New Tires

[CybrSlydr]

Think of it like this; all the money you save by not living someplace nice, can go towards a set of spare wheels with winter tires.

All jokes aside, respect for driving in the snow and not being afraid to use the car.

lol

Honestly, being from SE Ohio, I've really grown to love Casper WY. I love the wide open spaces.

Unfortunately, I rent and it's not cheap here b/c of the oil and gas boom/busts. I'm paying over $1k/mo for a one bed/one bath apartment. Ground floor, at least.

I did have an incident this winter that made me re-evaluate if I needed new tires or not (hence asking - figure I could get these through the summer and buy new AS in the winter, my preferred option). I was driving home and it had lightly snowed. Bit windy too, but nothing terrible for Wyoming. I was driving at 50mph because of the conditions and a semi went flying past me. The turbulence from the semi unsettled the car and I nearly slid underneath it. Probably the closest I've coming to dying since Afghanistan. The road conditions got a bit worse from there back to Casper and the car came loose 5 or 6 more times until I was slowing down to 35 or so. Drove to work in the Jeep if the weather wasn't nice. lol

I simply don't have somewhere I can really store 4 snow tires, else I might just do that. I also think I've read in previous research the best idea is to get 17" wheels as tires for them are a lot cheaper than for the stock 18"s, correct?

[Slideways]

lol

Honestly, being from SE Ohio, I've really grown to love Casper WY. I love the wide open spaces.

Unfortunately, I rent and it's not cheap here b/c of the oil and gas boom/busts. I'm paying over $1k/mo for a one bed/one bath apartment. Ground floor, at least.

I did have an incident this winter that made me re-evaluate if I needed new tires or not (hence asking - figure I could get these through the summer and buy new AS in the winter, my preferred option). I was driving home and it had lightly snowed. Bit windy too, but nothing terrible for Wyoming. I was driving at 50mph because of the conditions and a semi went flying past me. The turbulence from the semi unsettled the car and I nearly slid underneath it. Probably the closest I've coming to dying since Afghanistan. The road conditions got a bit worse from there back to Casper and the car came loose 5 or 6 more times until I was slowing down to 35 or so. Drove to work in the Jeep if the weather wasn't nice. lol

I simply don't have somewhere I can really store 4 snow tires, else I might just do that. I also think I've read in previous research the best idea is to get 17" wheels as tires for them are a lot cheaper than for the stock 18"s, correct?

18s with some Michelin Pilot Sport 4 All Season (or other premium brand, Continental or Bridgestone) would be a very good setup. Probably would out perform the original spec tires (Pilot Sport 1/2s) in every way.

[jet_dogg]

Think of it like this; all the money you save by not living someplace nice, can go towards a set of spare wheels with winter tires.

All jokes aside, respect for driving in the snow and not being afraid to use the car.

Seriously, you guys are saving tens of thousands a year living in most other states.

[liam821]

I use Continental ExtremeContact Sport02 (Similar to Pilot 4S's) on the M3 all year here in Oregon, we don't get much (if any) snow but lots of rain and it's generally above freezing and it's been fine - they're great in the wet too. Although, I was caught in a blizzard once coming home from California and it was downright scary AF and dangerous but I made it - do NOT recommend 2/10. We have Pilot Sport AS4's on our X5 and they're fantastic, it's a really good tire and way more capable than you'd think.