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1. Your wife was pregnant and would need to go to the hospital at some point. You obviously knew the due date was in the winter. 2. It routinely snows in our area and sometimes it snows a lot. As you mentioned you live in the country so you also know it drifts a lot over barren farm fields. Two different modes of thought. I guess I do the prepare for the worst and hope for the best. Glad it worked out and you guys are safe. Congrats on the new baby girl! Edit: I guess that is more than two things. |
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01-03-2016, 08:37 PM | #51 |
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But normally we would have had far more warning. This was a rather abnormal start to labor. So the chances we would have to drive in the middle of a snowstorm was incredibly low. Even then most of our snowstorms don't bring over 10" of snow. (Quite rare actually). |
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01-03-2016, 08:42 PM | #53 | ||
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OMC MY WIFE IS POPPING OUT THE FIRST BABY EVER AND THE WORLD WILL EXPLODE! Panic in a situation like this will kill everyone, not the M car. I'm sure your wife is strong enough to knock you out with a diaper bag if needed and then to drive herself to the baby popping facility (yup, I forgot the specific name in English). This thread duo will work as a good reminder to us all that M cars should only be used in Arizona and that next time someone has a chance to have sex: Check your calendar first! We don't need an other snow baby!
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01-03-2016, 08:59 PM | #54 | |
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Like I said, we have different ways of thinking about things and I guess I try not to take things like this for granted. Such as the it usually doesn't snow X amount or labor usually lasts X amount of time. |
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First, awesome story - congrats on taking your wife through hell to get her to deliver at the hospital. If you get pregnant again due in the winter, may I recommend learning about home delivery The odds of a complication are far lower than the odds of a travel-related issue in those conditions! Holy cow! Way to go man
Second, you should send your story to tirerack. They chose that tire and recommended it for your needs and size and I am confident the car would not have made it with BMW's recommended setup (which is a performance minded setup). Third, this story is the difference between a "winter" tire and a "snow/ice studless" tire. Those are conditions where an SUV rocking good all terrain tires would struggle mightily. Lastly....a note on the complainants. My last vehicle (besides an e39 m5) was a 6,000 pound SUV with front and rear locking differentials (stock), an air suspension that could raise and lower the vehicle >6" (stock), great gearing for snow (diesel), and very good all terrain tires (Toyo). And it was dangerous in winter...the combination of all that weight, non-winter tires, an extremely heavy engine, and a much higher CoG made it truly a bad vehicle to drive around other people. It may have been able to forge through 2' of unplowed snow in a mountain pass - but that doesn't mean it would be a good vehicle for lots of stop signs and vehicles all around me. I sold my e39 m5 and that SUV and bought an f80 m3 and a set of winter tires. The low center of gravity, good weight distribution, rear diff, and the right tires makes it a much better vehicle. I drove my wife to the delivery center in it last October and drove our newborn home in it. |
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Point is, we didn't know until we got there. Had we been delayed for quite awhile it could have been bad.
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You would've died if you had mentioned detailing then but that's an other lesson for an other day.
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Most likely yes, but breech and other complications are nothing to screw around with. I'm glad I didn't have to find out. |
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01-03-2016, 10:07 PM | #62 | |
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When my Son was born, we were text book prepared but went into the hospital too early and they strapped her in. Her cervix took forever to dilate and labor was over 12 hours. When my daughter was born 3 years later, we were much more relax. Doc told us to take our time to get in though she was in labor. We even had a good lunch and then checked her in. Within a much shorter time our Daughter was born. The moving about helped with the labor. I guess what I am trying to say is you have your THIRD child and know what to expect (not talking about the snowstorm) and know what to do. |
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I know, and none of us take unneeded risks with the offspring. We with issues in adding condoms to shopping lists tend to be a lot more relaxed about these though.
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