Winter Tire Recommendations - Official BMW Recommendations

[X5 Meister]

I'm not sure what you mean by "offers." The document looks pretty official to me and certainly far more so than a rep at tirerack or a local dealer who says "uhhhh whatever we have in stock is what we recommend, I think." According to BMW CA it is official.

You can put everything down to marketing and advertising dollars, but at some point BMW is responsible for their choices in terms of safety and performance. Otherwise why not put any tire on the cars, or better yet, any size tire. For one thing people would quickly say the cars handle like crap and they're not buying BMW anymore. At the least I think 50% of any decision by a company has to do with science and perhaps 50% to marketing.

[JCL]

Originally Posted by mgruber

I'm not sure what you mean by "offers." The document looks pretty official to me and certainly far more so than a rep at tirerack or a local dealer who says "uhhhh whatever we have in stock is what we recommend, I think." According to BMW CA it is official.

You can put everything down to marketing and advertising dollars, but at some point BMW is responsible for their choices in terms of safety and performance. Otherwise why not put any tire on the cars, or better yet, any size tire. For one thing people would quickly say the cars handle like crap and they're not buying BMW anymore. At the least I think 50% of any decision by a company has to do with science and perhaps 50% to marketing.

By "offers" I meant an offer to supply tires, ie a sales promotion. The document may look official, and I am pretty sure that the tires they are offering will fit, but I think that is as about as far as it goes. AFAIK BMW Canada does not have an engineering department, let alone a science lab. They don't design or manufacture cars, they distribute them to dealers.

I think the real motivation for the brochure was to remind BMW owners with all season tires that their X Drive vehicles would do even better with winter tires. Three representative tires were shown, from three major tire suppliers. I don't for a moment believe that each tire shown has been matched to the handling characteristics of each model. Rather, these are suitable, representative tires. All are the right size. All are approved by Transport Canada. All have suitable speed ratings and load ratings for the vehicles in question. That's about it. Tire Rack (as an example), or someone reading the owner's manual, could reach the same conclusion as to which tire to fit.

[LeMansX5]

Originally Posted by mgruber

I can't post the link because the page on the site where I found it keeps crashing my internet explorer for the past 2 days.

Is this the link you talking about?

[X5 Meister]

Yes, that's the link. I already uploaded the document in the thread. Maybe one of the administrators can put it on the main page under Body, Wheels & Styling?

[jwilburn]

Originally Posted by mgruber

Here is the original document from BMW Canada. Thanks go to John Wilbburn for shrinking it down to size.

Woohoo I'm glad it worked!

[X5 Meister]

Here is the BMW brochure for the 2007 recommendations - Pages 1-12 out of 18.

[X5 Meister]

Part 2. Pages 13-18.

[X5 Meister]

Here is the BMW brochure for the 2008-2009 recommendations - Pages 1-12

[X5 Meister]

And the link to the current one (2008-2009) (in case you want to download the pdf for yourself):

http://www.bmw.ca/ca/en/_teaserpool/...rflyer_Eng.pdf

The main page for the winter tires is very well done for those that want a little more info:

Welcome to BMW Canada

[srjones]

Hello All,

Many thanks this is excellent information exactly what I was looking for.
I really appreciate your help.