m630

If you're gonna switch gal, u shud go 4 real snows, AS suk at all things!!!

I put my snows on this past sunday

Rudy

I'm fully aware of that fact but I'm still much happier with cold summer tires on dry pavement than switching to the winter setup and missing the handling and looks of the summer setup. Once the first snow hits, I take the plunge and make the changeover happen. (I'm thinking it's going to be this weekend now...)

DD_545i

I'm questioning my choice of going early to winters, although officially I have to be on them from "first snow" onwards, and that was one freak day in October. As I mentioned, they have trouble handling the awesome V8 power even starting in second. The summers never had that problem on dry roads. It's illegal to drive on "the pavement" over here in europe. They don't like you mowing down pedestrians

MRV99

Am I the only person who has a winter staggered setup which is the 245/275 on my old 18 124's. I get killer snow traction (maybe not as good as 17's or 245 rears) but I really care about the stopping aspect. I can really only tell the performance difference right when I switch from my 172's. I don't think the 19's give me that much of a performance difference compared to the 18's I figured that I will sacrafice some snow performance for the 10-15 times a year the snow is on the roads compared to the 100+ days it doesn't. What would be cool to see is a snow test with 2 E60's one with 17's(225's) and the other with 18's(245's) so one could see the real difference

C's Bimmer

M5 WINTER: 166 Stock Wheels (Powdercoated Graphite) - Blizzak LM-25's (255/40/19)
X5 WINTER: 210 Stock Wheels (Powdercoated High Gloss Black) - Blizzak LM-25's RFT (255/50/18)

Winter sucks!

nickolas_g

I added my winter tires after skipping all winter last year. It was just in time. We had up to 12". I drove from Charlotte to Winston-Salem with my Continental ContiWinterContact TS810s. They are not as aggressive as the Blizzaks or others out there, but then again I live in NC where snow is rare. The roads were plain crummy and I counted countless spun out cars and bumpkins in pickups without traction while I had no problem.

jglosbmw

Big snow coming here in NJ. I have had the Blizzaks on since early November. This will be the first time we have had a real good snow to test. I go with on 18s but take off the 275VR35s in the rear. There is some difference in performance but I try not to go all during the winter months anyway.

-jglos

gsmith

just got new blizzaks on Friday. I downsized to some 17 stock rims from Craigslist. The new snows worked great last night in the whiteout up here in MA.