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Originally Posted by tareemaa
Did you pull the trigger on winters? If you absolutely don't have to drive and can get around in bad weather it may not be worth $3000, but you would have to drive slow and carefully because the summer rubber is gonna be like plastic on cold roads, even if it dry.
I drive a lot and have to drive every day, I went with a set of Blizzak LM32 and so far so good. I had the LM60 on my E90 and it was a beast in the snow. If you are going to do any kind of driving in snow I would absolutely get winters, all I takes is one instance where you understeer or can't brake in time and the damage is going to be a lot worse than the cost of winters.
There a couple sets of stock 18s on here, pick up a set of those and some winters and call it a day, it'll be cheaper than going through BMW. I go to discount tire and they store my other set and do the swap for a hundred bucks. The stock 18s are a real nice wheel and I am happy running those from November to March, I'm not a big fan of the other brands most places sell (i.e. Rial, TSW, etc). I figure we run them for half the year, might as well make them look good.
Hope this helps.
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Thanks for the input.
As a matter of fact I did get the OEM set installed a week ago and I am very happy with the purchase. The Connti TS830Ps are great tires for Chicago and my driving style. I didn't really need insanely great snow tires but winter performance tires since I will usually drive on dry or only slightly wet pavement. The OEM 640M wheels look fine to IMO.
I had to drive back from Detroit last weekend through about 2 hours of snow on I-94 and the tires held up great (no slipping / very confident). I also had to break quickly a few times in the city due to some asshat cabs / texters stopping abruptly. So, already I feel the tires are worth the investment.
At the end of the day, too, the winters extend my summer tires for me anyways.