Snow Performance
Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2014 4:00 pm
Anyone else found the snow handling abysmal on the standard tyres ? Just had to stump up nearly £2k on a set of winter tyres and wheels !
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Re: Snow Performance
Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2014 8:13 pm
Yes, and there is a massive thread all about it on here too.
Re: Snow Performance
Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2014 8:49 pm
What are the best deals on winter wheels then? I'm being quoted 2 k by my dealer 
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Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2015 10:51 am
It's all in this thread. Prices always rise at this time of year because the stocks are lower with many owners having switched over in November. My Pirellis were £1200.
Richard
Richard
Re: Snow Performance
Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2015 7:31 am
So what are all the other F15 owners running on, or maybe in, to ensure their new pride and joys stays on the road this winter ?
Re: Snow Performance
Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2015 11:38 am
I got caught out 3 weeks ago with the horse trailer but the car on normal tyres had no issues. 7pm we came out the riding school and it started a blizzard, by 7.30 once the horse was loaded there was a good 3 inches. We drove through the blizzard on untreated A and B roads slushy treated motorway and only had an issue as the car slewed past the entrance to the farm and then only as I didn't judge it right. Came back around and it is a tight uphill right turn in and we got in no problem.
There was a good 6 inches and it is all uphill/ tight turns in the yard and at one which is a tight uphill U turn, the car had to be worked (in manual) but done it.
Trailer unhitched and 7 miles home (in auto) on untreated B roads including a very steep hill where we had a bit of spin but the 4 wheel drive could be felt pulling from the front.
My car has 20 inch wheels 5.5mm tread.
I'm not saying I wasn't concerned - I was bricking it and thinking how embarrassing it would be if I had to get the horse to pull the car if we got stuck, but, I have driven BMW for 15 years and never been stuck in the snow and we get snow in the valley where I live every winter.
My local tyre specialist offered me non BMW alloys but look the same and winter tyres for £950 and there are similar deals online. Next winter I might buy them.
There was a good 6 inches and it is all uphill/ tight turns in the yard and at one which is a tight uphill U turn, the car had to be worked (in manual) but done it.
Trailer unhitched and 7 miles home (in auto) on untreated B roads including a very steep hill where we had a bit of spin but the 4 wheel drive could be felt pulling from the front.
My car has 20 inch wheels 5.5mm tread.
I'm not saying I wasn't concerned - I was bricking it and thinking how embarrassing it would be if I had to get the horse to pull the car if we got stuck, but, I have driven BMW for 15 years and never been stuck in the snow and we get snow in the valley where I live every winter.
My local tyre specialist offered me non BMW alloys but look the same and winter tyres for £950 and there are similar deals online. Next winter I might buy them.