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Tires safe during ED?
Ok guys, I'm doing ED on a manual 330 E90 with sport package over Thanksgiving. After reading several threads about summer tires I have several questions. 1st, will my car be safe to drive around Munich, Milan, and Paris during this time of year? If not, what the hell should I do? 2nd, once I get the car back over here, what is the easiest and cheapest route to take in terms of getting the car through winter safely? I certainly want to take advantage of the car's performance, but in reality I probably won't be beating on the car too much. Also, my brother drove his 5 speed Acura NSX on summer tires through winter, apparently without extreme difficulty. 3rd, if I decide to buy winter tires, why do I need to buy new wheels/rims. I'm a young dude with a tight budget that doesn't know much about cars, so excuse any blatantly ignorant questions. I think that's all I have for now. Thanks!
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Quote: | Ok guys, I'm doing ED on a manual 330 E90 with sport package over Thanksgiving. After reading several threads about summer tires I have several questions. 1st, will my car be safe to drive around Munich, Milan, and Paris during this time of year? If not, what the hell should I do? 2nd, once I get the car back over here, what is the easiest and cheapest route to take in terms of getting the car through winter safely? I certainly want to take advantage of the car's performance, but in reality I probably won't be beating on the car too much. Also, my brother drove his 5 speed Acura NSX on summer tires through winter, apparently without extreme difficulty. 3rd, if I decide to buy winter tires, why do I need to buy new wheels/rims. I'm a young dude with a tight budget that doesn't know much about cars, so excuse any blatantly ignorant questions. I think that's all I have for now. Thanks! | Good questions easy answer. If it snows when you are there, your driving will be very limited. Itīs a little early for snow. You should pick your destinations based on weather. Forget the mountain passes for example. Be flexible.
For home, that depends on how much snow you get. If you regularly drive in snow, you will need 4 SNOW (not all season) tires on separate wheels. If you donīt get much snow or can simply just leave the car in the garage, no worries.
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While winter tires are highly recommended if you live in an area that gets lots of snow, you should be OK on ED.
When I lived in the UK I took a road trip to Belgium, Germany, and the Netherlands in Feb. I encountered quite a bit of snow while in Germany, and as long as I stayed on the main roads I was OK. In the small towns during the evenings when the snow really started to pile up, it got a little dicey. Overall, I did OK, but I also am experienced in driving in the snow, so that probably helped.
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Thanks. So, if I get winter tires do I also need to buy different wheels? If so, why?
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Quote: | Thanks. So, if I get winter tires do I also need to buy different wheels? If so, why? | Generaly, most folks get different wheels for the following reasons...
- They go with a different wheel tire size that is more appropriate for snow/bad roads. Usually a tire that is more narrow and has more sidewall
- Constantly mounting and unmounting tires every year is going to expose your wheels to a lot of abuse and greatly increase your chances of a tire shop messing them up...even the good ones.
- Provides you the flexability to swap the wheels back and forth and live a little closer to the edge during the winter. Long dry spell...on go the summers. Snow storm coming...on go the snows. 
- Winter conditions are not pleasent for wheels. If you just have some cheap alloys or steel wheels, they will take the abuse and being super filthy for long periods of time much better than the nice BMW wheels.
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Quote: Generaly, most folks get different wheels for the following reasons...
- They go with a different wheel tire size that is more appropriate for snow/bad roads. Usually a tire that is more narrow and has more sidewall
- Constantly mounting and unmounting tires every year is going to expose your wheels to a lot of abuse and greatly increase your chances of a tire shop messing them up...even the good ones.
- Provides you the flexability to swap the wheels back and forth and live a little closer to the edge during the winter. Long dry spell...on go the summers. Snow storm coming...on go the snows.
- Winter conditions are not pleasent for wheels. If you just have some cheap alloys or steel wheels, they will take the abuse and being super filthy for long periods of time much better than the nice BMW wheels. | I don't know how you guys live in those conditions 
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