For those who are new to winter driving (or in need of a refresher like many of us) MINI Canada has an entertaining and even educational portion of their website dedicated to the right and wrong ways to tackle winter driving. There's lots to take in, from slick flash animations to full driving videos. Now all that's needed for you to enjoy the finer points of winter driving are some snow covered roads and a hefty dose of the e-brake.
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<p>Yup, that's the way we do it here in Montana. Not until <em>after</em> the first good snow, of course.
I'd think ABS would lead to a somewhat different approach in some instances, as would DSC.</p>
<p>The best thing about winter driving in LA, other than when it rains, there AIN'T!</p>
<p>It's bad enough here when it rains, can't imagine us LA folk in the snow. It would take 3 months to clear all the accidents.</p>
<p><em>*</em>RB</p>
<p>Excellent. I'm wondering how my 16″ Perelli M&S runflats will perform in the snow. They're still not mounted, but the snow is coming Monday…</p>
<p>Now if we can just get MINI USA to do a winter driving guide for Florida! Here's a couple of examples of possible content:</p>
<p>“From December through April, Florida roads see the annual influx of the migratory species known as Snowbirds. Their distinguishing charcteristics are arriving in large, slow moving cars and RV's with out-of-state tags that tend to clog the main traffic arteries, flocking together in front of bingo halls, trailer parks, and restaurants with early-bird specials. One benefit of the snowbird is that they can turn a boring straight piece of interstate highway into an entertaining rolling solom to manoeuver through.”</p>
<p>“Winterizing your MINI: Step one. Make sure your cooling system is topped up. You wouldn't want to overheat in the occasional tourist/snowbird traffic jam.
Step two: enjoy motoring!”</p>
<p>Geeze Gabe, on top of things aren't you? 🙂 The funny thing about the winter driving section on MINI.CA, is that it doesn't look like they take it down during the summer.</p>
<p>Technically, it's always winter somewhere in the world. So maybe the winter section of the Canadian site is up year round as a courtesy to those other places on the globe. :o)</p>
<p>Or maybe it's just cold and snowing most of the year in Canada! ;-)</p>
<p>RB,
Just think what it would be like on the 101 :P</p>
<p>Tsize.. I think that's the reason… :)</p>
<p>I don't live in a state where it would matter to me, but I found this pretty interesting:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Pirelli&tireModel=Winter+190+Snowcontrol&vehicleSearch=true&partnum=765TR5W190SC&fromCompare1=yes" rel="nofollow ugc">http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Pirelli&tireModel=Winter+190+Snowcontrol&vehicleSearch=true&partnum=765TR5W190SC&fromCompare1=yes</a></p>
<p>It's a tire called the Pirelli Winter 190 Snowcontrol. It doesn't show up on their list of tire models for Pirelli. It will only be displayed if you search for a tire for a MINI Cooper in 15″ size. It's designed specifically for the MINI as a performance studless snow tire! </p>
<p>“The Winter 190 Snowcontrol is available from The Tire Rack for the drivers of MINI Cooper cars who don't want their enthusiasm for driving to simmer down in winter.”</p>
<p>Makes me wish I had some holies and some snow!</p>
<p>I had just bolted on a set of Blizzaks prior to the major storm that hit Indiana/Ohio at Christmas. The combination of tires and traction control confidently got me through some of the worst driving conditions that I've experienced. My brother couldn't believe what my MCS could handle!</p>