I did do a search & found the poster who said he got his 298 wheels & tires for $3.5K so that's what I went in to order but that's when I was told I'd be better off getting non bmw wheels because the dealer cost on just the wheels is $4.2K and you still have to add tires so he was thinking it would be around $6K so that's why I'm scrambling now. Again this being a lease I don't want to shell out $6K for a set of wheels/tires that I may or may not be able to sell in 3 years so looking for options. I don't want to buy 21" wheels & tires for summer & use the stock wheels for winter use either because I'd have to buy 1 set of 21" wheels plus new summer tires and a set of winter tires.

Doesn't look like many options. Either pay $6K for the BMW winter solution; use stock wheels w/ new winter tires & buy a new summer wheel/tire package which probably runs about $6K as well; or mount all season tires (Continental ExtremeContact DWS) on the stock wheels with the space saver spare & run those year round and give up optimal summer/winter driving performance.

Help!