If you have the sport package, did you get seperate snow tires for your E90?
Did you just change the tires to high performance all seasons?
Will changing to non run flat tires be bad for the suspension?
I'm in the NYC area and I'm considering a 330i with sport package. It only snows like 6 times, more or less, from November to March. Putting on snows for the duration of those months doesn't seem like a good idea. With snow tires on the E90 and driving on dry pavement, you won't be able to get the full potential of the car.
I just wanted to know what other members are doing.
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Quote: If you have the sport package, did you get seperate snow tires for your E90?
Did you just change the tires to high performance all seasons?
Will changing to non run flat tires be bad for the suspension?
I'm in the NYC area and I'm considering a 330i with sport package. It only snows like 6 times, more or less, from November to March. Putting on snows for the duration of those months doesn't seem like a good idea. With snow tires on the E90 and driving on dry pavement, you won't be able to get the full potential of the car.
I just wanted to know what other members are doing. | In NY (most of the time) myself. I´m having the same discussion (with myself). On my 5er, I have separate snows on wheels. I don´t want to have that again. I think my compromise is getting the 330xi with Styling 162 wheels and high performance tires. It really only seems to snow from end of December through mid March and although I realize that the sport tires won´t be as good as all seasons in snow, the traction from the X drive will help a little and I´ll just stay home otherwise 
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My current plan is to go with the summer tires year 'round here in Marlyand. As someone else put it, it doesn't make sense to compromise the performance of the car most of the time for those very few days when snow tires are needed. If that just turns out to be a mistake (in hindsight) I will consider going with performance all-season tires part of the year. Most of those 'snow' days I end up riding on salt-soaked wet roads anyway!
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Quote: | My current plan is to go with the summer tires year 'round here in Marlyand. As someone else put it, it doesn't make sense to compromise the performance of the car most of the time for those very few days when snow tires are needed. If that just turns out to be a mistake (in hindsight) I will consider going with performance all-season tires part of the year. Most of those 'snow' days I end up riding on salt-soaked wet roads anyway! | Dude, what are you thinking, performance tires year round is a huge mistake. Why take the risk? Spend the $800 and buy dedicated snows on alloys and save the performance tires and wheels for the non-winter months. You'll thank me later.
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Quote: | Dude, what are you thinking, performance tires year round is a huge mistake. Why take the risk? Spend the $800 and buy dedicated snows on alloys and save the performance tires and wheels for the non-winter months. You'll thank me later. | I'm thinking that if you live somewhere that doesn't get much snow, the concern is sometimes overstated. We 'might' get a dozen snow days here a year, similar in some parts of the Northeast too. And the number of days I'm driving when there is snow still on the main roads is even less. And I don't mind taking it very easy and slow when I am on the snow. I don't think I would consider snow tires here - if anything, all-seasons part year would make much more sense.
But if I later regret it and buy the snow tires, I'll look you up and thank you
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My Michelin Pilot Sports got very slippery on my M3 when the temperatures dropped below 50 degrees. Forget them in snow. I had to get towed up my driveway once.
I have run the Pilot Sport all-season tires on a WRX and S4 year round and have been very pleased with them in hot weather and in the snow. They aren't cheap but you get what you pay for.
If you can leave your car at home in the snow, performance tires might work. If you have to drive in the snow, all-season or dedicated snow tires are required for safety and mobility. Even with AWD, summer performance tires won't cut it in snow.
I went from run-flats to regular tires on my Z4 without any problem.
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