You do have the weight of the battery spread over both axles though.
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All depends on the tyres and the traction control system. Czechia does have some snow so they should at least have thought about it.
Good size doggo boot as well.
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My understanding is that as long as you have proper winter tires on them, RWD Beemers are fine on moderate snow (sure, you may not want them as a daily driver if you live in northern Sweden or somewhere).
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They’re fine with winter tyres. Also modern traction control systems are quite good.
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Yes we bought the car today and they explained just that. also as @coco points out the modern traction control is very advanced. Putting the car in ECO significantly reduces the drive to the rear wheels.
The test drive taught me I have a lot to learn!
So should get it in a week or so.
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Great stuff Mick, have you got a home charging point?
Looking into it today. Will aim to have the recommended Ohme charger installed. My mate is on the ozev government approved installer register.
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On an EV tariff already or are we going to have the Octopus code pile on?
We don’t have an EV tariff I’m told - Jan says we will be staying with Octopus and she says we can switch immediately.
Otherwise no idea what a code pile on is, any advice appreciated.
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Congratulations it’s a lovely car it’s on my shortlist to demo
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If they have a demo, ask for the deal on that - we got £10k off new car with 990 miles on the clock.
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Anyone introducing someone to Octopus got a discount for them and the person of 50 quid when they moved, and there are a number of us with them…
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OK. we’ve been with Octopus for years so not for us.
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Take sunglasses as that coating looks fantastic!
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Looked at a couple of Mercs (among many others) before I bought the bim - the whole user interface was the most incomprehensible and unintuitive of any brand I tried, and since that’s the bit that matters the most, it put me off the whole brand. The fact it looks like a morbidly-obese Seat Leon isn’t wholly compelling either, but I guess that’s not an issue for you or you wouldn’t be asking…
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Spikes and a long, spiny tail would improve it greatly 
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+1 based on a number of recent rentals; the Merc UI was very capable but not user-friendly or intuitive, whereas the Volvo was well laid out, had hard switches for the key stuff and was easy to navigate for the rest - miles better for the driver. The Audi i drove (last year admittedly) was similar to the Volvo - again a nicer experience for the driver.
I had each of those for a week so not much time to get to know them - and YMMV of course