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When are you picking up? Welcome to Americas Dairyland...lol. Its pretty cold here and we r expecting 6-10 inches of snow this thursday and Friday. It gets cold and occasional snow storm till April-May. So let me know if you need any "insider" knowledge..lol. Curious if u r picking it up from Enterprise BMW
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Yeah I was gonna go with dealer offer sets but it’s like $4500 and don’t love the wheels… but there were a few options however my plan now is to do a 255/35/19x8.5 squared setup (since xdrive and I don’t wanna bother learning what the whole .1 ratio thing is plus squared setups are better in winter then staggered) on Michelin pilot alpin 5 (oem bmw winter tire choice for g80, but they use the front size of 275/35/19x9.5) also going with 255 over 275 since in winter smaller width is actually better for more pounds per square inch basically allowing it to grip better for better traction in snow and winter conditions vs in summer the wider the tire the better for more grip… science 🙃not locked into anything yet but not planning on buying this season and will look more into in the fall. |
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12-20-2022, 04:06 PM | #28 |
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12-20-2022, 05:03 PM | #29 | |
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But that was on All-seasons, which are low-grip in that scenario, but manageable if you know how to drive. Summers are a whole other animal altogether, about as close to zero-grip as you can get without actually lifting the entire vehicle off the road surface. The one time I got stuck driving my 335d on PSS in a tiny bit (like 1/16") of snow, on a main road with a very slight uphill grade (like 10 foot rise over the course of more than a mile), if I gave enough throttle to avoid slowing down, the back end started walking off the road. Had to go just short of that and hope I made it to the "top". When I got home, I parked in the driveway, and the car promptly slid right back out into the street. Last edited by geko29; 12-20-2022 at 05:13 PM.. |
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[QUOTE=gohawks23;29659118]I do agree about summers...a few years ago I pulled out of my downtown condo on the way to get snows put on my new RWD manual M3 and I barely could get it back to my parking spot on cold barely any snow day![/QUOTE
Thats the biggest concern. Imagine going up and down the mountain road on summers on a cold day at 50-60 mph. Even if u wanna drive slow, there will be semis coming at u all the time and u might cause a wreck. The whole I65 corridor was just lined by semis. Didnt have one stretch of the freeway that didnt have a semi on the right lane or one blocking the left lane trying to overtake at 50 mph and the whole left lane caravan braking and suddenly slowing down. |
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12-20-2022, 07:08 PM | #32 |
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Just got the Michelin AS4s installed and perfectly happy for the half of the year it isn’t warm. We mostly get cold weather with the occasional snow here in Ohio so this made more sense for me. I’ve had these tires on other cars in the past and they have been great.
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My pirelli summers were starting to skip and hop whole backing out of parking spots and I chocked it up to being rock hard from the temperatures here! Glad I finally swapped them out. Now for the break in service in Monday!
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My 2008 Lexus IS350 RWD had Bridgestone Turanza R33 summer tires on it which I didn't bother to change out in the winters here in Chicago. On cold but dry days they were fine as long as I didn't do any spirited driving. It was only in snow/rain that they became dangerous. So I'm hoping for a similar experience with the summers on the G80. As long as I drive during daylight hours and keep away from rain/snow, I'm hoping I'll be fine for that drive home even through the mountains.
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Aside from caution, can’t summer tires be damaged by driving them in cold temps?
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Im sure for folks like us that are aware of the risks and drive cautiously for one trip home will be just fine. |
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Anyone thinking of using a transport company?
Really want to drive the car back but with weather, costs of 1way flights, not sure it makes sense anymore |
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