I have myself a f31 lci 320d and I am super happy with it. 190hp is enough for normal trafic. Don’t remember how much power a 318d has but it shares the same engine with 320d. It just has some tweaks and a tune to make it less powerfull.

Pre lci 318d and 320d have the n47 engine. That engine is notorious for its timing chain problems. The lci comes with a b47 that fixes the timing chain issue for the most part. Haven’t heard any nightmare stories with b47 timing chain.

Also the lci has better lights and they look netter imo.

My car is rwd so no xdrive and this is my first winter with it. I could imagine xdrive perfomring better on snow no doubt.

Hope this helps you atleast a little bit.

Good advice. Will try that if its needed.

Thats really unfortunate. We tend to have a bit too much snow here. This is just the beginning of several months with it😅

They do, thankfully they are mandatory in Finland.

Awaiting for this winter to be a blast for sure.

Went to a empty lot today. Was loads of fun. Still a good amount of learning before sliding on roads.

A m4 in the winter. Thats brave and also do you guys have a lot of salt on your roads. We have so much salt on our roads when its winter that basically all cars rust.

Also I think I am keeping traction control on, for now😅

Yeah. I have some decent winter tires. Just wish they were studded. Going sideways on snow is really fun, always had fwd cars so its a bit different now. Have to learn on some parking lots how a rwd car behaves.