07-03-2023, 05:17 PM | #1 |
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Winter tire help needed.
I have a G80 incoming and would like to purchase winter tires. It looks like the Michelin Alpin 5 are highly recommended for the car.
Where do you all purchase winter tires for your G80? I live in Portland, OR and my car is a base G80 M3 with the 18"/19" wheels. Thank you for the help! |
07-04-2023, 07:52 AM | #2 |
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It depends on if you really need to wander when we get our rare snow dumps. The Alpin 5 are a good choice, but the Conti DWS06 and PS4 AS tires are a very solid choice for the cold rain that we spend most of our time dealing with. I'm running PS4 ASs on my stock wheels (I have 4S's on another wheel set) and they are utterly brilliant in the rain.
They're easy enough to source that you can just use Discount Tire. |
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07-04-2023, 08:10 AM | #3 | |
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Can the stock tires handle below freezing temps? I’m a bit concerned because when I had my ND2 Miata I was driving 25mph and the car spun when taking a low speed corner. I also plan on taking the car on long road trips and it needs to be prepared for inclement weather.
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You can have your tires swapped at Discount tire or the dealership twice a year or you can grab a second set of wheels and do the swap that way yourself or through other means. It is possible to get 4 wheels with tires in the car with the seats down, but the effort of loading and unloading the wheels into the car is about 70% of the effort it takes to just do the wheel swap in the garage myself. Which tires to run absolutely comes down to how much you're going to have to deal with snow (and mountains). Pirelli Sotozeros may be a better choice if you're going to go up into the mountains with snow than the Alpin 5s, though I'm basing that comment on other folks' experiences as my primary concern is the constant chilly wet roads in the metro area. |
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07-06-2023, 06:35 PM | #5 |
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I have had great luck with the Conti DWS06+. I took delivery in December of last year and drive thru the winter here in North Idaho. They were fantastic! This reminds me, I need to have them switched back to the summers.
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I’m picking up my 24 M3CX at PCD and intend to bring it back to Seattle/Portland but I’m assuming I have to change my tires for winter. I was looking at getting the PS4 AS but also debating if I should get proper winter tires in case I want to go skiing etc. |
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08-31-2023, 06:36 AM | #7 | |
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If you intend on driving in show up any sort of big hill, give the car proper snow tires. The ONLY reason I'm using the ASs is because I work from home and can just leave my car in the garage and take my SOs 530e X-Drive to the store or other such during actual snow days. The PS4 ASs were utterly magical in the rain for the last two "Winters". We only had about two weeks total of snow during those winters...thus the PS4 ASs work for my use-case. Which does not include Mt. Hood. Note - I had Alpin 4's on my M2C during a winter when I was still commuting to work. I was not impressed with their snow performance past about a quarter inch of snow. If I needed to drive in snow, I don't know that I would go with Alpin 5's based on my experience with the 4's. I'd probably try something else. |
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10-01-2023, 02:13 AM | #8 |
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How about getting winter tires or All Seasons for your 18/19” wheels, buy a set of new 19/20 Wheels that you like for summer tires
Switching tires 2 times every year was not fun in my E46 330i with sports package |
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10-06-2023, 04:42 PM | #9 |
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Pilot Sport “All Season 4” is Michelin’s best off-season tire and they’re fine if you have xDrive
If you’re on rear wheel drive only, you’re gonna need a dedicated snow tire
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