Well, after having had my beloved '94 540i for over three years now, I will be moving from Phoenix to Buffalo, NY in January to finish school. I am considering selling my 540i and picking up a 2001 SAAB 9-3 for use in the snow........unless of course someone can persuade me in to believing that the BMW is good in the snow as well. I have the tranny with the snowflake mode, but I am not sure what good that really does. I have an open diff and no ASC+T. -- Mike