04-20-2016, 09:32 AM | #1 |
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Snow tires or a Winter beater?
For any of you who deal with the snow and will be daily driving your M, what are your winter plans. I may just buy a $2k winter beater (perhaps an old Subaru wagon), instead of buying a set of winter tires and wheels. I mean, we would need to go no smaller than 18" to clear our brakes, and even then, I may not want to subject the M to the elements...
Just curious as to what others are doing... -c
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04-20-2016, 10:11 AM | #2 |
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I am debating this as well.
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04-20-2016, 10:38 AM | #3 |
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I plan to put snow tires on my M2. 2 winters ago I drove my e92 M3 and this past winter I drove my i3. Both had snow tires/rims.
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I bought a beater. 4x4 is nice to have when driving in the mountains
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Buy a beater. Can park wherever, crash into things, stress free car to drive around! And I'm glad i live in Texas, don't have to worry about real winter weather |
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I personally believe cars are meant to be driven, and as long as I can find a set of 18's (rim + tire) that's what I'll be doing. |
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04-28-2016, 02:01 PM | #13 |
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I drive all of my cars 12 months a year. I'm hoping (although I'm not optimistic) that I can use my winter wheels from my M4 on my M2.
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I'm just going to spend the same amount I would have on snow tires for the M, and buy a beater that I'll run into the ground -c
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That's not all at once. No chains needed for guys in the GTA. Even us guy in the Rockies don't use chains lol
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