BMW Tire and Wheel Protection Value?

[docu]

Has anyone considered or purchased the BMW Tire and Wheel Protection for their X5M?
They quoted me $1998 for 5 year plan. Is this worth getting? Roads aren't bad in my area and rarely get anything more than a nail/screw, but have had 1-2 blow outs in 20 years of driving.
Dealer cautioned that the X5M tires are easy to damage and run $800 each. Is that possible?

BTW, which part of the SUV experiences chips and needs the 3M film most? I read somewhere than the fenders experience excessive chipping.

Thanks

[mswaz]

The Bridgestone runflats aren't anywhere close to $800 a piece. Like $300 at tirerack. Flats can be repaired depending on where the hole is like any tire. I think its a rip off.

I 3m'd the entire lower rocker panel and about half way up the rear wheel lip. Seems to be doing the trick.

[docu]

Thanks.
I just learned that Discount Tires sells road hazard certs for new tires even if on a new car bought from dealer. $22-30/tire.
They also informed me that tires run around $336.
BMW Dealer really tried to play me...had me going. Going right out the door. lol.
I appreciate the feedback.

[ring007]

waste of money. your basically paying for a extra set of wheels.

[LeMansX5]

Originally Posted by mswaz

I 3m'd the entire lower rocker panel and about half way up the rear wheel lip. Seems to be doing the trick.

3M on rocker panels is more important, otherwise you will end up painting them soon. I believe BMW is now offering a packaged dealer option for that.

http://www.xoutpost.com/bmw-sav-foru...ar-wheels.html

[tmetcalf52]

I got the deal when I purchased the vehicle. The salesman was basically worried about the wheel damage that might occur. I've used it twice to replace tires with large nails/screws they picked up. Dealer did it with no problems. So in 1 year I've got about $800 of value out of it.

[BGM]

I paid $1000 for my tire warranty plan. I bought an '08 4.8 with the 20"s in September. It came off the truck from L.A. late night--next day I literally drove it 10 minutes and I got 2 screws in the rears--dealer replaced the tires. Two weeks later I picked up another screw--dealer replaced the tire. Worth the money IMO--mine is a 5 year plan--I'm sure I will be back.

[HIRISC]

I paid $675 (thought it was less) for 3 years.

At the time I thought it might have been a bit of a rip-off, but when I swapped out my summer tires for the winters, I found a big hunk of metal in one rear/summer tire and a big nail in the other rear/summer.

Covers tires and wheels, so any unfortunate curb-rash will not be your problem if you have the Wheel Guard.

In this case, it looks like it may work in my favor.

For $2K I'd tell them to take a leap.

[boostedx5]

At $1998, it is a ripoff. Typical coverage should be around $900-$1000 depending on term. Be careful with the hazard insurance offered from tire stores. Read the fine print as it only covers typically 1 replacement per corner. So, if you have two issues on the front right, you are only covered for 1 of the 2 occurrences. I've had 6 BMW's in 6 years and for the first 3 I didn't purchase coverage. After $3,000 in issues, tires mostly and 2 wheels, the coverage is a no-brainer. If you have 1 occurrence with a pothole, you've basically paid for the coverage assuming the tire isn't damaged. If it is, you already have a 25-50% return on your money.

[Northern X5M]

I paid about $1400 and since I curbed 2 rims already; it was a good buy.