to pick up your winter tires.</span><br /><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGhPEzJNxNGocv-3ntBBK3uixL8dEKsC1zMOdFDdfgZ4Q4PkGOIQMLQyuBPuDMPtDkhJIdD3Bhl8ZKDeMeENGO05NqVeJ-9vx6BRzvcUveJcYOxD_r1JxIeTeLCION0VfiFO-JM3Mx0xw/s1600/2011wintertirepackagecoupon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="344" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGhPEzJNxNGocv-3ntBBK3uixL8dEKsC1zMOdFDdfgZ4Q4PkGOIQMLQyuBPuDMPtDkhJIdD3Bhl8ZKDeMeENGO05NqVeJ-9vx6BRzvcUveJcYOxD_r1JxIeTeLCION0VfiFO-JM3Mx0xw/s640/2011wintertirepackagecoupon.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>

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 del...

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