[ronniehotdogs]

Picked up a set of 790m wheels a few months back that I intend to use for winters. Never ran winter tyres before so any recommendations are welcome.

Looking Black Circles they have Continental Winter Contact TS860 at £250 fitted for the fronts and £400 for the rears which seems ok.

I've seen Pirelli Sottozeros which i think BMW sell with their winter wheel package.

[Rhino at Work]

I ran the Contis on my F30 and now have the Pirellis on some 790m wheels on my G21 - both were/are absolutely fine and I would say there's nothing really between them (although I've never used them like I was on a racetrack!).

I only went for the Pirellis this time for belt and braces as they are BMW star marked.

[jon0]

I have the 225/40 (or could be 45)/18 Pirelli zottozero 3 bmw star marked runflats, been fine, work well in snow too.

[Kevny657]

Continental have a new tyre for that size call wintercontact 8s

[ronniehotdogs]

Ah yes, forgot about that pesky star mark. If I can get the Sottozeros for a similar price as the contis then I’ll opt for them. If not I’m sure non star ones will be safe enough.

I’ll check those wintercontact 8s out too.

Of course we’ll have the mildest winter on record once I’ve put them on 😂

[zlatko]

Michelin Pilot Alpin 5 is one of the best out there, really happy with these.

[B6WAF]

I've got Pirelli Sottozero 3 225/45 R18 tyres on my winter rims. They've done 4 winters so far, this will be their fifth coming up. They've only done 7.5k miles so far and they've been brilliant. No greater feeling than accelerating briskly through deep snow in a BMW ("worst car in the world in snow") and overtaking front wheel drive cars completely stuck. (Mine is xDrive, which helps)

[bmnut]

Whilst I no longer have winter wheels and tyres on either my car or my wife's, we did have them in the past......Pirelli Sottozeros and Goodyear UG7s respectively.
They were the BMW recommended runflats on the cars at the time and both performed very, very well during the winter conditions. There was a noticeable difference in grip and handling even in dry conditions but at near zero or below temperatures.

[Charlie (Wessex)]

Originally Posted by ronniehotdogs

Picked up a set of 790m wheels a few months back that I intend to use for winters. Never ran winter tyres before so any recommendations are welcome.

Looking Black Circles they have Continental Winter Contact TS860 at £250 fitted for the fronts and £400 for the rears which seems ok.

I've seen Pirelli Sottozeros which i think BMW sell with their winter wheel package.

All horses for courses.....I've never really needed full winters, so find that All Seasons do me fine (3PMSF rated ones, though maybe they all are). Use Michelin CrossClimate.

The one time I did have and need full winters, was when I had an e61 535d (RWD) and was up in the Alps. Cheap snow chains fell off about 10 miles prior to destination, which was a wee concern, but the Yokohama V901 worked really well.

[Benmac]

Another vote for All Seasons with an M&S rating here. For the vast majority of winter in the UK unless you live in the wilds of scotland they're a better bet than full winters (handle better, brake better, quieter etc). I ran some Michelin Cross Climates on my old F31 340i and have just bought a set of Pirelli Cinturato SF3s for my G21 M340i.

They were usefully cheaper than any other "decent" tyre manufacturer and do very well in tests for everything except wear but I'm OK with that.

[Charlie (Wessex)]

Shame that there are no * marked All Season, and with the advances in manufacture, I'm considering going back to run flats, rather than carry a space saver in the boot the whole time.

[AlfaM]

Originally Posted by Charlie (Wessex)

Shame that there are no * marked All Season, and with the advances in manufacture, I'm considering going back to run flats, rather than carry a space saver in the boot the whole time.

I’m running runflats and have been stranded twice with them in the last 12 months. They OK for getting off the motorway, but any sort of sidewall damage and you won’t get much further.

[bmnut]

Originally Posted by AlfaM

I’m running runflats and have been stranded twice with them in the last 12 months. They OK for getting off the motorway, but any sort of sidewall damage and you won’t get much further.

Without a space saver spare in the boot then I'd guess any sidewall damage won't be temporarily repairable with a can of gunk either so you'd be buggered anyway?

[boristhebold]

I had a inner wall blow out a while ago my run flats got me the 20 miles to nearest tyre depot with a tyre in stock without any problems.

[Goldcup101]

Have also just found a set of 790m wheels for winter (saves swapping out my 19s twice a year and the tyres for the 18s are significantly cheaper)

Having read various reviews and threads here and elsewhere, I think I'm going to pull the trigger on Bridgestone Blizzak 6. Reviews are good, they're apparently harder wearing and price pretty reasonable (€615 for a staggered set of 4).

They're not runflat but I'm unconvinced of the real benefit of runflats so I'll take my chances with a can of gunk.

I'm in the French Alps so full winters a must. And legally required anyway.