New Guy, just bought an X5 - Winter Help :)

[Richard in NC]

Originally Posted by 335xray

Best solution and probably cheapest way to break things up. Get the 19" winters now and then in the summer get a set of 20" 214 or 300M reps with some nice summer rubber. If you leased, keep the 19" summers for lease turn in. This gives you the best of all worlds. Safety, looks and performance.

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OK. A set of Blizzak LM-25s are $1425 in the staggered 19's size. Pirelli Scorpion Ice are only $1135. I think Pirelli's it is... Neither are RFTs. Since I want the spare and mounting kit anyways, I've already got it on order from my dealer for $385.

Gee, I usually go a year with a new car before spending $1500 for tires but this is all for safety, and if I stay with 19s for summers, their life is extended.

What will happen after this is Charlotte will have its warmest winter in decades and it may not even snow in WV. But I'll be ready if it does.

[JCL]

Originally Posted by Richard in NC

Gee, I usually go a year with a new car before spending $1500 for tires but this is all for safety, and if I stay with 19s for summers, their life is extended.

Count your self lucky. For my 535i with MSport, which means performance summer tires, I bought OE 17" wheels and Dunlop Wintersport M3 SST tires. Mounted and balanced, but not installed, that was $3800, a month after I picked up the vehicle. Goes like a tank in the snow, though.

Imagine if we lived in Australia.

[bimmerpwr]

Last winter in VA was one of the worst ones but my 4.8 with 19" Mich all season performed very well. It literally plowed snow without a problem as I was trying to get to grocery store one day and those tires had less than 50% of life left on them. I have 20" with DWS now and I expect similar if not better result this winter with brand new tires and all.

[Richard in NC]

Originally Posted by Richard in NC

OK. A set of Blizzak LM-25s are $1425 in the staggered 19's size. Pirelli Scorpion Ice are only $1135. I think Pirelli's it is... Neither are RFTs. Since I want the spare and mounting kit anyways, I've already got it on order from my dealer for $385.

Gee, I usually go a year with a new car before spending $1500 for tires but this is all for safety, and if I stay with 19s for summers, their life is extended.

What will happen after this is Charlotte will have its warmest winter in decades and it may not even snow in WV. But I'll be ready if it does.

I ordered the Pirelli Scorpion Ice thru a local Discount Tire store. I was hoping to give an initial review of them in this post but......

What the IDIOTS ordered was the Scorpion Zero All Season tires. Now I have to wait until Monday to see if I can even get the Scorpion Ice by the time I need them. UGH!!!

[335xray]

Originally Posted by Richard in NC

I ordered the Pirelli Scorpion Ice thru a local Discount Tire store. I was hoping to give an initial review of them in this post but......

What the IDIOTS ordered was the Scorpion Zero All Season tires. Now I have to wait until Monday to see if I can even get the Scorpion Ice by the time I need them. UGH!!!

Sorry to hear that Richard, very unfortunate. Hopefully they will be able to get a set for you. If not, the Michelin Alpin tires are great.

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