winter tyres for the BMW

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Re: winter tyres for the BMW

Post by vet111s » Wed Dec 10, 2014 8:12 pm

mxvx wrote:Typical VX owner cheapskae response :P .....

Nankang Snow SV-2 - big difference on my car from the rubbish summers when I bought the car.

55quid for 2 x 17"

(edit: these are not on the VX!)
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Re: winter tyres for the BMW

Post by neil » Thu Dec 11, 2014 2:34 pm

I've recently put winters on the BMW. Ended up going for Conti WinterContact TS850P as they got good write ups. Seem pretty good so far although they've not seen any snow yet
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Re: winter tyres for the BMW

Post by greyrigg » Thu Dec 11, 2014 2:45 pm

I was struggling to get the 640 out of my yard this morning, looks like winter tyres will be required :cry:

Either that or get up earlier and get first dibs on the defender.......................................

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Re: winter tyres for the BMW

Post by Doc883 » Thu Dec 11, 2014 4:17 pm

neil wrote:I've recently put winters on the BMW. Ended up going for Conti WinterContact TS850P as they got good write ups. Seem pretty good so far although they've not seen any snow yet
Eastern BMW have quite a variety of winter tyres on their website including Contis, Pirelli, Dunlop, Goodyear and Michelin so most of the premium brands.
http://www.easternbmw.co.uk/parts/own.html?id=8309
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Re: winter tyres for the BMW

Post by campbell » Thu Dec 11, 2014 7:48 pm

greyrigg wrote:I was struggling to get the 640 out of my yard this morning, looks like winter tyres will be required :cry:

Either that or get up earlier and get first dibs on the defender.......................................

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Re: winter tyres for the BMW

Post by H8OAG » Thu Dec 11, 2014 8:39 pm

The current Mrs Boag has broken the Boag Towers tyre purchase record at £1300 for 4 winter tyres for the Cayenne
I wasted two hours online trying to buy tyres at lower prices .......only to find out they didn't exist or would have to come from Germany .
Lead times are somewhat extended at Christmas Time

What she doesn't know is ......that will be her Christmas present

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Re: winter tyres for the BMW

Post by BigD » Thu Dec 11, 2014 9:03 pm

H8OAG wrote:The current Mrs Boag has broken the Boag Towers tyre purchase record at £1300 for 4 winter tyres for the Cayenne
I wasted two hours online trying to buy tyres at lower prices .......only to find out they didn't exist or would have to come from Germany .
Lead times are somewhat extended at Christmas Time

What she doesn't know is ......that will be her Christmas present

:cheers
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Re: winter tyres for the BMW

Post by istoo » Thu Dec 11, 2014 9:17 pm

twinrotor2 wrote:I have used Vredestein WINTRAC XTREME on my 320D for the last few years

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Re: winter tyres for the BMW

Post by kirk » Thu Dec 11, 2014 11:05 pm

If anyone on here decides to buy any winter wheels from eastern - or any parts for that matter - give me a pm as I maybe able to get some staff discount for use.
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Re: winter tyres for the BMW

Post by campbell » Fri Dec 12, 2014 12:54 am

H8OAG wrote:The current Mrs Boag has broken the Boag Towers tyre purchase record at £1300 for 4 winter tyres for the Cayenne
I wasted two hours online trying to buy tyres at lower prices .......only to find out they didn't exist or would have to come from Germany .
Lead times are somewhat extended at Christmas Time

What she doesn't know is ......that will be her Christmas present

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Re: winter tyres for the BMW

Post by Sanjøy » Fri Dec 12, 2014 9:47 am

H8OAG wrote:The current Mrs Boag has broken the Boag Towers tyre purchase record at £1300 for 4 winter tyres for the Cayenne
I wasted two hours online trying to buy tyres at lower prices .......only to find out they didn't exist or would have to come from Germany .
Lead times are somewhat extended at Christmas Time

What she doesn't know is ......that will be her Christmas present

:cheers
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Re: winter tyres for the BMW

Post by greyrigg » Fri Dec 12, 2014 11:15 am

Ordered wheels and tyres from local BMW dealership, only about £150 more expensive than getting aftermarket wheels and no hassle :D
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H8OAG wrote:
The current Mrs Boag has broken the Boag Towers tyre purchase record at £1300 for 4 winter tyres for the Cayenne
I wasted two hours online trying to buy tyres at lower prices .......only to find out they didn't exist or would have to come from Germany .
Lead times are somewhat extended at Christmas Time

What she doesn't know is ......that will be her Christmas present

:cheers
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Re: winter tyres for the BMW

Post by Jam_s160 » Fri Dec 12, 2014 4:19 pm

I've just put continental winter contact TS 830p on one car and Nokian D3 on the other... Last two winters my car had continental winter contact TS 810 and were simply superb. My preference would be continentals all round this year but the Nokians on my tank VW Touareg were a good £200 cheaper.

I bought mine from http://www.tyreleader.co.uk (excellent prices)

I order my Nokians 4 days ago and arrived today, fitting tomorrow for £50

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Re: winter tyres for the BMW

Post by Jam_s160 » Fri Dec 12, 2014 4:25 pm

H8OAG wrote:The current Mrs Boag has broken the Boag Towers tyre purchase record at £1300 for 4 winter tyres for the Cayenne
I wasted two hours online trying to buy tyres at lower prices .......only to find out they didn't exist or would have to come from Germany .
Lead times are somewhat extended at Christmas Time

What she doesn't know is ......that will be her Christmas present

:cheers
Wholly Molly... I bought a set of Porche Cayenne alloys for £300 on eBay last week to fit onto my VW Touareg. Then ordered early this week a full set of Nokian D3 winter tyres for £470 from http://www.tyreleader.co.uk on Monday and they arrived today. Fitting for £50 tomorrow. £820 in total...

Our VW runs 20" alloys but we chose 18" Porche alloys nobody wants then adjusted the tyre size correctly to compensate. This gave a much better selection of available premium tyres at decent prices

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Re: winter tyres for the BMW

Post by H8OAG » Fri Dec 12, 2014 8:48 pm

greyrigg wrote:Ordered wheels and tyres from local BMW dealership, only about £150 more expensive than getting aftermarket wheels and no hassle :D
Now there's a tweet for @middleclassprobs, ROFL
Solved, and still able to have a long lie.

H8OAG wrote:
The current Mrs Boag has broken the Boag Towers tyre purchase record at £1300 for 4 winter tyres for the Cayenne
I wasted two hours online trying to buy tyres at lower prices .......only to find out they didn't exist or would have to come from Germany .
Lead times are somewhat extended at Christmas Time

What she doesn't know is ......that will be her Christmas present

:cheers
Boag towers rubber fetish christmas party? Strap your Panerai round that bad boy :D

Malcolm
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On another subject, Do you like your BMW?
Need to pick a sensible car for the new job and there are some inspiring lease deals on the larger BMW's

I really fancy a Golf R as the ultimate Q car for the daily commute to "The Den of the Bears"

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