03-08-2014, 07:37 AM | #1 |
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Tire advice needed
Ordered a 228 MSport, which of course comes with summer hi performance tires. Now I understand that for you folks who live up north its a no brainer that you need a second set of wheels with snow tires. But here in North Carolina our winters normally are not severe enough to justify snow tires. We did get 9 inches of snow a couple of weeks ago but it was 68 deg F two days later. I'm lucky enough to have enough vacation that on ice or snow days I can stay home. But it does get WAY below 42 Deg F quite a number of days here. So do I try to make do with the standard Summer Hi Perf tires ? Or immediately switch to All Seasons ???
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03-08-2014, 10:35 AM | #2 | |
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These aren't run flats but that's a good thing. Get a tire inflation kit for the trunk if you're worried about that but you've got roadside assist with the car anyways. I bet you'd be ecstatic with these tires. Take a look, read the reviews, etc. And you can either keep the old ones for resale later or off them on the forum to someone in Hawaii (or did they get snow this year too lol) looking for summers.
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03-08-2014, 02:23 PM | #3 |
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Not sure if you are leasing or buying, but either way you will have to get new rubber eventually. That said, why don't you keep the summers for the summer and get a good high performance winter setup? Not ideal to keep taking tires on and off rims, and although I doubt you have much personal experience some of the better winter tires out there actually ride really well. Yes you will have two sets of rims and tires, BUT you won't get even close to retail if you try and sell the original ones (even if brand new) and they will both last twice as long. Summer you'll have an ideal setup, winter you'll be in pretty good shape and still enjoy the car without having to worry. You can get into a winter package from Tire Rack for a little over $1K with nice looking rims that even accept BMW center caps. Just my $0.02.
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