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i expect the same or worse ! A collegue bought the Mercedes SLK 2 years ago, and another collegue bought the 330 CI-C last year, and we have had some snow here in Germany especially in february/march. They sometimes shifted their cars to make exactly the experience you described (Allthough the mercedes has an automatic shift and the BMW has an "ordinary" manual shift). The BMW has even less weight on the backwheels which often activates the stabilisation-program....that´s what i have heard. Becourse of that i´m planning to by another car for the winter (Some old/cheap Golf-III or Golf-II, or something in the same class like that. Most important thing: Frontwheel-drive :-)).

It´s simply more expensive to make the 330 CI ready for the winter than buying an old car: Winter-tires & wheels, maybe a hardtop.....you´ll very quickly reach 3.500 Euro according to 3.400 US-$, and for that amount i´ll easily get a cheap old car i think. And i think the BMW will love it NOT to be driven in the snow & ice, also the hood will appreciate it i think :-)