Snow Drifting My E39

[bmw528i]

These are old videos and I've had them online for awhile. I know it doesn't take much skill to drift on snow but being there was nothing but ice under it the roads were crazy slick and that only added to the fun. I had summer tires on at the time and there wasn't any traction anywhere. This was all filmed at or around the area of CCSU, my school, in New Britain Ct. This was the only snow day I had since high school so I figured I would take advantage of it . Check them out and let me know what you think. If any video editors watch any of these I would appreciate some feedback because I'm trying to get into film editing. Just as a note the camera used was a Sony Cybershot so my filming ability and length was limited.

E39 528i having some fun in the snow. Alot of in car and out of car drifts. Music by Fuel - Video

I had some unused footage and felt like killing some time putting another video together. I hope you like it and I would appreciate any positive comments on my video editing. I recently got involved and any kind of constructive criticism would be app

[RacerJames666]

Its pretty hard to keep a good consistent line in the snow....the throttle blips do pretty much nothing once you find the ice under the snow....i almost think its a little easier to drift on the asphalt, but the punishment your car takes(in snow) is non-existant....so long as you dont slide her into the armco barriers
PS: Come to Sitka AK and ill show you how its done....good ole' sports car abuse....really hesatant to do it in the M3 however...it kinda sacreligious to put such fine machines in the cold! Thats what my e24 was for....

[bmw528i]

Originally Posted by RacerJames666

Its pretty hard to keep a good consistent line in the snow....the throttle blips do pretty much nothing once you find the ice under the snow....i almost think its a little easier to drift on the asphalt, but the punishment your car takes(in snow) is non-existant....so long as you dont slide her into the armco barriers
PS: Come to Sitka AK and ill show you how its done....good ole' sports car abuse....really hesatant to do it in the M3 however...it kinda sacreligious to put such fine machines in the cold! Thats what my e24 was for....

Yeah, I wouldn't want to mess up my personal M3 either so I hear you on that. I occasionally get my E39 sideways when the roads are wet but I can't do it on dry pavement very well with a stock open diff. The second video on top of the parking garage was the craziest though. The material they paved the garage with is like ice when its wet to begin with and with snow on top it was ridiculously hard getting to the top as you could probably see. I'm waiting for the next snow fall here though so I can do this again . In terms of cars to abuse I would love to build an E30. One of my friends has one and it's a pretty fun car. I looked up parts online and they are ridiculously cheap so I'm thinking once I've accomplished what I want with the E39 I may buy an E30 325i or 325is and have myself some fun.